Director, Communications Intelligence Strategy (Hybrid)

Prudential Financial; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) match

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Career learning resources

Job summary

Prudential Financial in Newark is seeking a Director of Communications Intelligence Strategy to build a decision-ready intelligence capability for Communications. You will translate signals into actionable counsel for senior leaders and partner across Brand, Investor Relations, Corporate Affairs, and enterprise teams.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on development of dashboards and early-warning systems, with a hybrid work arrangement requiring on-site presence on a recurring

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in communications measurement or related strategy roles.
• Ability to synthesize signals into clear implications for senior leaders.
• Experience building intelligence dashboards and readouts for planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead intelligence strategy for the Communications function and connect signals into a decision-ready view.
• Develop early-warning approaches, readouts, and escalation inputs for leaders.
• Lead dashboards and insight packages to support senior decision-making.
• Partner with Brand, Investor Relations, People & Experience, Corporate Affairs and other teams.
• Provide strategic counsel to VP, Intelligence and Policies and enterprise partners.
• Guide analytics support to ensure data quality and dashboard usability.

Skills

Executive communication

Facilitation skills

Social listening

Media monitoring

Stakeholder research

Data visualization

Analytical judgment

Education

Bachelor's in Communications

Bachelor's in Data Science

Bachelor's in Market Research

Bachelor's in Business

Bachelor's in Public Affairs

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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 Director, Communications Intelligence Strategy will report to the VP, Insights & Governance and help build a more decision-ready intelligence capability for Communications. This role is well suited for a strategic, curious and analytically minded leader who can connect signals, convene perspectives and translate complex data into clear implications, while serving as a trusted counselor to Communications and enterprise partners. The role will strengthen foresight, issue readiness, narrative choices and enterprise reputation outcomes by helping leaders anticipate issues earlier, understand stakeholder signals more clearly and make sharper communications decisions.

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

• Intelligence Strategy: Build the intelligence agenda for Communications, connecting reputation, sentiment, competitive, stakeholder, business and performance signals into a more decision-ready view.
• Foresight and Issue Readiness: Develop early-warning approaches, intelligence readouts and escalation inputs that help leaders anticipate issues, understand stakeholder shifts and prepare more effectively.
• Executive Insight Products: Lead development of dashboards, briefings and insight packages that synthesize complex data into clear implications, narrative choices and key considerations.
• Cross-Functional Signal Integration: Partner with Brand, Investor Relations, People & Experience, Corporate Affairs and business communicators to bring together inputs that improve planning and issue response.
• Analytics Leadership: Guide analytics support and partner with the Manager, Analytics to ensure data quality, dashboard usability and measurement outputs serve senior decision-making.
• Strategic Counsel: Convert signals into practical counsel for the VP, Intelligence and Policies, Head of Strategy & Integration, CCO, SLT partners and broader enterprise teams, strengthening reputation readiness and communications effectiveness.

What You’ll Need

• 7-10 years of experience in communications measurement, reputation intelligence, stakeholder research, media analytics, corporate affairs, market research or related strategy roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Data Science, Market Research, Business, Public Affairs or a related field.
• Strong ability to synthesize reputation, sentiment, competitive, business and performance signals into clear implications, counsel and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Experience building intelligence products, dashboards, readouts or early-warning systems that support planning, issue readiness and narrative decision-making.
• Fluency with social listening, media monitoring, stakeholder research, AI-enabled intelligence tools and data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to present complex signals clearly, convene perspectives and guide decisions under ambiguity.
• Strong analytical judgment, reputation acuity, quality discipline and comfort partnering across Communications, Brand, Investor Relations, People & Experience and Corporate Affairs.

It’d Be a Plus If You Had

• Advanced degree or equivalent applied 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 $147,100.00 to $220,700.00. 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.

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