Executive Communications Manager

Executive Communications Manager

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

HPE is looking for an Executive Communications Manager to support our EVP and GM of Servers. With more than 4,500 team members across the globe supporting Compute, HPC and AI, the EVP & GM of HPE Servers and his team are responsible for delivering the world's best AI infrastructure, services and experience to our global customers. In this role, you will develop and execute internal and external communications for our EVP and GM of Servers to increase visibility, expand influence, and enable cultural imperatives for transformation and growth. The ideal candidate is a strategic, collaborative, and articulate communicator with experience in social media and/or supporting senior executives with a commitment to operational excellence.

Position Overview:

Message, implement and measure sustained executive, field, channel or employee communications strategies and plans to advance the company's corporate image, drive employee alignment and engagement, enable selling success or promote executive visibility.

Develop internal and external leadership platforms and content and manage speaker placements and prep. Focus may be global, national, regional, sub-regional or local in scope. Ensure communications align with company's brand identity and messaging framework.

Applies developed subject matter knowledge to solve common and complex business issues and recommends appropriate alternatives. Works on problems of diverse complexity and scope. May act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process. Exercises independent judgment to identify and select a solution. Ability to handle most unique situations. May seek advice in order to make decisions on complex business issues.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, drive and evaluate employee, field or channel communications strategies and programs to drive desired behavior.
• Understand the communications needs of various internal audiences (i.e., field, senior leaders, HR, first-level managers, all employees) crafting messages that are impactful and lead to desired outcomes.
• Provide employee, field or channel consultancy to recommend best-fit solution to meet marketing or business objective.
• Manage and direct assigned agencies or contractors.
• Social Media: Develop and execute the social media strategy for the EVP and GM to promote HPE's business, reputation, and culture. Capitalize on real-time opportunities for news making, brand building, and stakeholder engagement to further develop the executive's personal brand. Develop content, facilitate approvals, monitor activity and continually optimize performance.
• Thought Leadership: Develop distinct thought leadership platforms aligned to EVP and GM's priorities. Support internal and external speaking engagements with executive speeches, scripts, presentations, talking points, and briefing documents.
• Program Management: Strategic management of programs for the EVP and GM and coordination of logistics to ensure success. Keep materials up to date, partner with SMEs and team members to align on requests, and measure ROI upon completion.
• Team Culture: Foster pride, confidence, and engagement among team members with consistent communication. Share news of team celebrations for performance milestones, recognition, cultural moments, and life events with a spirit of fun, creativity, and inclusivity. Manage all team member meetings from concept to execution, optimized for digital and global engagement.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Represent the interests of the EVP and GM in meetings. Align with Chief of Staff on strategic priorities. Partner with cross-functional executive communicators to drive a cohesive narrative across the enterprise.
• Operational Excellence: Enhance the brand of the EVP and GM and the HPE Server team with consistent communication and experiences (standards, templates, processes, etc.). Analyze effectiveness of communication and continually optimize performance.

Education and Experience Required:

• BA or BS in Communications, Marketing or Business Administration.
• 5+ years of experience in employee communications, journalism or marketing.
• Previous executive-facing or client-facing agency experience is highly preferred
• Experience leading media relations, internal communications strategies, and creative planning is highly preferred
• Previous experience contributing to or leading 360 Communications is preferred
• Aptitude for collaboration with cross functional teams

Knowledge and Skills:

• Advanced writing and editing skills - very minimal peer or manager edits needed.
• Strong written, verbal and visual storytelling skills
• Strong listening and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organization and program management skills.
• Ability to link communications plans and activities to business results.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of employee communications methodologies, tools and vehicles.
• Proven experience managing, leading, driving and measuring virtual teams toward common goal.
• Fluency in local language and English.
• High levels of tact and diplomacy.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Bias, Business, Business Communications, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Design Thinking, Empathy, Executive Communications, Executive Visibility, External Communication, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Personal Initiative, Policy and procedures, Program Management {+ 4 more}

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:
Communications
Job Level:
Specialist

States with Pay Range Requirement

The expected salary/wage range for a U.S.-based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html.

USD Annual Salary: $69,100.00 - $158,900.00

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