This position is responsible for the company's overarching external affairs strategies as well as direct engagement with stakeholders, including government, NGOs, and media, across Asia Pacific Markets.
Role Responsibilities:
Stakeholder Engagement
Identification, mapping and monitoring of stakeholders, including government and NGOs
Creation and execution of external stakeholder engagement plan
Design and execute external engagement action plans, manage potential negative impacts, assess growth opportunities from potential policy changes
Monitoring and gathering political, economic, and regulatory intelligence, and provide leadership and guidance to the commercial business on required actions
Advise and support the country teams on day to day issues management
Public Relations
Take the lead in driving the overall strategy for public relations and reputation building in Asia Pacific Markets
Lead the roll-out of global and regional corporate messaging, with the support of country-level and regional agencies
Drive external relationships and corporate reputation for the company
Draft talking points, correspondence, statements, position papers, and presentations for external communications
Act as corporate spokesperson and respond to members of the media
Role Requirements:
10 years of experience in issues and activities related to external affairs in Asia Pacific Markets, preferably with experience managing an stakeholder engagement and communications program
Business acumen and understands the strategic role of External Affairs in analyzing challenges and opportunities
A solid understanding of the regulatory and government affairs landscape in the Asia Pacific Markets
Ability to manage multiple projects independently, in ambiguous or undefined circumstances
Strong communicator with excellent oral, written and overall communications skills; can credibly adopt a broad range of communication styles