Director - Corporate Communications Job at AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPA
AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPA Albany, NY
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Salary: $123,000 - $169,000
Purpose
Reporting to the Vice President, Corporate Communications, the Director - Corporate Communications is a demanding and high-profile position responsible for driving strategic communications supporting AVANGRID's business objectives with external stakeholders and employees. The position will also work closely with parent company representatives (Iberdrola S.A.) headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Main areas of responsibilities include media relations, external communications, and some varying communications.
Oversees direct reports, external resources, and partners with key stakeholders to achieve timely execution of all programs/efforts. Develops measurement protocols to ensure effective use of resources and performance data to determine effectiveness of programs and implementations. Monitors industry and discipline trends, tools, and technologies and implements innovative traditional, event, and social/on-line marketing initiatives.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with key stakeholders and in alignment with a global strategy responsible for strategically developing communications to achieve the AVANGRID objectives.
- Responsible for building image and company reputation working in collaboration with all necessary departments and business functions.
- Responsibilities also include a focus on other communications related to company positioning, strategic initiatives, executive level support, corporate earnings, and other corporate matters.
- Oversees external communications including developing press releases, interacting with media, preparing executives for media interviews, and a variety of other projects, including internal and external events, etc.
- Responsible for crisis communications and adept at managing complex and sensitive business issues.
- The Director will work with employees at all levels throughout the organization and is relied upon to provide decisive recommendations and strategic counsel as needed.
- The Director will be responsible for relationships with key business, financial, and other influential media that cover the company, the energy industry, and other areas of interest to AVANGRID; handle proactive and reactive media relations efforts in a quick and efficient manner to ensure positive media coverage for AVANGRID and its subsidiaries. Act as company spokesperson as needed on behalf of relevant communications programs and issues.
- The Director will coordinate communications initiatives with Iberdrola S.A and AVANGRID Renewables in the U.S. to ensure consistency in messaging and image.
- The Director will, at times, serve as a representative in several capacities, including making statements to the media, either giving (or media training other senior executives for) interviews and serving as gatekeeper for any and all company information that is to be disclosed to the public.
- The position requires the ability to quickly facilitate all media requests, including but not limited to, specific questions on performance, executives, strategy, products, policies, and historical perspectives, among others.
- Effectively manages communications staff for high performance.
- Manages budget.
Skills and Requirements
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor's Degree required (Master's Degree preferred) with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience preferred.
- Thorough understanding of communications strategy and be able to handle external communications and media relations.
- Superior writing and editing skills for all forms of communication needs and detailed information for senior executives.
- Strong relationship builder with solid budgeting and managerial experience.
- Knowledge of the electric and gas industry a plus.
Skills/Abilities:
- Superior verbal and written communication skills, writing, editing, and project management skills.
- Strong strategic and analytical capability.
- Keen ability to manage change and crisis communications issues.
- Strong ability to work with and influence senior leaders and other key stakeholders throughout the company on communications opportunities and issues.
- Ability to multi-task and quickly prioritize projects and work under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Self-starter, independent worker, strong team and cross-functional collaborator.
- Attention to detail and an ability to plan and execute events and meetings on strict timelines and budgets.
- Create, maintain, and foster relationships with key media, both traditional and digital, business, and trade.
- Requires a high level of strategic thinking, creativity, comfort with digital/social media and superior attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to function as spokesperson as needed, both taped and live media interviews in positive and negative situations.
- Ability to make reasonably quick, well-informed strategic decisions.
- Excellent leadership and collaboration skills in effectively managing staff.
Director Competency Requirements:
It is preferred that for this job, the candidate fulfills the requirements in terms of levels indicated below.
Build a Global Community:
- Promotes working relationships across team and geographical boundaries, building synergies, efficiencies, and shared learning.
Drive Excellence:
- Drives stretching divisional, functional, and technical performance and delivers outstanding results aligned to the organization's purpose.
Show Passion for the Future:
- Contributes to the purpose, vision, and values at divisional level and interprets them in order to drive change at the divisional/functional level.
Grow our Talent:
- Grows, develops, and promotes talent across divisional and geographical boundaries.
Think Commercially:
- Drives operational decision making and innovation that encourages balanced risk taking and careful judgment.
Show Technical Competence:
- Being perceived as a leading professional in their activity area strengthening and developing knowledge within the organization in their area of responsibility.
Competencies
- Be a role model
- Be agile
- Collaborate and Share
- Develop Self & Others
- Empower to grow
- Focus to achieve results
- Technical Skills
Our Selection Process
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables
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