Responsibilities

• Thought Leadership: Develop distinct thought leadership platforms aligned to CMCO’s priorities. Translate company and team strategy, industry trends, and executive’s perspectives into differentiated points of view that strengthen credibility and influence with customers, media, analysts, partners, and peers. Connect CMCO’s thought leadership platform to efforts of the Thought Leadership team, working together to identify and execute opportunities when applicable.
• External Visibility: Identify, secure, prepare, and execute opportunities that elevate the CMCO's presence and expand influence across key stakeholder audiences. Drive participation in industry events, media engagements, speaking opportunities, podcasts, awards, and executive forums to reinforce thought leadership positioning. Connect CMCO’s external visibility efforts to those of the Corporate Communications team, working together to identify and execute opportunities when applicable.
• Executive Content Development: Create high-impact external communications that authentically reflect the CMCO's voice. Develop speeches, presentations, talking points, briefing materials, bylines, and other content that simplifies complex topics and delivers clear, compelling messages to reinforce thought leadership positioning and the CMCO’s priorities for a variety of external audiences.
• Social Media: Develop and execute the social media strategy for CMCO to promote HPE’s business, reputation, and culture and grow the CMCO’s personal brand. Capitalize on real-time opportunities for news making, brand building, and stakeholder engagement while monitoring activity and continually optimizing performance. Connect CMCO’s social media strategy and efforts to those of the HPE Brand Social team, working together to identify and execute opportunities when applicable.
• Strategic Counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor to the CMCO, providing communications counsel on messaging, stakeholder engagement, reputation management, and executive positioning. Help anticipate opportunities and risks, ensuring communications decisions support broader business and organizational goals.
• Reputation and Narrative Management : Protect and enhance the CMCO's reputation by ensuring a consistent narrative across external engagements and communications channels. Align CMCO’s external messaging with corporate strategy, thought leadership messaging, brand positioning, and company priorities to strengthen trust and credibility with key audiences.
• Measurement and Optimization : Establish metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of external communications and thought leadership efforts. Analyze performance, identify insights, and continuously refine strategies to increase visibility, influence, engagement, and business impact. Connect measurement efforts to those of the Business Reporting Team, ensuring impact is captured in cross-GMC reporting.

Requirements

• Senior communications expertise and deep experience counseling clients and senior leaders directly.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into a clear point of view with concise language for a variety of audiences.
• Good judgement and discretion when working with sensitive or confidential information.
• Excellent organizational skills and project management.
• Based in or willing to relocate to San Jose, CA (preference) or Spring, TX. Excited to work from an HPE office 2-3 days per week.
• Typically, 7+ years of managing Executive communications

Benefits

• 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.
• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.