Executive Communications Strategist - Sustainability & Enterprise Operations

Role Summary

The Executive Communications Strategist serves as a trusted communications advisor to the Chief Sustainability Officer, helping shape and elevate their internal and external visibility, executive presence, and thought leadership.

This role is responsible for developing strategic narratives, executive positioning strategies, leadership content, social media presence, and communication plans that strengthen leader influence and amplify EO priorities, including sustainability, responsible operations, supply chain, transformation, and organizational impact.

Working closely with EO leaders, the EO communications team, sustainability and business partners, and key stakeholders, the successful candidate combines business acumen, storytelling expertise, and strategic communications counsel to translate complex business, operational, environmental, and social topics into compelling narratives that resonate with employees, customers, partners, and industry audiences.

Operating with a high degree of independence, this individual serves as both strategist and content creator, driving executive visibility through a mix of thought leadership, briefing support, leadership communications, social content, and executive storytelling. The role is based in Houston, Texas.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Positioning & Thought Leadership

• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to EO leaders.
• Develop and evolve executive positioning strategies aligned with business priorities and leadership objectives.
• Build compelling thought leadership platforms and differentiated executive narratives.
• Develop executive narratives around sustainability, responsible business, operational transformation, and measurable impact.
• Identify opportunities to increase visibility and influence across internal, external, industry, and digital channels.
• Provide ongoing counsel on executive communications opportunities and reputation-building initiatives.

Narrative Development & Strategic Storytelling

• Translate complex business, operational, sustainability, supply chain, and transformation initiatives into clear and compelling narratives.
• Translate environmental and social initiatives into credible, audience-relevant communications that connect business strategy with tangible outcomes.
• Create communications frameworks and messaging platforms that support long-term leadership positioning.
• Ensure consistency across leadership messaging, themes, and storytelling.
• Partner with sustainability, Corporate Affairs, supply chain, and subject-matter experts to ensure communications are accurate, credible, and evidence-based.

Briefings & Executive Readiness

• Develop executive briefing materials for internal leadership engagements, customer meetings, industry events, speaking opportunities, and strategic discussions.
• Conduct research and synthesize business trends, stakeholder insights, and audience needs.
• Prepare leaders with key messages, anticipated questions, supporting content, and communication recommendations.
• Help leaders communicate progress, trade-offs, and measurable outcomes on complex sustainability and responsible business topics with clarity and credibility.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure leaders are informed, prepared, and positioned for success.

Content Creation & Executive Communications

• Draft high-quality content across multiple channels, including:
• LinkedIn posts
• Thought leadership articles
• Employee communications
• Executive messages
• Keynote and speaking content
• Presentation narratives
• Create content that reflects each leader’s voice while maintaining alignment with HP priorities and communications standards.

Social & Internal Visibility

• Manage executive visibility strategies across internal and external channels in partnership with Corporate Affairs team members.
• Build and maintain content calendars and communication plans for supported leaders.
• Develop social media content that enhances executive presence and thought leadership.
• Identify opportunities to showcase leadership, innovation, transformation, sustainability, responsible operations, and organizational impact.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Collaborate closely with Executive Communications, Corporate Affairs, Internal Communications, sustainability, supply chain, business leaders, and subject-matter experts.
• Build strong relationships across EO and HP to develop authentic, business-relevant content.
• Serve as a trusted partner capable of influencing without direct authority.
• Support high-priority strategic communication initiatives as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in executive communications, corporate communications, public relations, journalism, content strategy, or a related field.
• Proven experience supporting senior executives and leadership teams.
• Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and content development skills.
• Experience developing executive messaging, thought leadership, and strategic narratives.
• Strong understanding of digital communications and executive social media strategy.
• Ability to simplify complex business topics and create engaging content for diverse audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and influence skills.
• Excellent judgment and ability to manage confidential and sensitive information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting executive thought leadership and leadership visibility programs.
• Experience partnering with Corporate Affairs, Executive Communications, Media Relations, or Analyst Relations teams.
• Experience communicating sustainability, ESG, corporate responsibility, climate, circularity, responsible sourcing, sustainable supply chain, or social impact topics.
• Familiarity with enterprise operations, supply chain, digital transformation, sustainability, or technology-related topics.
• Experience supporting executive speaking engagements and keynote development.
• Understanding of communications measurement and audience engagement analytics.

Pay and benefits

The pay range for this role is $116,150.00 to $191,500.00 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

The 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.

Job

• Corporate Affairs
• Schedule -
• Full time
• Shift -
• No shift premium (United States of America)
• Travel -
• Relocation -
• Yes