Director, Strategic and Financial Communications (Hybrid)

Job Classification:
Marketing & Communications - Communications

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!

Prudential has been an industry leader in financial services for 150 years. We offer customers innovative solutions for growing and protecting wealth. With over $1.6 trillion in assets under management and a presence in 20 countries across 5 continents, we strive to service customers and create long-term value for stakeholders by pairing strong ethics and business fundamentals with a wide array of financial products and services, ranging from life insurance, retirement planning and annuities to asset management.

Prudential Financial, Inc. is focused on creating a fully inclusive culture, where all employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. We don't just accept differences-we celebrate them, support them, and thrive because of them. At Prudential, employees have a unique opportunity to own their development as they design unique career paths that prepare them to excel in roles that stretch and grow them throughout their career. We encourage employees to perpetually hone their skills and explore opportunities across the Prudential's business.

• Build and maintain relationships with key financial reporters, outlets, and influencers, including proactive pitching, backgrounding and reactive inquiry management.
• Proactively identify and pitch awards, social media and conference opportunities for initiatives and enterprise leaders.
• Manage communications programs for corporate development, M&A and other complex processes, coordinating across functions to clear, consistent messaging and smooth execution.
• Develop enterprise narrative materials, media strategies and communications programs to reinforce confidence in Prudential's business performance and strategic priorities.
• Develop communication materials tailored for senior executives, including briefing books, benchmark analyses and messaging documents.
• Leverage the resources and centers of expertise within the Prudential Communications organization (creative, content, analytics, research) to improve message clarity, anticipate risk, and quantify communications impact.

• 7-10 years of professional experience in corporate, financial or strategic communications.
• Strong media relations expertise, with the ability to manage relationships with journalists.
• Demonstrated success executing complex communications programs (corporate development, M&A, and/or organizational changes).
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills.
• Executive presence, relationship-building skills and high EQ to anticipate challenges and build alignment across functions.

• Business Acumen: Understands and leverages organizational, financial and industry data to better address customer needs and/or operations.
• Sector Experience: Knowledge and familiarity with the financial services industry and/or public company financial reporting requirements.
• Outcomes Focus: Delivers results that support project, function, and business outcomes, and maximizes my own utility by prioritizing work appropriately and executing efficiently.
• Creativity: Sees connections that others do not, successfully applies ideas drawn from seemingly unrelated contexts, and generates a wide array of useful solutions to solve problems.
• Persuasive Influence: Effectively persuades others, remains diplomatic in difficult situations, and leverages a large network of relationships for the good of the business.
• Communications Coaching: Coaches Communications colleagues and business partners in core communications skills and strategies when needed and shares good ideas for improving Communications work and/or reputation.
• Channel Management: Increases familiarity of a wide array of channels, leverages their possibilities for maximum impact and adapts messages effectively to them.

• 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 Programsincluding 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), after one year of service.