Head Group External Communications

vor 13 Stunden


Fribourg, Schweiz UBS Vollzeit

Switzerland - Zürich
- Marketing and Communications
- Group Functions

**Job Reference #**
- 255722BR

**City**
- Zürich

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Your role**
- Do you want to drive the positioning of UBS as the leading financial services firm to our external stakeholders?
- Are you passionate about driving external communications in a truly global, diverse and fast changing environment? Are you willing to drive the evolution of communications topics into the next stage, including improved data-driven approach, cross-team collaboration and agile ways of working? Do you have outstanding leadership-, change management and stakeholder management skills, as well as deep corporate communications experience?
- If yes, we are looking for someone like you to:
- Drive UBS’s external communication practice across a global team, including actively managing UBS’s strategic and operational messaging and positioning
- Drive Group CEO and Chairman external communications, planning and advisory
- Responsible for Group CFO (Finance), Group CRO (Risk) and Group General Counsel (Legal) on external communication matters (non-business aligned leadership)
- Lead a global group of spokespeople on group key issues, incl. ensuring global consistency of messaging and leading global and Swiss communications meetings
- Working across channels and with other functions (incl. internal comms, social media, brand communications)
- Manage financial and quarterly results communication and regulatory matters
- Manage relationship to PR heads of regulators, other government bodies and key competitors
- Lead in issue management related to legal matters with reputational impact
- Further strengthen governance structures and drive topics with a hands-on and can-do attitude
- Work effectively with cross functional teams and provide senior stakeholder management

**Your Career Comeback**

**Your team**
- Reporting into the Head Corporate Communications, you will be heading the Group External Communications team in Zurich. C&B Corporate Communications initiate, manage and maintain relationships with key media globally and make sure to keep employees informed and engaged on UBS’ key topics, initiatives and culture. Corporate Communications advises UBS's businesses and their management on media relations strategy and issue handling - to make sure their story is heard and understood by clients, employees and all our stakeholders.

**Your expertise**
- At least 15 years of professional experience in a corporate communications role
- Strong finance and banking knowledge, ideally with global working experience
- Deep crisis management expertise
- Strong networker (media / consultants / lawyers / influencers)
- Communications skills to translate complex strategic and operational issues into simple and understandable presentations with a clear structure, storyline and recommendations
- Strong communicator with exceptional soft skills who can work with all levels of seniority
- Hands on, analytical and content focused leader with proven line-manager effectiveness
- German mother tongue, excellent English skills. French / Italian knowledge an advantage

**About us**
- UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.
- With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

**Join us**
- At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.
- From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

**Disclaimer / Policy Statements**
- UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.



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