Corporate Communications and Public Relation

Role & responsibilities

• Lead corporate communications, annual reports, quarterly results and shareholder communications.
• Ensure governance, compliance and accuracy of all external communications.
• Develop corporate reputation and crisis communication strategies.
• Manage media relations, PR agencies and high-impact PR campaigns.
• Build leadership profiles through thought leadership, interviews, articles and social media.
• Drive healthcare and senior-care category communication.
• Develop internal communications, leadership messaging and employer branding.
• Maintain consistent messaging across businesses while strengthening individual brand identities.

Preferred candidate profile

Minimum 2 to 3 years experience within a listed (publicly traded) companys communications function. Agency-side servicing of a listed client does not substitute.

• Demonstrated ownership of annual report communication, including the full coordination and sign-off cycle preceding filing.
• Proven working partnership with the Company Secretary / Secretarial & Compliance function on disclosure-sensitive communication material-event releases, results communication, regulatory filing timelines and pre-clearance of external content.
• Direct experience running PR and profiling programmes for senior leadership Chairperson, MD/CEO, CXOs.
• Education: Graduate at minimum; PG / MBA in Mass Communication, Journalism, Marketing or PR preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years in PR, corporate communications, brand communications or reputation management, of which a minimum of 23 years must be in-house at a listed company (mandatory).
• Healthcare, hospital, health services, pharma, health-tech, wellness or senior care experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in a multi-entity or group structure supporting several businesses from a central corporate function — is a significant advantage.
• Strong existing relationships with business, healthcare, corporate, lifestyle and regional media.
• Excellent writing, editing, messaging and storytelling skills.
• Strong judgement, discretion and maturity in handling confidential and price-sensitive information.
• Proven experience managing PR agencies and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed, multi-business environment.
• Experience in purpose-led consumer or services organisations is an added advantage.