Vice President, Communications Strategic Planning (Hybrid)

pru; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential is seeking a Vice President, Communications Strategic Planning to lead the Strategic Planning pillar within Strategy & Integration. You will translate enterprise priorities into integrated communications plans, governance rhythms, and delivery cadences that align resources with high-impact work.

The role supports hybrid work with on-site presence as determined by the business. You will collaborate with SLT and senior leaders to drive execution, visibility, and executive alignment,

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in corporate communications and strategic planning.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Strategy or related field.
• Ability to translate business strategy into integrated communications plans and governance rhythms.
• Strong executive presence and consultative communication with C-suite leaders.
• Experience leading high-performing teams and cross-functional partnerships.
• Familiarity with planning tools and workflows such as Workfront.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual, quarterly, and agile planning cadence for Communications.
• Establish planning governance, decision forums, service tiers and tradeoff mechanisms.
• Lead and develop the Strategic Planning pillar team and intake processes.
• Partner with senior leaders to surface priorities, decisions, and risks.
• Make demand and capacity visible to enable disciplined decisions.
• Ensure planning outputs clearly demonstrate Communications' contribution to strategy and reputation.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Governance

Executive Presence

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Workfront

Agile Planning

Enterprise Communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Strategy

Tools

Workfront

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 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.

At Prudential, you can:

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