Program Manager – Change Communications, Executive Storytelling & Effectiveness

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Role Summary

The Principal Communications Program Management & Executive Storytelling is a senior communications leader operating at the intersection of enterprise change sustainability and supply chain strategy. This role supports both the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and the SVP of Supply Chain Planning shaping how complex strategies transformations and priorities are understood communicated and adopted across HP.

This position blends change management executive communications program storytelling and internal engagement with an added emphasis on sustainability narratives external thought leadership and organizational effectiveness. The ideal candidate brings strong credibility with senior leaders exceptional writing and storytelling skills comfort on executive and external stages and the judgment to navigate ambiguity with confidence.

Key Focus Areas & Responsibilities

1. Change Management & Enterprise Communications

• Design and deliver endtoend communication strategies that support enterprise transformation operating model shifts and major supply chain and sustainability initiatives.
• Translate complex change into clear narratives that answer: why this matters whats changing what improves and what leaders and teams need to do differently.
• Partner with Transformation PMOs Supply Chain Planning leaders and Sustainability SMEs to align messaging sequencing and leader enablement.
• Develop leaderready toolkits FAQs cascades and communication assets that support adoption across global matrixed teams.

2. Executive Communications & Keynote Development

• Serve as a trusted communications and thought partner to the CSO and SVP of Supply Chain Planning helping shape executive voice and narrative clarity.
• Write and develop keynotes executive remarks talking points and strategic narratives for internal and external forums (town halls leadership meetings industry events).
• Ensure executive communications balance strategic ambition with operational credibility particularly across sustainability and supply chain topics.
• Uplevel consistency tone and impact of executive communications across channels and audiences.

3. Sustainability Communications & Thought Leadership

• Act as a core architect for sustainability communications ensuring HPs sustainability strategy progress and impact are clearly understood internally.
• Translate complex sustainability topicscorporate strategy regulatory landscape industry trends and market dynamicsinto relevant accessible narratives.
• Support the CSOs external presence with speaking materials briefings and thought leadership content for conferences customer forums and partner engagements.
• Collaborate with Corporate Affairs Legal Marketing and regional teams to ensure messaging accuracy consistency and market relevance.
• Strengthen HPs reputation as a sustainability leader by connecting strategy to realworld outcomes and execution.

4. Program Management Communications (Supply Chain Planning Focus)

• Own communications for complex multiworkstream programs within Supply Chain Planning ensuring clarity across milestones decisions and interdependencies.
• Align communication plans to operating rhythms planning cycles and leadership checkpoints.
• Anticipate risks confusion points and stakeholder concernsaddressing them proactively through structured communications.
• Track effectiveness and adoption adjusting narratives as programs evolve.

5. Visual Storytelling & Narrative Design

• Translate strategy data and complex concepts into clear visual narratives that support executive decisionmaking and employee understanding.
• Partner with design resources to produce highimpact presentations storyboards and visual frameworks.
• Set a high bar for narrative flow clarity and visual cohesionensuring communications are memorable not just informative.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Communications Business Marketing Sustainability or a related field.
• 8 years of experience in executive communications change communications program communications or related roles.
• Proven experience supporting senior executives and shaping executivelevel narratives.
• Exceptional writing storytelling and synthesis skills.
• Strong program management orientation with the ability to manage multiple highvisibility workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex topics into clear compelling narratives for diverse audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with sustainability supply chain transformation or enterprise strategy topics.
• Comfort supporting external thought leadership and publicfacing executive engagements.
• Experience facilitating teams or leaders through change using structured frameworks.
• Familiarity with tools such as the Birkman Method or comparable leadership / team effectiveness frameworks.
• Experience operating in global matrixed organizations.
• Coaching certification (e.g. ICF PCC) or formal training in organizational development (a plus not required).

Key Attributes for Success

• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline
• Trusted advisor to senior leaders
• Confident authentic executive and external presence
• Strong judgment and discretion
• Empathetic listener and skilled facilitator
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change
• Genuine commitment to sustainability purpose and operational excellence

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties skills responsibilities knowledge etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Pay & Benefits

The pay range for this role is $73800 to $113650 USD annually with additional

opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related

knowledge skills and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave

• US benefits overview compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

  posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time

  with or without notice subject to applicable law.

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  Supply Chain & Operations

  Schedule -

  Full time

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  No shift premium (United States of America)

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