Corporate Media Relations Manager
About The Position
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Corporate Media Relations Manager to shape corporate and business stories about the company’s work in AI, networking, hybrid cloud, and computing. The position develops and executes media strategies that support HPE’s business priorities, reputation, and market leadership, and works closely with Financial Communications, Investor Relations, and global, product, and business teams. The manager leads proactive storytelling and media programs, including coverage around quarterly earnings, investor days, board appointments, executive leadership changes, and product launches. The role manages corporate reputation risks and opportunities, advises senior executives, develops executive messaging and interview materials, and measures media outcomes. It also oversees media-relations assets and agency support. This position directly manages and develops a team responsible for HPE’s corporate media relations programs. It is hybrid, with an average requirement of two days per week in an HPE office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Media Relations, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 12 or more years of experience in media relations, corporate communications, or a related field for large, publicly traded companies.
- Direct people-management experience and demonstrated ability to coach and develop high-performing teams.
- Demonstrated success securing meaningful coverage with national business, financial, or technology media.
- Experience developing proactive corporate communications strategies and managing communications programs collaboratively in a matrixed environment.
- Strong understanding of business journalism, financial reporting cycles, and corporate reputation management.
- Highly adept at writing and editing.
- Exceptional storytelling skills and the ability to set strategies and execute them.
- Strong judgment, executive presence, initiative and ownership, adaptability, and AI fluency.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with the technology industry.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute corporate media strategies supporting HPE’s business priorities, reputation, and market leadership.
- Lead media strategy and earned-media pitching for corporate milestones, including quarterly earnings, investor days, board appointments, and executive leadership changes, in partnership with Financial Communications and Investor Relations.
- Identify and develop enterprise-level stories connecting HPE’s leadership in AI, networking, hybrid cloud, and computing to broader business and industry trends.
- Build and maintain relationships with influential business and financial journalists at major national and international outlets.
- Coach and develop C-suite executives for media engagement.
- Identify reputational opportunities and risks and recommend strategic communications responses.
- Manage HPE’s reputation with media stakeholders, ensuring internal alignment and escalation as appropriate.
- Advise C-suite executives on strategic reputation matters in collaboration with Corporate Communications colleagues.
- Plan media opportunities for recurring corporate moments and proactive storytelling campaigns.
- Oversee strategic corporate media programs from inception through pitching, preparation, execution, and reporting.
- Collaborate with Media Relations colleagues to translate product launches into opportunities with business and financial press.
- Ensure high standards in executive messaging, media briefings, and interview materials.
- Measure media outcomes and use results to improve corporate media relations impact.
- Manage company-wide media relations asset libraries.
- Assist in managing communications agencies supporting media relations.
- Collaborate across global, product, and business functions.
- Directly manage, coach, and develop the corporate media relations team through mentoring, delegation, career planning, and professional-growth opportunities.
- Set objectives and performance expectations and provide regular feedback.
- Foster creativity, initiative, collaboration, and accountability.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits intended to support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
- Career and professional development programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
