Global Industrials & Energy Leadership Communications Lead - Associate Director

Global Industrials & Energy Leadership Communications Lead - Associate Director

Location:

London

Date:
Feb 27, 2026

Requisition

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As the Brand, Marketing and Communications (BMC) function, we collaborate with the business to deliver innovative, audience‑centric brand, marketing and communications. Our team is an integrated global network of over 2,500 professionals with skills in content development, editorial, webcast creation, events staging, strategy, and operations.

Design and deliver integrated internal and external communications for the Global Industrials & Energy Industry (I&E) and Leadership, telling a compelling, coherent story about the industry’s value and impact to both internal and external audiences. This role focuses on special leadership communications, supporting the Industry Group Leader and senior leadership team, and will work closely with the Global I & E BMC leader, Communications & Engagement, PR and social media leads to ensure alignment and amplification.

It is designed to elevate the voice of leadership within Industrials & Energy, ensuring communications are strategic, impactful, and aligned with the Industry’s transformation and growth ambitions and that all key messages are landed within critical audiences especially accounts and regions.

• Partner directly with the Global I&E Leader and Global Sector Leaders to understand business objectives and translate them into communications strategies that reach and influence internal and external audiences.
• Advise the Global I&E Leader and senior team on all aspects of leadership communications strategies, ensuring messaging is consistent, impactful, and aligned with business priorities and will land with impact within key target audiences.
• Develop narratives, scripts, talking points, and presentations for the I&E Industry Leader and Global Sector Leaders for internal events, briefings, and external speaking engagements.

• Develop and implement internal communications strategies that support Global Industry and Sector business priorities.
• Build strong relationships with Regional counterparts, and work closely with priority Regions to co‑develop communications strategies and campaigns to ensure global initiatives resonate with local audiences including GCSPs.
• Provide direction and oversight to the Industry Communications & Engagement Assistant Director and GDS Supervising Associate.
• Manage the intranet hub for the Industrials & Energy group, building a pipeline of stories and features, overseeing the creation of high‑quality content, and collaborating with the BMC team, sales enablement and freelancers as needed.
• Drive awareness of leadership initiatives and push engagement via internal channels (e.g., Viva Engage, email bulletins, video updates).
• Engage with business teams to find and tell inspiring win stories and stories about the impact of our work with clients.
• Collaborate with BMC colleagues to support launches of key campaigns and market activities.
• Embrace innovative ways of engaging our audiences while ensuring communications align with the broader BMC and Clients & Industries messaging and communication frameworks.

• Work with the I&E leadership and PR and social media teams to devise and execute media and social strategies that connect leadership insights and stories with key external audiences, raising the profile of I&E leadership within their global Industry or Sector marketplace.
• Create narratives for speeches and prepare talking points for external events for the Global I&E Leader that land the key messages for the Industry and Sectors.
• Coordinate with BMC colleagues on PR and social media plans supporting key campaigns and market activities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to create compelling content across various mediums, from speeches to…