Director
Client of Mcg Talent
Posted on 25 Feb
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Nationality
Any Nationality
Gender
Not Mentioned
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
The Director will play a central role in anticipating, managing, and responding to reputational, regulatory, and operational issues providing strategic counsel to C-suite leaders and government stakeholders across sensitive, fast-moving situations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end issues and crisis management mandates for major corporate and government clients
- Advise senior executives on reputation risk, crisis preparedness, and response strategy
- Develop scenario planning frameworks, holding statements, Q&A, and escalation protocols
- Direct rapid-response media strategy and stakeholder communications during live issues
- Provide counsel on geopolitical, regulatory, and policy-driven developments impacting clients
- Manage cross-market teams and coordinate with legal, compliance, and public affairs advisors
- Support business development through crisis audits, risk assessments, and client proposals
Desired Candidate Profile
Qualifications:
- 10 15+ years experience in issues management, crisis communications, or strategic advisory
- Background in a global agency, advisory firm, government entity, or in-house corporate affairs team
- Proven experience handling high-stakes, reputation-critical situations
- Strong understanding of the Saudi / GCC media, regulatory, and stakeholder landscape
- Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills
- Experience advising C-suite and government stakeholders is essential
- Arabic language capability is advantageous but not mandatory
Company Industry
- Recruitment
- Placement Firm
- Executive Search
Department / Functional Area
- Corporate Planning
- Consulting
- Strategy
- M&A
Keywords
- Director
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Client of Mcg Talent
https://www.mcgtalent.io/jobs/Director-Issues-Crisis-Management-20261611/
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