Manager, Strategic Communications

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom CPP Investments Full time
Job Description

Acting as the relationship manager for key big-ticket PAC-led enterprise relationships (e.g. World Economic Forum, the Milken Institute), as well as prominent media event platforms (Bloomberg, Fortune FT, etc.), the individual will develop and maintain annual partnership strategies and deliver on those to strengthen organization’s reputation, global brand and thought leadership. In addition, the function oversees 1) CEO and & Senior management Team (SMT) speaking engagement program (assessment and proactive planning of speaking engagements) and 2) engagements and partnerships work with the Office of Chief Sustainability Officer (OCSO).

Key responsibilities include:

  1.  Manage the external speaking engagements program for the CEO & SMT:
    • Using the CEO’s internal and external thought leadership strategy as direction, coordinate speaking engagements for CEO, including liaising with external parties and OCEO.
    • Contribute to development of annual SMT speaking engagement strategy.
    • Identify strategically important external top-tier industry events and secure speaking engagements for senior executives, including SMT, in key markets ahead of every fiscal year to help deliver on Fund’s broader business objectives.
    • Act as point of contact for SMT as they receive inbound opportunities.
  2. Manage external engagements and support the partnerships work for the OCSO.
    • Provide SMT-level support to the CSO when it comes to external speaking program (incl. proactive work on New York & London Climate Action Week and COP), and reactive external event invitations assessments.
    • Contribute to and deliver on the annual sustainability communications strategy (incl. developing a formal engagement framework alongside a clear overview of OCSO roles and responsibilities (i.e.  key priority engagements, external event assessment scorecard, define and align subject-matter expertise and geographic considerations with appropriate speaking engagements and partnership opportunities.
    • Manage existing relationships (WBCSD, WEF, Milken), as well as bring forward new and assess incoming partnership invitations, jointly with the Stakeholder Affairs group.
    • Keep the external opportunities tracker updated.
    • Create a weekly comms vehicle to OCSO (email update of recommendations)
  3. Manage the Fund’s Events and Engagements Protocol
    • Ensure the Protocol remains updated in response to any changes.
    • Continuously remind colleagues of these external engagement principles to increase usage of the DealCloud tracking tool.
    • Provide on-demand and quarterly reports on external speaking engagements (via DealCloud)
  4. Manage PAC-led key strategic relationships for the Fund.
    • Develop, maintain and deliver on annual relationship strategies for key partnerships for the World Economic Forum and Milken Institute
    • Ensure that partnerships value is maximized to advance the objectives of the Insights Institute and Fund as a whole.
    • Continuously search for additional external partnership opportunities to advance CPP Investments profile, as well as profile of the CEO, SMT and the CSO.
    • Maintain strong working relationship with the most prominent media event platforms (Bloomberg, Fortune FT, etc.) to ensure our executives have access to speaking roles at top tier industry events.
    • In addition to the SMT and CSO, provide external engagements support to GLT-MDs Head of Global Partnerships and Head of Sustainable Energies Group.

Qualifications

If you possess the following, we’d like to hear from you:

  • College or university degree required in relevant field (e.g., Business, Finance, Sustainability, Economics)
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills, PowerPoint, Word
  • Requisite experience in a fast-paced, complex, and high visibility organization
  • Experience in a communications agency, consulting, or financial services environment
  • Commands the ability to distill complex information into compelling, concise content and produce targeted materials for a variety of audiences
  • Ability to operate through ambiguity
  • Proven attention to detail and accuracy
  • Results-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
  • Strong time management and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated and highly effective written and oral communication skills.
  • Robust understanding and proficiency with corporate use of social platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter)
  • Strong interpersonal skills: ability to foster effective working relationships
  • Ability to function well in a professional, high performance, and deadline-oriented culture
  • Able to work flexible hours outside of core office hours as required
  • Strict adherence to confidentiality and exhibiting a high level of professionalism at all times


Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. 

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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