Corporate Media Relations Manager
This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 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 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.
Job Description:
Who We Are
HPE is helping define the future of enterprise technology, bringing together AI, networking, cloud, and computing to transform how the world works. That gives our communications team an extraordinary opportunity to shape some of the industry’s most important technology and business stories.
Our Global Communications organization is a high-performing team of creative strategists, counselors, and accomplished professionals who are passionate about winning together.
We work hard, think big, challenge conventional approaches, and celebrate each other’s successes. We believe the best communications work happens when talented people are empowered to take smart risks, generate bold ideas, and make a meaningful impact.
Responsibilities
Corporate Media Relations and Storytelling
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 close partnership with Financial Communications and Investor Relations
Identify and develop compelling enterprise-level stories connecting HPE’s leadership in AI, networking, hybrid cloud, and computing to broader business and industry trends, with creative approaches that break through crowded news cycles
Maintain and expand trusted relationships with influential business and financial journalists, including major national and international outlets
Coach and develop C-suite executives to engage with media
Corporate Reputation Management
Identify potential reputational opportunities and risks and develop strategic communications recommendations to address and mitigate them
Manage HPE’s reputation with media stakeholders, ensuring appropriate internal alignment and escalation
Advise C-suite executives on strategic reputation matters in collaboration with other Corporate Communications colleagues
Program Execution
Strategize media opportunities to support a busy calendar of recurring corporate moments and proactive storytelling campaigns that highlight HPE’s technology for business and technology audiences
Oversee project management of strategic corporate media programs, from inception to pitch to preparation to execution and reporting
Translate product launches into opportunities with wider business and financial press through collaboration with Media Relations colleagues
Ensure high standards in preparation of executive messaging, media briefings, and interview materials
Measure media outcomes and use the results to elevate corporate media relations impact
Manage company-wide media relations asset libraries
Assist in managing the work of communications agencies supporting media relations
Collaborate effectively across a variety of global, product, and business functions
People Leadership
Directly manage, coach, and develop a team responsible for HPE’s corporate media relations programs, including through mentoring, delegation, career planning, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth
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