Employee, Field & Executive Communications Manager

HP•Spring, TX

7d•$130,700 - $205,200

About The Position

The Employee, Field & Executive Communications Manager serves as a strategic communications partner and trusted advisor to senior R&D leadership. The role provides counsel on employee, organizational, and executive communications and helps leaders clearly communicate complex strategies, priorities, decisions, and organizational changes. It develops and leads the R&D communications strategy and roadmap, aligning communications with business priorities, organizational objectives, key milestones, and HP’s broader narrative. The role translates technical, engineering, innovation, and business topics into compelling narratives; leads executive communications and employee forums; and develops messaging frameworks and communications plans that create a consistent R&D narrative. It partners with R&D leadership and stakeholders across Engineering, Product Management, Strategy, HR, Finance, and Corporate Communications. The position advises on sensitive or high-impact initiatives, develops approaches to strengthen employee understanding and engagement across diverse, globally distributed audiences, and identifies ways to showcase R&D innovation and employee contributions. The manager establishes communications calendars and editorial priorities, evaluates effectiveness using feedback and analytics, and introduces improved communications practices. The role requires discretion with sensitive information, may direct agencies, contractors, or other communications resources and associated budgets, and provides mentorship to communications professionals and cross-functional partners. It operates in complex disciplines, develops innovative solutions, leads large cross-division teams or projects, and exercises independent judgment. It acts as a functional manager but does not manage other employees as a primary job function.

Requirements

Four-year or graduate degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically 10+ years of work experience, preferably in employee communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field.
Knowledge and skills in business priorities, business strategies, change management, communication strategies, content creation, corporate communications, editorial calendars, employee communications, employee engagement, internal communications, intranet, journalism, marketing, Microsoft SharePoint, newsletters, proofreading, public relations, social media, storytelling, and strategic communication.
Cross-organizational skills including effective communication, results orientation, learning agility, digital fluency, and customer centricity.
Ability to impact large functions and lead large cross-division functional teams or projects.
Ability to provide highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic communications partner and trusted advisor to senior R&D leadership on employee, organizational, and executive communications.
Develop and lead the R&D communications strategy and roadmap, aligned with business priorities, objectives, milestones, and HP’s broader narrative.
Translate complex technical, engineering, innovation, and business topics into clear narratives that connect R&D work to HP priorities and help employees understand the organization’s direction and their role in it.
Lead executive communications for senior R&D leaders, including organization-wide messages, presentations, speaking engagements, talking points, scripts, employee meetings, town halls, and other executive forums.
Develop messaging frameworks and communications plans that create a consistent R&D narrative across leadership communications, employee engagement, announcements, strategic initiatives, and internal events.
Partner with R&D leadership and stakeholders across Engineering, Product Management, Strategy, HR, Finance, and Corporate Communications to coordinate accurate, timely communications aligned with business priorities.
Advise leaders on communications for organizational transformation, strategy or priority changes, leadership transitions, operating-model changes, and other sensitive or high-impact initiatives.
Design communications approaches that strengthen employee understanding, engagement, organizational connection, and alignment across diverse and globally distributed audiences.
Identify and develop opportunities to showcase R&D innovation, technology leadership, engineering accomplishments, customer impact, and employee contributions.
Establish and manage communications calendars, messaging frameworks, editorial priorities, and communications rhythms spanning multiple quarters.
Use employee feedback, engagement indicators, communications analytics, and stakeholder input to evaluate effectiveness and improve messaging, channels, and engagement strategies.
Provide thought leadership in employee and executive communications and introduce innovative approaches, tools, and practices.
Maintain confidentiality, judgment, and discretion when handling sensitive organizational, business, personnel, and executive information.
Select and direct agencies, contractors, or communications resources as needed and may manage related project or functional budgets.
Mentor and guide communications professionals and cross-functional partners to improve communications capabilities across the organization.