Vice President, Communications Strategic Planning (Hybrid)

Vice President, Communications Strategic Planning (Hybrid)

locations

Newark, NJ, USA

time type

Full time

posted on

Posted Yesterday

job requisition id

R-125088

Job Classification: Project Mgmt, Transformation & Strategy - Project Mgmt, Transformation & Strategy

At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!

As part of the Strategy & Integration team, the Vice President, Communications Strategic Planning will report to the Head of Strategy & Integration and lead the Strategic Planning pillar, including the Director, Strategic Planning and Manager Strategic Narrative Design. This is an ideal opportunity for a strategic convener of people and ideas—someone who brings executive presence, operating discipline and strong judgment to translate enterprise priorities into integrated communications planning, prioritization, and governance processes that align resources to the work that matters most. The role will help align SLT teams around what matters most, make tradeoffs and capacity visible, and focus Communications on the work that advances strategy, transformation, reputation and stakeholder confidence.

The current employee work arrangement for this position is hybrid and requires your on-site presence on a reoccurring basis as determined by your business. Your manager will provide additional details relative to the specific number of days you are expected to be on-site.

What you can expect:

• Strategic Planning Rhythm: Lead the annual, quarterly and agile planning cadence for Communications, ensuring enterprise priorities are translated into clear, sequenced and actionable plans across SLT teams.
• Governance and Prioritization: Establish planning governance, decision forums, service tiers and tradeoff mechanisms that help leaders focus capacity on the highest-value work.
• Pillar Leadership: Lead and develop the Strategic Planning pillar team, including strategic planning operations, strategic narrative design support and intake, while creating clarity, accountability and momentum.
• Executive Alignment: Partner with the Head of Strategy & Integration, CCO, senior Communications leaders and SLT stakeholders to surface priorities, dependencies, decisions and risks in a way that enables faster alignment.
• Capacity Visibility: Use intake, planning and status signals to make demand, resource pressure and tradeoffs visible, enabling more disciplined decisions about what Communications takes on, sequences, or declines.
• Enterprise Storytelling: Ensure planning outputs, executive updates and GLT-ready materials clearly demonstrate Communications’ contribution to strategy, transformation, reputation and stakeholder confidence.

What you’ll need:

• 10–15 years of experience in corporate communications, strategic planning, business operations, management consulting, or a premier communications agency environment, with demonstrated experience supporting enterprise-level priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Business, Strategy or a related field.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into integrated communications plans, governance rhythms, planning cadences and decision frameworks that senior leaders can act on.
• Strong executive presence and consultative communication skills, with the ability to advise, influence and build trust with C-suite leaders, SLT members and senior cross-functional partners.
• Experience leading high-performing teams, developing talent and creating clarity across workstreams that require both strategic judgment and operational follow-through.
• Strong command of enterprise communications principles, intake and prioritization models, agile planning practices and workflow platforms such as Workfront.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, surface tradeoffs and drive alignment with diplomacy, urgency and strong attention to detail.

It’d be a plus if you had:

• Advanced degree or equivalent enterprise leadership experience preferred.

Prudential welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.

At Prudential, you can:

Take charge of your career. We equip and empower our employees to expand their skills and experience by using powerful learning, gigs, and job opportunities. We offer a suite of services such as on demand resources and networking to propel your career forward.

We’re a global organization, full of outstandingly dedicated people who aren’t afraid to think differently, challenge the status quo and take sensible risks along the way. You will enjoy pushing boundaries as we build innovative technology that helps clients, customers and employees live their best lives. You will have access to leadership and learning opportunities and the resources needed to take your career in any direction. We will help you do your best work, offering flexibility, while delivering on our Purpose.

What we offer you:

Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $178,600.00 to $267,800.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected].

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About Prudential

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager with approximately $1.4 trillion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2023, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees help make lives better and create financial opportunity for more people by expanding access to investing, insurance, and retirement security. Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for 150 years. For more information please visit news.prudential.com.

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