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**Senior Corporate Communications Strategist** Vanguard seeks an experienced Senior Communications Strategist to join their esteemed Corporate Communications team. Advising senior leaders, you'll shape narratives, mitigate risks, and orchestrate integrated communications strategies, driving business outcomes. Key responsibilities include messaging development, reputation management, media relations, and team mentorship. This role requires at least eight years of experience, including five years in Communications or Public Relations. A hybrid work model applies.
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Full Job Description
As a Senior Communications Strategist at Vanguard, you will join a highly respected Corporate Communications team that operates as trusted advisors to senior leaders across the enterprise. In this highly visible role, you will serve as a senior communications counselor and primary spokesperson, shaping narratives, anticipating risk, and leading integrated communications strategies that influence business outcomes at the highest levels. Drawing on deep business acumen and strong external networks, you will help advance Vanguard's mission driven brand and reputation, deliver innovative and measurable communications solutions, and mentor others as part of a collaborative, forward thinking team committed to long term impact.
To support our Personal Wealth business, you will help Vanguard connect with individual investors from those just starting out in their financial journey to those looking to pass down generational wealth. You will have the opportunity to use your creativity to develop bold, new communications strategies to support key business priorities, building and executing across owned and earned channels in collaboration with key internal and external partners. Along with owned communications strategies, you will be able to leverage your media relations expertise to continue to raise Vanguards visibility in top-tier, specialty, and consumer media.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the development of integrated communications strategies that enable strategic business outcomes, setting vision and guiding multilevel teams while adapting plans to align with enterprise priorities.
Translate enterprise and business strategies into clear, compelling messaging and content, personally crafting narratives for complex topics and executive audiences.
Ensure consistency and alignment of messaging with Vanguard's positioning, voice, and key themes across channels and platforms.
Protect and advance Vanguard's reputation by anticipating risks, balancing risk and reward, and proactively delivering strategic, businesscritical communications.
Drive execution across all phases of communications strategiesfrom conception and implementation through measurement and optimization.
Partner closely with senior leaders to provide counsel, influence decisions, and support highstakes initiatives.
Serve as an authority on industry best practices and emerging communications trends, introducing innovative tactics that elevate impact while aligning with internal brand and culture.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key influencers, executives, journalists across toptier and trade outlets, and agency partners to shape narratives and secure impactful coverage.
Mentor and develop junior and midlevel team members, strengthening team capability and advancing the evolution of Corporate Communications.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Minimum of eight years of related work experience, with at least five years of experience in Communications and/or Public Relations preferred.
Proven track record of leadership, influence, and enterpriselevel impact, including advising senior stakeholders.
Undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
This role is part of our hybrid work model, which is designed to foster collaboration, connection, and flexibility. Crew are expected to work in our Malvern PA office Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely or continue working from the office on Mondays and Fridays. Fully remote work is not available for this role however relocation assistance is available.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
At Vanguard, we don't just have a missionwe're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
