This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 12-Aug-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
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Team Overview
As the Director of Enterprise Communications, you will play a pivotal leadership role within the External Communications and PR (ECPR) team, part of Edward Jones' External Affairs division. This position leads the firm's executive visibility, strategic partnerships, memberships, sponsorships, and owned convenings efforts—helping shape how Edward Jones engages with external audiences and strengthens its reputation. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders across the firm to elevate executive voices, showcase the modern Edward Jones, and create meaningful connections that advance the firm's strategic priorities. Leading a team of five communications professionals, you'll help drive innovative programs that expand influence, deepen relationships, and reinforce Edward Jones' position as a trusted leader in the financial services industry.
What You'll Do
In this role, you will develop and execute enterprise-wide executive visibility and engagement strategies that strengthen the Edward Jones brand and support business objectives. Partnering with senior executives, Chiefs of Staff, business leaders, and colleagues across Communications, Marketing, Public Affairs, Events, and Media Relations, you will identify opportunities to elevate executive presence, increase influence, and create impactful engagements with key external audiences.
Here are a few of the Key Responsibilities:
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Lead the vision, strategy, and outcomes for executive visibility, strategic partnerships, memberships, and owned convenings within Enterprise Communications.
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Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, Chiefs of Staff, and business leaders, providing strategic counsel on executive positioning, thought leadership, speaking engagements, and external influence.
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Develop innovative platform strategies that connect business priorities and enterprise objectives with the audiences, forums, and conversations most critical to the firm's growth and reputation.
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Identify and cultivate high-impact visibility opportunities across industry conferences, memberships, media platforms, strategic partnerships, and thought leadership engagements.
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Build and manage relationships with external organizations, conference partners, membership groups, influencers, and other stakeholders that can advance the firm's strategic priorities.
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Oversee the firm's portfolio of memberships, sponsorships, strategic partnerships, and owned convenings, ensuring investments align to business goals and deliver measurable value.
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Develop creative and scalable approaches to executive engagement, finding fresh ways to increase reach, influence, and relevance with key audiences.
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Partner closely with Marketing, Public Affairs, Social Media, Media Relations, Events, and business teams to ensure consistent messaging and coordinated execution across channels.
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Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering innovation, collaboration, strategic thinking, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
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Manage team resources and budgets, ensuring effective investment decisions and strong returns across executive visibility, partnerships, memberships, and convening programs.
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Approximately 25% travel is required to support executive engagements, conferences, partnerships, sponsored events, and owned convenings.
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This role may require occasional work outside standard business hours to support executive events, conferences, speaking engagements, and other external-facing activities.
What You'll Need:-
Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, Business, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in communications, journalism, marketing, executive communications, executive visibility, public relations, or related disciplines.
- 6+ years of experience leading and developing teams within large, complex, or highly matrixed organizations.
- Experience providing strategic communications counsel and executive visibility support to senior leaders and executives.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise presence at major industry events, conferences, and external engagements, including managing large executive delegations and cross-functional stakeholder groups from strategy through execution with measurable business outcomes.
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Proven ability to exercise sound judgment and instincts, particularly in high-profile, fast-moving, or ambiguous situations.
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Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, allocate resources, and oversee multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 25% and support occasional work outside standard business hours as needed.
What Could Set You Apart:-
Established relationships across influential industry, business, policy, and media networks, with deep knowledge of the external forums, conferences, memberships, and convenings that shape conversations relevant to Edward Jones and the financial services industry.
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Agency and in-house experience with versatile communications toolkit to support range of executive spokespeople and myriad channels.
Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week.
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.
