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Role Description:
We are seeking a senior communications leader to drive a holistic communications program in the Middle East. The role touches all internal and external audiences including employees, customers, media and partners, helping the business confidently to tell its story.
Responsibilities:
Communications Strategy: Partner with the international and global communications teams to oversee the development and execution of a communications strategy for the Middle East that will secure and expand awareness and reputation for Salesforce across the market.
Strategic counsel and leadership: Sit on the Middle East Leadership Team providing strategic communications counsel to the Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Salesforce Middle East, the business and act as a go-to point of escalation for all communications issues.
Executive Communications: Oversee executive communications programs for our regional leader and other senior executives with bold and authentic narratives and internal and external engagement programs.
Narrative and key message development: Build the company narrative for the Middle East, enable the extended teams to tell the story of Salesforce in a way that resonates in the local market, inspires our customers to think big and take action, and promotes brand love across a broad set of audiences.
Media relations: Manage our engagements with the media and oversee our PR agency team.
Employee communications: Partner with the employee comms team to ensure our employee programming aligns with the Middle East Leadership Team's priorities.
Policy Comms: Collaborate with our Marketing, Government Affairs, Privacy and Legal teams in the region and lead the development of thought-leadership campaigns and engagement.
Operations: Support the management processes around budgeting, reporting and other global alignment programs.
Required Skills & Experience:
10+ years experience in (internal and external) communications roles
Established direct relationships across the business and technology media
Experience in representing and engaging in industry organizations
Exposure to managing key stakeholder relationships
Excellent leadership skills and experience in working across a matrix organisation to bring people together and deliver a strategy
Impeccable critical thinking and no ego - we are a dynamic team and everyone pitches in to get the job done
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while multitasking, re-prioritizing projects and communicating priority updates to business partners
Fluent in Arabic and English
