Director Colleague Communications

Director Colleague Communications focuses on leading the global colleague communications strategy, ensuring messaging is clear, consistent and aligned across regions, functions and leadership teams.

What the role involves

• Leading the global colleague communications strategy, ensuring messaging is clear, consistent and aligned across regions, functions and leadership teams.
• Develop a high-performing communications team and work closely with teams across People, Finance, Strategy, Product, Brand and regional leadership to ensure integrated and aligned.

Skills and requirements

• Strong leadership capability is essential, alongside experience building high-performing teams and driving communication strategies that support culture, transformation and busines.
• Experience working within a global, matrixed or listed business environment would be highly valuable.

Confirmed role details

• This is a hybrid role 3 days per week for our Newcastle or London office.

Candidate fit

• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, you’ll provide guidance on colleague engagement, organisational sentiment, communication risks and alignment during key business.
• Also establish governance, standards and communication channels across the organisation, using insight, data and feedback to continuously improve engagement and effectiveness.
• You should be confident operating at executive level, with the credibility and judgement to advise senior leaders on sensitive communications, engagement and organisational change.

Additional role context

• This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering Sage’s global colleague communications strategy across a complex, international FTSE 100 environment.
• A key focus of the role will be ensuring colleagues understand the company’s direction, why it matters and how they contribute to Sage’s success.
• We’re looking for an experienced communications leader with a strong background in enterprise-wide colleague or corporate communications within a large, complex organisation.