EMEA Corporate Affairs Leader

Worley

Greater London

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

Worley in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs for EMEA to lead regional strategy, align subregional activity, and partner with the EMEA President and UK SVP. You will oversee internal, external and leadership communications, stakeholder engagement, and issues/crisis management, drawing on global experts and local networks.

This role demands strategic vision, people leadership across locations, and the ability to translate business priorities into credible regional

Qualifications

Advising executives and coordinating internal/external communications, including social media.
Experience in complex, global organizations.
Willingness to travel within EMEA as required.
Proven ability to develop a communications strategy with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

Be the trusted Corporate Affairs advisor: Serve as the principal Corporate Affairs advisor to the EMEA President and UK Senior Vice President. Join leadership discussions early, bring stakeholder and reputational insight into decisions, provide clear and independent counsel, and constructively challenge when needed.
Set the regional Corporate Affairs agenda: Translate EMEA business strategy into integrated Corporate Affairs priorities and plans. Connect regional and subregional activity across employees, customers, media, governments, industry and communities, while ensuring alignment with global strategy.
Lead the EMEA Corporate Affairs team: Set clear expectations and priorities for subregional business partners and regional roles. Develop capability, manage performance, resolve competing demands and deploy resources where they can have the greatest business impact.
Provide overarching accountability: Remain accountable for the quality, alignment, timing and impact of Corporate Affairs work across EMEA. Establish clear decision rights and ensure subregional partners operate within agreed priorities, standards, approvals and escalation protocols.
Support growth and build reputation: Shape a coordinated regional approach to positioning Worley around priority markets, customers, projects, capabilities and business development themes. Oversee targeted PR, media, stakeholder engagement, thought leadership and external content in partnership with global teams and approved agencies.
Strengthen executive and employee comms: Build the visibility of the two leaders through clear narratives, speeches, talking points, stakeholder preparation and thought leadership. Ensure regional and subregional employee communications align teams, reinforce expectations and values, support change and celebrate success.
Lead issues and crisis preparedness: Maintain a regional view of the operating environment, identify cross-border or material concerns and ensure early escalation. Lead the communications response to significant regional and UK issues and crises in line with global protocols, working with specialist teams and subregional partners.
Integrate specialist and local support: Bring together subregional partners, regional specialists, global centers of expertise, agencies and the Extended Communications Network. Ensure each has a clear role and that local intelligence and activation are connected to regional direction.
Measure and improve: Set meaningful measures for regional and subregional activity, evaluate contribution to business priorities, share insights with leaders and continuously improve the team’s approach.