Senior External Communications Manager - Transformers Senior External Communications Manager - [...]

Seeds Renewables; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior External Communications Manager to join its team in Birmingham, England. This role shapes the voice and visibility of a global business focused on the energy transition. You will define the external communications agenda while supporting growth and building trust with partners and stakeholders.

Your proven 10+ years experience in external communications will be essential in developing high-impact messaging and navigating complex narratives in sustainability and electrification. The company offers a supportive environment with competitive salaries and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in external communications, corporate communications, or public relations.
• Strong media and campaign activation experience.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead global external communications strategy.
• Elevate executive and leadership visibility.
• Build compelling narratives from complex topics.
• Support strategic milestones and flagship moments.
• Lead crisis and issues communications.

Skills

External communications

Strategic thinking

Storytelling

Crisis communications

Collaboration

Media relations

Education

10+ years in external communications or public relations

Job description

Senior External Communications Manager - Transformers

Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Job ID: R0132453

Date Posted: 2026-06-17

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Communications & Corporate Affairs

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description

Hitachi Energy is looking for a Senior External Communications Manager to join our global communications team at BU Transformers. This is a unique opportunity to shape the voice and visibility of a global business at the heart of the energy transition. As external communications lead, you will play a pivotal role in positioning both the company and its leadership as trusted, forward‑looking partners in building the grids of the future. Your work will directly contribute to strengthening reputation, supporting growth and differentiating the business in a highly competitive market.

How you will make an impact

• Lead global external communications strategy: Define and drive the external communications agenda, strengthen market visibility, supporting growth priorities, and elevating innovation storytelling across regions and channels.
• Elevate executive and leadership visibility: Own the development of high‑impact, executive‑level content for senior leadership, including keynote messaging, videos, social media (especially LinkedIn), press materials and media interviews, ensuring a strong, consistent, and authentic leadership voice externally.
• Build compelling narratives from complex topics: Translate highly technical and strategic subjects such as energy transition, electrification, grid expansion, sustainability and transformer technologies into clear, engaging and differentiated stories that resonate with external audiences.
• Develop and align global storytelling: Partner closely with Business Unit leaders, Global Product Group teams and regional/country communications to produce feature stories, press releases and media content. Ensure message consistency, strategic alignment and Business Unit validation across markets.
• Support strategic milestones and flagship moments: Lead external communications for key business initiatives, including factory inaugurations, major investments and key events; ensuring visibility, coherence and strong reputational impact.
• Act as a trusted partner in stakeholder storytelling: Support customer‑facing narratives and strategic storytelling that build trust, reinforce long‑term partnerships and showcase real‑world impact.
• Lead crisis and issues communications: Anticipate, prepare for and manage reputational risks and crisis situations. Work closely with crisis team, regional communications and business stakeholders for rapid response coordination to protect and strengthen the company’s reputation globally.

Background

You are a seasoned external communications professional who combines strategic thinking with hands‑on execution. You bring a strong agency mindset, exceptional storytelling ability and the confidence to advise senior leaders in a complex, international environment.

• Senior experience with strong business acumen: 10+ years in external communications, corporate communications or public relations, ideally with a mix of agency and in‑house experience in global, matrixed organisations.
• Proven expertise in media and campaign activation: Strong track record of developing and executing impactful media relations strategies and integrated campaigns across channels, with a clear understanding of how to drive visibility and engagement.
• Outstanding writing and storytelling skills: Exceptional ability to craft clear, compelling and audience‑centric content—from executive speeches to press materials—tailored to different formats and stakeholders.
• Strategic advisor to senior leaders: Comfortable working closely with executives, coaching and shaping their external presence, messaging and thought‑leadership positioning.
• Operational excellence and delivery focus: Highly organised and execution‑driven, able to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders and deadlines while maintaining quality and consistency.
• Crisis communications expertise: Experienced in handling sensitive issues, managing reputational risks and delivering clear, confident communication under pressure.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills: Able to work effectively across functions, geographies and cultures, aligning diverse stakeholders around a shared communications strategy.
• Comfort with technical and complex topics: Curious and capable of quickly understanding industrial, technological and sustainability topics, translating them into meaningful external narratives.
• Passion for energy transition and sustainability: Motivated to contribute to shaping the narrative around electrification, decarbonisation and the future of energy infrastructure.

More about us

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