Senior PR & Communications Manager (f/m/d)

waterdrop®; Wien; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MyClubs sports vouchers

In-house fitness centre

In-house restaurant with subsidized健康?

Job summary

waterdrop® in Vienna, Austria, invites an experienced Senior PR & Communications Manager to shape global PR strategy and ensure consistent brand narratives across markets. You’ll lead thought leadership, manage agencies, and partner with leadership on media training and executive visibility.

Join a fast-growing, international team with an on-site restaurant, gym, and vibrant offices. The role offers senior-level responsibilities, competitive pay, and opportunities to drive impact across a global

Qualifications

• Proven experience in PR, corporate communications or a comparable role, ideally with international/multi-market exposure.
• Strong strategic and narrative skills - able to turn a brand story into consistent messaging across channels and markets.
• Experience managing or steering PR agencies, with a sharp eye for quality and relevance of coverage.
• Confident working directly with leadership on thought leadership, media training, and executive visibility.
• A structured, proactive mindset - building frameworks and playbooks rather than only reacting to requests.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across markets, functions, and seniority levels; Fluent English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Shape and maintain waterdrop®'s global PR strategy and content calendar together with leadership and marketing.
• Translate the brand narrative into consistent messaging, story angles, and assets for global and local use.
• Own waterdrop®'s LinkedIn strategy and content - our primary channel for corporate storytelling and thought leadership.
• Identify and drive thought-leadership opportunities for waterdrop®'s leadership team.
• Set up and maintain a media monitoring process to track coverage and sentiment across markets, and use those insights to refine strategy.
• Maintain a small set of direct relationships with top-tier and global media outlets for corporate-level announcements.
• Act as the main point of contact for local marketing teams on their PR agency work, setting direction and reviewing output.

Skills

PR experience

Corporate communications

International exposure

Agency management

Executive visibility

Stakeholder management

Job description

Drink More Water, together we grow. Here at waterdrop®, we make drinking more water fun, convenient and most importantly, sustainable! Discover the world of innovative and eco-friendly hydration solutions with our fruity little cubes - Microdrinks - that save up to 98% plastic compared to drinks in 500ml plastic bottles.* Our centrally-located headquarters offers a vibrant environment, featuring an on-site restaurant and gym, not to mention the opportunity to connect with prospective colleagues from all over the world. With a successful online presence, 40+ stores around the world, dedicated B2B partners and over 22,000+ retail and branded stores, we can’t wait to take this journey to the next level -

with you! Senior PR & Communications Manager to own waterdrop®'s global PR strategy and reputation, and to be the connective layer between HQ and local markets - turning our brand narrative into sharper, more consistent coverage everywhere waterdrop® shows up.

Your Responsibilities At Waterdrop®

• Shape and maintain waterdrop®'s global PR strategy and content calendar together with leadership and marketing
• Translate the brand narrative into consistent messaging, story angles, and assets for global and local use
• Own waterdrop®'s LinkedIn strategy and content - our primary channel for corporate storytelling and thought leadership
• Identify and drive thought-leadership opportunities for waterdrop®'s leadership team
• Set up and maintain a media monitoring process to track coverage and sentiment across markets, and use those insights to refine strategy
• Maintain a small set of direct relationships with top-tier and global media outlets for corporate-level announcements

Local Market Enablement

• Act as the main point of contact for local marketing teams on their PR agency work, setting direction and reviewing output
• Push local teams and their agencies toward sharper, more relevant coverage
• Validate PR agency output against quality and relevance standards, and support markets in sourcing new agencies when needed
• Work directly with PR agencies in markets without a local marketing manager to own this
• Create and maintain a PR playbook for local teams and agencies - messaging guidelines, do's and don'ts, and escalation paths

Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Represent PR in cross-functional and leadership discussions
• Partner with Brand Strategy, Marketing, Legal, People/HR, and local marketing teams on sensitive or reputation-relevant matters
• Support leadership visibility: prepare leaders for interviews, public appearances, and press moments

Crisis & Reputation Support

• Maintain a lightweight crisis-response framework that markets can lean on if needed
• Step in to keep messaging consistent if an issue crosses multiple markets

Your Strengths And Qualifications

• Proven experience in PR, corporate communications, or a comparable role, ideally with international/multi-market exposure
• Strong strategic and narrative skills - able to turn a brand story into consistent messaging across channels and markets
• Experience managing or steering PR agencies, with a sharp eye for quality and relevance of coverage
• Confident working directly with leadership on thought leadership, media training, and executive visibility
• A structured, proactive mindset - building frameworks and playbooks rather than only reacting to requests
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across markets, functions, and seniority levels
• Fluent English; additional languages are a plus

What We Offer You

• A high-achieving, international community of waterdrop® colleagues, located in a brand-new HQ in Vienna, Austria.
• MyClubs sports vouchers, to have a sporty balance.
• In-house fitness centre.
• In-house company doctor & Instahelp vouchers.
• In-house restaurant with subsidized healthy meals, for a break with your colleagues.
• Discount on your waterdrop purchases.
• Coverage of your transportation card.
• Legendary summer and Christmas parties!

The annual gross salary for this position ranges from EUR 80.000 to EUR 100.000 on a full-time basis (All-in). The final salary will depend on your qualifications and professional experience. Depending on your qualifications, there is the willingness for overpayment.

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and enables us to solve important problems and deliver added value. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be.

• Based on packaging weight comparison: waterdrop® pod incl. lid (0.44 g) vs. average 500 ml single-use PET bottle (23.09 g).