Corporate Archivist & Chief Historian

Job Location

CINCINNATI GENERAL OFFICES

This dual‑hatted role leads the preservation and activation of our company's nearly 200‑year history to best support Corporate Communications’ mission to protect and build P&G's reputation. This leader will wear two critical hats: as the Corporate Archivist, they are the ultimate steward of our physical and digital heritage collection; as the Chief Historian, they are a strategic communications leader who wields our history to provide authenticity, context, and proof for the stories P&G tells.

This is a role for a leader who is both the guardian of the physical past and the chief architect of its narrative.

This individual will lead a program that continues to use our historical archives not as a passive collection of materials, but as a dynamic engine for reputation management—inspiring employees, informing brand strategy, protecting intellectual property, and ensuring our past serves as a powerful catalyst and credible foundation for our future.

This role's responsibilities are divided into three core functions:

• Archival Management:
  Direct all aspects of archival administration, including collection development, appraisal, processing, and preservation to ensure materials are discoverable and preserved.
• Operational Excellence:
  Champion best‑in‑class archival practices, improving workflows and leveraging emerging technologies (e.g., AI) to enhance access and discovery.
• Leadership:
  Oversee the archival budget, manage vendor relationships, and lead a team of archival staff and project‑based contractors.

• Strategic Storytelling:
  Translate historical assets into powerful, relevant narratives that build and protect P&G's corporate reputation, particularly around our pillars of innovation, brand and category leadership, citizenship, and superior performance.
• Content & Communications Partnership:
  Arm communicators and leaders with the historical proof points, stories, and context needed to engage effectively with media, employees, and external stakeholders.
• Heritage Center Curation:
  Lead the content strategy and physical curation of the P&G Heritage Center, transforming it into a primary channel for communicating P&G’s values and character to internal and external audiences.
• Proactive Activation:
  Identify stories from our past that can add depth and credibility to current business and communications campaigns, ensuring our history is a proactive, not reactive, tool.

• Indispensable Partner:
  Serve as a strategic partner to both the broader Corporate Communications team (Media, Employee, Executive) and key business functions including Brand, Legal, A&I, and R&D as needed.
• Expert Research:
  Provide rapid‑response, expert research to support high‑stakes needs, from reputational issue navigation (Communications), to in‑depth issues‑based brand sessions (Brand), and trademark defense and patent history defense (Legal).
• Spokesperson:
  Serve as a credible and compelling corporate spokesperson on historical matters, representing P&G’s heritage to media, key stakeholders, and VIPs.

• Dual Expertise: A rare blend of deep archival knowledge and a sophisticated understanding of how corporate narrative and authenticity contribute to reputation management.
• Strategic Narrative Builder:
  The ability to craft compelling stories that advance specific communications objectives, moving beyond simple facts to create emotional resonance.
• Advanced Archival Knowledge:
  Mastery of archival theory, digital preservation, and descriptive standards to ensure the collection's integrity.
• Executive Presence & Partnership:
  Proven ability to build trust and act as a credible, service‑oriented partner to senior executives and cross‑functional teams.
• Leadership & Project Management:
  Strong skills in managing staff, budgets, and complex, multi‑year projects.
• Tech Fluency & Growth Mindset:
  An eagerness to creatively solve challenges and leverage new technologies (e.g., AI) to make heritage more dynamic and accessible.
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