Senior Communications Program Manager

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.   

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth.  We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

The team

We’re seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Communications Program Manager to manage and support comms initiatives and operations as a member of our Executive and Employee Communications team.  Primarily focused on internal communication, this position is ideal for someone who is energized by the challenge and opportunity of keeping 5,000 global employees informed and engaged.  You’re comfortable at a strategic level and interfacing with executives and passionate about refining processes, collecting data, creating reports, and digging into details.  Wearing your operations and program management hats, you are truly a force multiplier, able to use your jack-of-all-trades skillset in proactive and reactive ways to enhance the efficiency, productivity and impact of our communications strategies and deliverables.  

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and manage employee comms assignments – at program, project and task level – including newsletter publishing, meeting support, and event coordination
• Provide operational support, which could include collecting data, compiling reports, evaluating tools and systems, maintaining resources, and spotting gaps.
• Help the team run smoothly by creating and sharing communication protocols, including processes, governance and operations.
• Oversee, monitor and analyze comms metrics and make data-driven recommendations to improve communications effectiveness and efficiency.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices to ensure our communication efforts remain innovative and impactful.

What you bring to the team 

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Marketing and/or Marketing Operations.
• A good understanding of global corporate employee and executive communications as typically acquired via 5-7 years of experience in communications, marketing and operations teams.
• Proven record of developing and executing communication programs and managing projects with multiple stakeholders and moving parts
• A love of operations – you make the wheels turn and help everyone stay focused and productive – combined with strong project management skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects at the same managing deadlines, invites, inputs, reviews, delivery and budget details; an expert at untangling the occasional hairball.
• Proficiency in using communication tools and platforms for analytics, reporting, content management, project management and more.    
• Ability to lead via influence, be agile and resourceful, deal with some ambiguity, and jump in wherever needed.  Self-directed and able to work solo and within a global matrix organization.
• This role will be traveling roughly 10%.

As required by the equal pay and transparency acts, the expected base salary for this position is:

Tier One Location (including New York City and California Bay Area): $102,300-$146,100

Tier Two Location (including Colorado, Seattle, and the rest of California): $88,900 - $137,000

Tier Three Location (including the rest of Washington State): $71,100 – $111,600

The expected pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. Employees are eligible to participate in Hitachi Vantara’s bonus/variable/commission pay programs, where applicable, and are subject to the program’s conditions and restrictions.

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About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion   

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.   

How we look after you  

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.   

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.