At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead global communications strategy and elevate executive visibility in the energy sector.
- Company: Join Hitachi Energy, a leader in the energy transition with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible hours, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace fostering growth and innovation for all team members.
- Why this job: Shape the narrative of a global business and make a real impact in sustainability.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in external communications with strong storytelling and strategic advisory skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Hitachi Energy is looking for a Senior External Communications Manager to join our global communications team at BU Transformers. This is a unique opportunity to shape the voice and visibility of a global business at the heart of the energy transition. As external communications lead, you will play a pivotal role in positioning both the company and its leadership as trusted, forward‑looking partners in building the grids of the future. Your work will directly contribute to strengthening reputation, supporting growth and differentiating the business in a highly competitive market.
How you will make an impact
- Lead global external communications strategy: Define and drive the external communications agenda, strengthen market visibility, supporting growth priorities, and elevating innovation storytelling across regions and channels.
- Elevate executive and leadership visibility: Own the development of high‑impact, executive‑level content for senior leadership, including keynote messaging, videos, social media (especially LinkedIn), press materials and media interviews, ensuring a strong, consistent, and authentic leadership voice externally.
- Build compelling narratives from complex topics: Translate highly technical and strategic subjects such as energy transition, electrification, grid expansion, sustainability and transformer technologies into clear, engaging and differentiated stories that resonate with external audiences.
- Develop and align global storytelling: Partner closely with Business Unit leaders, Global Product Group teams and regional/country communications to produce feature stories, press releases and media content. Ensure message consistency, strategic alignment and Business Unit validation across markets.
- Support strategic milestones and flagship moments: Lead external communications for key business initiatives, including factory inaugurations, major investments and key events; ensuring visibility, coherence and strong reputational impact.
- Act as a trusted partner in stakeholder storytelling: Support customer‑facing narratives and strategic storytelling that build trust, reinforce long‑term partnerships and showcase real‑world impact.
- Lead crisis and issues communications: Anticipate, prepare for and manage reputational risks and crisis situations. Work closely with crisis team, regional communications and business stakeholders for rapid response coordination to protect and strengthen the company’s reputation globally.
Background
- You are a seasoned external communications professional who combines strategic thinking with hands‑on execution. You bring a strong agency mindset, exceptional storytelling ability and the confidence to advise senior leaders in a complex, international environment.
- Senior experience with strong business acumen: 10+ years in external communications, corporate communications or public relations, ideally with a mix of agency and in‑house experience in global, matrixed organisations.
- Proven expertise in media and campaign activation: Strong track record of developing and executing impactful media relations strategies and integrated campaigns across channels, with a clear understanding of how to drive visibility and engagement.
- Outstanding writing and storytelling skills: Exceptional ability to craft clear, compelling and audience‑centric content—from executive speeches to press materials—tailored to different formats and stakeholders.
- Strategic advisor to senior leaders: Comfortable working closely with executives, coaching and shaping their external presence, messaging and thought‑leadership positioning.
- Operational excellence and delivery focus: Highly organised and execution‑driven, able to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders and deadlines while maintaining quality and consistency.
- Crisis communications expertise: Experienced in handling sensitive issues, managing reputational risks and delivering clear, confident communication under pressure.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills: Able to work effectively across functions, geographies and cultures, aligning diverse stakeholders around a shared communications strategy.
- Comfort with technical and complex topics: Curious and capable of quickly understanding industrial, technological and sustainability topics, translating them into meaningful external narratives.
- Passion for energy transition and sustainability: Motivated to contribute to shaping the narrative around electrification, decarbonisation and the future of energy infrastructure.
More about us
Hitachi Energy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where every team member can thrive and contribute their unique perspectives and skills. We provide competitive salaries, flexible working hours, professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment that encourages growth and innovation.
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Hitachi Energy is an exceptional employer that champions a culture of inclusivity and innovation, providing employees with competitive salaries, flexible working hours, and ample opportunities for professional development. Located in Birmingham, this role offers the chance to be at the forefront of the energy transition, allowing you to shape impactful narratives while collaborating with diverse teams across the globe. Join us to contribute to meaningful projects that drive sustainability and electrification, all within a supportive environment that values your unique perspectives.
