Vice President - Corporate Communication - BFSI

Job location : Pune

Role :

- This is a senior role for an individual who can provide strategic direction and execution to a robust, proactive and effective external, internal and brand communications strategy. The individual will be responsible for covering all communications in the site, positioning the bank as a leading global bank and an employer of choice.

- The role covers both internal communications and driving great impact and endorsement from staff, as well as external communications, working closely with the media and industry participants to provide effective representation.

- He/she will also, in conjunction with Senior Management, be responsible for developing the communications strategies that employ innovative and successful tools that seek to engage and educate internal and external stakeholders.

- He/she will be responsible for the day to day liaison/management of media relations for the above areas and for maintaining an active, ongoing dialogue with both media and industry participants in order to provide the best media opportunities to promote the Company franchise.

- The individual must also be able, from time to time, to handle issues and reputational risk matters with the aim of minimizing, mitigating or preventing negative perceptions being reflected in the media.

- The individual will work closely with the Site Senior Franchise Officer and the site COO, specialising in strategy and execution of targeted communications.

- He/she will regularly assess the effectiveness of the business's communication channels and put in place measures that will create awareness and momentum as well as test the effectiveness of communication activities.

- Act as a single point of contact for executing communications agenda on average 80% internal, 20% external communications

- Ensure concise communications planning aligned with strategy and global/Group initiatives

- Create and execute organizational and executive communications (e.g., management memos, speeches, intranet feature stories, internal videos, other multimedia materials)

- Collaborate with Corporate Functions Internal Communications, Global and APAC Media Relations and Branding and where required our local PR agency to develop and manage external communications agenda, where the focus is on building a reputation as an employer of choice

- Align local messaging with broader bank-wide messaging

- Maintain, enhance and edit news flow, including intranet pages; as necessary work with Branding department on the related content and design

- Utilize existing Corporate Communications and Branding processes to ensure effective delivery of messages through various channels and develop processes in to effectively manage the information flow

- Provide proactive, practical and strategic counsel and support to senior managers on their internal regional communications, especially relating to communications campaigns to deliver key messages to our internal audience

- Provide support in leveraging key corporate initiatives such as philanthropy and diversity & inclusion initiatives as well as business achievements for internal publicity

- Assist with the development and implementation of new internal communications tools and processes.

Qualifications

- At least 10 years experience or the equivalent of demonstrated expertise in in-house corporate communications, particularly in internal and executive communications and preferably in financial services, as well as business and financial media relations, which may include time spent as a member of the financial press

- Advanced degree graduate, preferably in Journalism, Communications, Business Administration or Economics

- Must be very conversant in issues related to the financial services industry

- Individual must possess superior written, spoken and presentation skills

- Fluent spoken and written English is essential

- Experience in utilizing corporate social media platforms

- Experience in advising and influencing executive management on strategic topics

- Strong credentials to drive results by taking a proactive medium and long- term view of business goals and objectives.

We are looking from BFSI domain with global market exposure.

This is an Individual Contributor Role.

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