Director, HPE FS Executive Communications

Director, HPE FS Executive Communications

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

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 varied 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.

We are seeking a proven, strategic individual to lead Executive Communications for the HPE Financial Services business group (HPEFS) and the executive for that business group. This is a rare opportunity to join HPE’s world-class global communications team. With more than 100 communicators across the globe, we advocate for HPE’s corporate strategy, business innovation, and thought leadership. We are responsible for enhancing HPE’s culture and reputation, showcasing our innovation and leadership, and driving business outcomes.

The Director, HPEFS Executive Communications will help shape the company’s financing solutions and IT lifecycle services narratives internally and externally. This is an important role and requires a collaborative professional with executive presence to lead a team (both directly and indirectly) that develops, implements, and measures sustained 360 communications programs for the HPEFS business and Maeve Culloty, EVP, President & CEO of HPE Financial Services.

• Understand the communications needs of various internal and external audiences; develop key messaging and communications plans to support key business priorities and drive desired outcomes.
• Manage a team of two including a senior communications manager and an individual contributor; partner closely with PR and AR leaders.
• Help drive the strategy and planning to support key internal and external events.
• Drive strategy and execution around the development of executive presentations; write and edit speeches; develop comms strategy and content for organizational announcements; draft emails, web content, blog posts, articles, etc.
• Oversee executive social media strategy.
• Partner with HR and BU stakeholders to drive adoption of culture across HPEFS team members.
• Serve as member of HPEFS leadership team; play role as communications consultant and strategist for HPEFS and work closely with other members of leadership team to deliver on business priorities.
• Work cross-functionally across teams, businesses, and functions to ensure alignment.
• Learn the voice and style of HPEFS leaders to effectively communicate and collaborate utilizing a host of communications vehicles.

• Strategy: work closely with internal and external stakeholders to create narratives and communications strategies that resonate with the market and advance HPE’s transformation.
• Writing: superior writing and editing skills – recognized for near perfection writing and editing skills and often asked to edit the work of others.
• Superior listening and interpersonal skills, visual and storytelling skills, and organization and program management.
• Proven experience leading virtual teams toward a common goal; experience leading indirect teams through influence; known for collaborative leadership style.
• Knowledge and understanding of employee communications methodologies, tools, and vehicles; while not directly responsible for PR, AR or financial communications, knowledge of those disciplines is helpful.
• Ability to link communications plans and activities to business results.
• Ability to understand and translate technical, complex, and varied information into audience-resonating communications.
• Ability to multi-task, managing and prioritizing a variety of…