Corporate Archivist & Chief Historian

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Corporate Archivist:

  • Collection Stewardship & Strategy

  • 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.

• Chief Historian:

  • Reputation & Narrative Activation

  • 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.

• Enterprise Partnership & Strategic Service

  • 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.

Qualifications

• Key Skills & Qualifications

  • 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.

  • Discretion & Judgment: Absolute integrity and experience handling sensitive materials, intellectual property, and confidential corporate information.

• Education & Professional Requirements

  • Required: Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program in Library/Information Science (MLS/MLIS) with a concentration in Archives Management, OR an advanced degree (MA/PhD) in History or Public History combined with significant archival experience.

  • Highly Preferred: Professional experience working within or in close partnership with a corporate communications, public relations, or public affairs function.

  • Experience: A minimum of 10-15 years of professional archival/historical experience with progressively increasing responsibility. Corporate archives experience is essential.

  • Required: Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in a leadership role, including direct management of staff and budgets.

  • Certification: Certified Archivist (CA) designation is desirable.