Global Chief of Corporate Communications

Financial Narrative; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plans

Health & wellness plans

Job summary

Lord Abbett is seeking a Corporate Communications Leader to strengthen the company’s reputation and shape communications strategy internally and externally. You will partner with senior leadership across the firm to ensure consistent, clear and impactful messaging to clients, investors, employees and the industry.

You will lead executive communications, external relations and internal culture initiatives, collaborating across Marketing, IR, Legal/Compliance, and Product.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive corporate communications experience.
• Leadership experience within financial services, asset management or professional services.
• Exceptional writing, storytelling and executive communications skills; excellent PowerPoint.
• Strong media relations experience and reputation management.
• Experience building and leading teams, managing budgets and cross-functional alignment.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategies into compelling communications with the Head of Brand and senior leadership.
• Support executives with strategic communications across audiences (speeches, presentations, interviews, articles).
• Develop external communications plans and manage media relationships and crisis communications.
• Design and execute internal communications to engage global employees and reinforce culture.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Marketing, Investor Relations, Legal/Compliance, Product, and Client Solutions.

Skills

Executive communications

Strategic communications

Media relations

Public speaking

Team leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree in Communications/Jou?rnalism/Marketing

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

The Corporate Communications Leader will be responsible for enhancing and protecting the company’s reputation, shaping our communications strategy internally and externally, and supporting key stakeholders including executives, media, and industry influencers.

Reporting directly into the Head of Brand, this role will partner across senior leadership, business areas, and the marketing organization to ensure consistency, clarity and impact in how Lord Abbett presents itself to clients, investors, employees and the broader industry.

We’ll Trust You To

Executive Communications

• Work closely with the Head of Brand and senior leadership to translate business strategies into compelling communications
• Support senior executives (including the CEO) with key strategic communications across audiences and touchpoints (speeches, presentations, interviews, articles)

External Communications

• Develop a strategic external communications plan, including recommendations for how key executives should be leveraged in the media
• Build and maintain relationships with key media, analysts and external influencers to elevate Lord Abbett’s voice in the industry.
• Drive proactive and reactive external communications programs, including media relations, press releases, crisis communications and reputation risk management.

Internal Communications & Culture

• Design and execute internal communications strategies that engage employees globally, reinforce culture and support change initiatives.
• Ensure that employees are informed, aligned and inspired by the firm’s direction, brand commitments and performance.
• Partner with HCM and other functions to embed communications into all major internal initiatives and transformations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Thought Leadership

• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Marketing, Investor Relations, Legal/Compliance, Product, and Client Solutions to ensure consistency, alignment and leverage of communications..
• Evaluate emerging communications channels and technologies (digital, social media, podcasts, webinars) and make recommendations for how Lord Abbett can innovate in its communications approach.

You'll Need To Have

• 10 + years of progressive corporate communications experience, ideally including leadership experience within financial services, asset management or professional services.
• Proven track record of developing and executing strategic communications for a complex, multi-stakeholder, global organization.
• Exceptional writing, storytelling and executive communications skills; experience crafting messages for senior executives and public-facing communications. Must be excellent at communicating in PowerPoint.
• Strong media relations experience, including establishing relationships with top-tier business press, managing issues/crisis communications, and supporting reputation management.
• Experience building and leading teams, managing budgets, navigating vendor/agency relationships and driving cross-functional alignment.
• Highly strategic, intellectually curious and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders and evolving priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to measure and report on communications effectiveness and to continuously refine processes and approaches.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing or related field is a plus.

Why Lord Abbett? Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

• Principles-Based - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
• Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
• Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first.

We have been ranked #1 in Barron’s Best Fund Families for 2024 and have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for five consecutive years.

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $200,000-$230,000 . Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance.

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

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