Regional Communications Manager/ Senior Manager

Get to know our Team:
The Communications team is responsible for telling the Grab story around the world. Whether it's speaking to media and online influencers, industry commentators, thought leaders or the wider community, the Communications team is the voice of Grab.

Get to know the Role:
The Regional Communications Manager/ Senior Manager will drive Grab’s growth by promoting and protecting its brand and reputation, ensuring its position as the leading online-to-offline mobile platform in Southeast Asia. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a high‐growth start-up operating in a fast‐paced and dynamic global industry.

The day-to-day activities:

• Provide direction and execution support for country PR teams across crisis & issues, and new launches

• Drive toolkit development for regional programmes

• Develop positioning for core business units

• Create thought leadership programmes for Grab executives, and build strong working relationships with Grab business stakeholders

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with regional media and influencers in Southeast Asia

• Organise and oversee regional media events or fam trips

• Have a strong sense of the news, drive stories that resonate with consumers and partners, and create multi-format content to support Grab’s announcements

• Monitor and opportunistically leverage industry news

• Play role of regional facilitator - set and track KPIs, and drive regional initiatives to improve quality of work and operational efficiency of country teams

The must haves:

• Required: Corporate reputation management, media relations, issues management, business and lifestyle writing

• Good-to-have: integrated marketing

• Regional and/or in-market experience in key SEA countries and in a fast-growth company

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) and one other Southeast Asian language

• Experience in public relations; 8-12 years

• Internet sector experience preferred; FMCG/ F&B sector and Financial sector experience required for GrabFood and Grab Financial PR roles respectively

• Hands-on, proactive and self-driver

• Creative thinking and inherent driver and curiosity to push new angles and ideas