Role Overview
Tetra Pak is seeking a Communications Manager, Corporate to build, lead, and execute a comprehensive executive positioning strategy for the CEO and select Executive Leadership Team (ELT) members. The role is pivotal in shaping the corporate narrative, managing global thought leadership through a Speakers’ Bureau, and maintaining the company's reputation through proactive PR and crisis management. The successful candidate will work across a global matrixed organization, providing strategic counsel to high-profile leaders and ensuring alignment and consistency in all executive communications.
Key Responsibilities
CEO & Executive Leadership Communications
- Build, lead, and execute a comprehensive executive positioning strategy for the CEO and select ELT members.
- Develop long-term positioning themes, narratives, and thought leadership pillars.
- Manage an executive editorial calendar with weekly and monthly planning routines.
- Drive CEO and select ELT visibility via thought leadership content, LinkedIn profiling and engagement strategy, Table Talk video series, and speaking engagements.
- Provide counsel and hands-on support for EVP-level positioning needs.
Tetra Laval Reputation & Stewardship
- Lead all key Tetra Laval communications and reputation stewardship activities, including PR, issues, and crisis management activities.
- Drive brand, corporate, and operational communication activities, including the annual Tetra Laval Report and the donations program.
Speakers’ Bureau – Global Thought Leadership Enablement
- Establish, lead, and evolve a global Speakers’ Bureau as a core driver of future thought leadership.
- Design and manage a global speaking opportunity framework aligned with the PR strategy.
- Maintain and enforce the Speakers’ Bureau procedure, governance, and audit routines.
- Oversee spokesperson readiness and workflows.
Communications Governance
- Establish and sustain communications governance mechanisms across the Executive Leadership Team, including building and chairing an ELT Editorial Board.
- Create visibility on upcoming CEO/ELT/VP communications to ensure alignment and strategic prioritization.
- Ensure disciplined planning, coordination, and transparency across leadership communications.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience: 13–15 years of progressive experience in Corporate Communications, Executive Communications, or Strategic Communications roles.
- Leadership Advisory: Proven experience advising and supporting CEOs, senior executives, or high-profile leaders.
- Reputation Management: Strong background in issues/crisis communications and enterprise-level reputation management.
- Organizational Context: Experience working across global, matrixed organizations with complex stakeholder networks.
- Governance: Experience overseeing high-stakes governance and enterprise-wide communications frameworks.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Political Science, Public Affairs, Journalism, or related disciplines.
