Global Head of Corporate Communications, Senior Vice President

We Are Looking For:

The Global Head of Communications is responsible for developing and leading a comprehensive communications strategy that advances State Street's purpose of helping create better outcomes for the world's investors and the people they serve. We are looking for a proven corporate communications leader, a prolific writer and gifted storyteller: someone who can sit with a complex strategy and help turn it into language that is clear, credible, and genuinely compelling.

This person will serve as a trusted advisor to our CEO and executive leadership on matters of reputation, bringing sound judgment, discretion, and the confidence to offer counsel that is heard and acted on, not just delivered.

This is a disciplined thinker who will ensure rigor in how our messaging is developed and delivered, ensuring every narrative, from an internal town hall to a global press statement, is deliberately connected to our business strategy and authentically reflective of our value proposition and brand essence. This leader earns trust and builds credibility over time, through consistency, sound judgment, and the ability to see around corners, and uses that credibility to offer counsel that leaders genuinely rely on in both routine moments and high-stakes ones.

This is also a people leader and culture carrier: someone who can lead and nurture a talented team, elevate the caliber of their work, and deliberately deepen their skills over time, building not just a function but a bench of future communications leaders. Deep financial services experience is essential, including real fluency operating inside global, complex, highly regulated organizations, where every word carries commercial, legal, and reputational weight.

Why This Role Matters:

This role oversees all aspects of enterprise communications and reputation management, including external, internal, executive, client, and crisis communications, while driving initiatives that strengthen the firm's credibility and market presence. Reporting to the Global Chief Marketing Officer, and as a senior, trusted member of the organization, this leader will partner closely with the CEO, executive leadership, and key stakeholders to deliver clear, consistent, and compelling narratives that enhance employee engagement, support business objectives, and elevate State Street's position in the marketplace.

What You Will Be Responsible For:

Enterprise Reputation, Strategy & Executive Counsel Develop a strategic approach to integrated communications that amplifies State Street's reputation through clear, disciplined, and impactful communications across internal and external channels.

Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive leadership on reputation management, working closely with them to develop a corporate message map that ensures consistent, clear, and strategic communication across every channel.

Craft high-level narratives that underpin our strategy, elevate our external presence, build our credibility, and deliver successful business outcomes.

Establish greater discipline in how messaging is developed and delivered across the function, ensuring every narrative is deliberately connected to business strategy and genuinely reflective of our value proposition and brand essence.

Drive real commercial outcomes through an approach that is both creative and disciplined, treating every narrative as an opportunity to advance the business, not simply an exercise in words.

Set and deliver outcome-based communications key results, and measure and track performance against clear KPIs.Executive Communications Own the shaping of messaging and communications from the CEO and executive leadership, ensuring a consistent, authentic voice across every audience and moment, from employee-facing communications to external industry platforms.

Lead the development of keynote remarks, speeches, and talking points for the CEO and executive leadership at industry events, conferences, and other high-visibility platforms, ensuring each moment reinforces our broader narrative and business priorities.

Manage the writing of, bylines, op-eds, and other executive-voiced content, capturing each leader's authentic point of view while ensuring quality, consistency, and relevance to the audience.

Build a disciplined executive communications process, including message development, drafting, review, and delivery, so our leaders show up prepared and credible in every setting.

Internal Communications & Employee Engagement…