Regional Communications Manager (Technology) - 6-Months Maternity Cover

Get to know our Team:
Communications drives Grab’s growth by promoting and protecting its brand and reputation, ensuring its position as the leading ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia.
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.

The Communications team is a strategic partner and solution provider to the multiple business functions in Grab – to help them drive their business objectives. The team ensures that internal and external stakeholders understand and support Grab’s vision and business strategy, including corporate partnerships, new products, partner programmes, marketing campaigns and internal programmes.

Get to know the Role:
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.

The day-to-day activities:

• Create and manage regional communications programme that positions Grab as SEA's largest homegrown tech company
• Drive consumer education and usage of Grab with creative product PR campaigns
• Drive recruitment for tech team, support employer branding for our R&D centres globally
• 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
• Have a strong sense of the news to drive timely and relevant stories, and be super resourceful to find stories and work with cross-functional teams
• Organise and oversee regional media events, and liaise with the country teams to drive impactful announcements and ensure they are delivering on local PR
• Manage regional media relations, issues management and KPI tracking, in partnership with the regional PR agency (where applicable) according to budget and business requirements

The must haves:

• Bachelor’s degree (no preference in field) with 8-10 year of relevant working experience
• Required: Technology PR, consumer marketing, media relations, issues management, event planning, business and lifestyle writing
• Good-to-have: integrated marketing, content marketing
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) and one other Southeast Asian language
• Experience in public relations; in an agency preferred
• Consumer technology and Internet sector experience preferred
• Experience working in a regional or global team in a fast-growth company
• A creative flair and curiosity to push new ideas!
• Please note that this is a 6-month maternity cover contract role