Corporate Communications Manager-Saudi National📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Aljomaih Energy and Water Company (AEW) is seeking a Saudi National Corporate Communications Manager to join its team in Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. This role reports to the HR Shared Services Director and is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive external and internal communications strategies aligned with the company's strategic objectives. The Corporate Communications Manager will ensure stakeholders understand AEW's strategy, business objectives, thought leadership, brand identity, corporate social responsibility initiatives, and organizational changes. This position requires independent work and strong collaboration with business leaders and internal functional leads to ensure strategic and operational alignment, thereby enhancing AEW's business and regional presence. The ideal candidate will develop communications that clearly convey AEW's value proposition and brand promise, playing a crucial role in enhancing employee engagement and managing organizational changes through consistent messaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute an integrated communications program across the company.
• Drive, support, and advise on internal and external communications, including communications planning, media relations, agency management, speaking opportunities, events, sponsorships, marketing partnerships, and merger & acquisition support.
• Develop and implement a regional employee communications plan to strengthen AEW's culture and employee engagement through clear, purposeful, and strategic content.
• Support management and business leaders in identifying needs, objectives, and strategies for internal communications development, including crisis communications and organizational change management.
• Develop internal communications focused on clear, concise, consistent, timely, and effective messaging for employees regarding company plans, management directives, and key organizational announcements.
• Draft scripts, speeches, correspondences, and presentation materials for internal communications.
• Plan, conceptualize, propose, and implement appropriate internal communication delivery channels and feedback mechanisms, including virtual, digital, town halls, video production, social media platforms, email, newsletters, and events.
• Act as a conduit to cascade, promote, and disseminate internal communications from Aljomaih Holding Company to ensure strategic alignment, consistent messaging, brand identity, and compliance with corporate guidelines.
• Serve as a responsive, quality-focused, and trusted partner for communications needs with all internal stakeholders across the region.
• Manage and support the execution of external communications in accordance with the strategic communications plan, encompassing public relations, social and media relations, executive thought leadership, customer and business partnerships, supply chain relations, crisis communications, and global responsibility.
• Ensure alignment with AEW's strategic direction across all regional external communication channels for consistent messaging and positive brand positioning.
• Collaborate with internal teams to enhance efforts in generating favorable market opinion and garnering local and regional media attention to drive thought leadership, positive brand image, and business development opportunities.
• Support management and business leaders in identifying needs, objectives, and strategies for external communications development, including speaking opportunities, interviews, social media profiling, events, sponsorships, and CSR initiatives.
• Plan for industry/event speaking and keynote management opportunities, liaising with event organizers and preparing necessary background information.
• Develop external communications, including best-in-class messages, interviews, correspondences, digital and social engagement, and presentation materials tailored for target regional markets and audiences.
• Lead the preparation and distribution of company news and information to regional business and trade media outlets, and develop media relations plans.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining positive relationships with media, managing information requests, securing positive coverage, and promoting AEW leaders as market thought leaders.
• Create a thought leadership strategy for media awareness, ensuring alignment with overarching AEW priorities to deliver consistent media coverage and message penetration.
• Engage and manage external agencies, providing high-quality drafts of press releases, scripts, speeches, interview talking points, and presentation materials.
• Provide media training for business leaders and subject matter spokespeople.
• Build and strengthen a personal network of regional/national media contacts.
• Collaborate with Business Development and Marketing teams to leverage and amplify impactful customer communications and stories through various platforms to enhance customer satisfaction and generate business leads.
• Stay abreast of key trends and industry issues to ensure timely and relevant interaction and adaptation in social media and communications.
• Create and post content to maintain momentum of AEW and industry content distribution to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure employee awareness and adherence to social media and external communication policies to avoid communication pitfalls and brand impact issues.
• Assist in supporting brand activation events and activities to elevate brand awareness and positioning in alignment with the global AEW brand.
• Support CSR and partnership initiatives, including stakeholder mapping and strategic partnerships for sustainable development.
• Provide communications support and integration for business merger and acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnership projects.
• Work closely with project teams to create content, identify media opportunities, and liaise with counterparts on external communications.
• Proactively participate in communications or cross-functional projects as assigned to broaden business acumen and people interaction.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing Communications, or a related field. A Master's degree is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant, in-depth professional communication experience.
• Proven end-to-end management experience in communications, spanning planning, execution, and delivery.
• Experience in communications with multiple influencer types, including media, bloggers, analysts, government officials, and employees.
• Strong proficiency in both English and Arabic languages.
• Outstanding presentation and communication skills, both written and spoken, with the ability to deliver professionally with impact.
• Excellent copywriting, proofreading, editing, creative storytelling, and consultative advisory skills.
• Deep skill in Microsoft Office suite and digitally savvy in social media, social networking, intranet, forums, online collaboration, videography, graphical design, and analytical tools.
• Excellent portfolio of media relations and a professional network with a proven record in maintaining close public and media relations.
• Good team player and individual contributor with career ambition for higher roles and responsibilities.
• Possess strong business acumen, agility, and the ability to navigate well in a highly matrixed organization.
• Motivated, self-driven with good work planning, organization, and time management skills.
• Proactive, ownership-oriented, results-driven, with a sense of urgency, commitment, and high dependability.
• Pleasant personality and disposition, professional etiquette, good emotional quotient, resilience, interpersonal relations, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Adaptive to cultural diversity and inclusivity.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight timelines, strong planning, multi-tasking, prioritization, and negotiation skills are highly anticipated.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and influence cross-functional teams is highly important.

Required Skills

• Communications Strategy & Execution
• Public Relations & Media Relations
• Agency Management
• Events & Sponsorship Management
• Business Development Support
• Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Partnership Support
• Communications Channel Selection & Media Monitoring
• Budget Management & Report Management
• Employee Engagement & Organizational Change Management
• Crisis Communications
• Speechwriting & Correspondence Drafting
• Presentation Material Development
• Virtual & Digital Communication Channels
• Social Media Platforms & Management
• Email Marketing & Newsletter Management
• Public Speaking & Thought Leadership
• Customer Relations & Supply Chain Relations
• Brand Positioning & Market Positioning
• Media Training & Network Building
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Storytelling & Consultative Advisory
• Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
• Social Networking & Intranet Management
• Online Collaboration Tools
• Videography & Graphical Design
• Analytical Tools Usage
• Business Acumen & Agility
• Work Planning, Organization & Time Management
• Interpersonal Relations & Stakeholder Engagement
• Cultural Diversity Adaptability & Inclusivity
• Multi-tasking, Prioritization & Negotiation Skills
• Dealing with Ambiguity & Influencing Cross-functional Teams
• Energy Market & Industry Trends Understanding

Work Environment and Details

This is a full-time position based in Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 5-10 years of experience in corporate communications. The company is Aljomaih Energy and Water Company.