PR & Communications Director - Conglomorate - Qatar

QatarYello; Doha; On-site; QAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

QatarYello is seeking a senior communications leader in Doha to strengthen corporate reputation and stakeholder engagement. The role drives a best-in-class communications function, partnering with business units and senior leadership to ensure consistent messaging and strategic outcomes.

You will lead media relations, executive communications, and crisis planning while building executive visibility and thought leadership across diversified segments of the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Media Studies, Marketing, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in public relations, corporate communications, corporate affairs, or media relations leadership roles.
• Proven track record managing corporate reputation, media engagement, and executive communications within large and complex organizations.
• Extensive experience drafting and overseeing press releases, official statements, leadership messaging, and sensitive external communications.
• Strong understanding of media operations, newsroom environments, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Demonstrated experience handling crisis communications, issues management, and high-profile reputational matters.
• Experience operating within diversified groups, large corporates, government-linked entities, or similarly complex environments is highly desirable.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior executives and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the group's corporate communications and public relations strategy.
• Lead all media relations activities, including press engagement, interviews, and corporate announcements.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of press releases, official statements, executive communications, and public messaging.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior leadership on reputation management and stakeholder communications.
• Develop executive visibility programmes, speeches, thought leadership content, and spokesperson preparation.
• Lead crisis communication planning, issues management, and reputational risk mitigation initiatives.
• Establish communications governance, editorial standards, and messaging frameworks across the organization.
• Monitor media coverage, market perception, and emerging reputational risks, providing actionable insights to leadership.
• Partner with business units and functional leaders to ensure consistent communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Lead, develop, and manage a high-performing communications team, agency partners, and budgets.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Media relations

Crisis communication

Executive communications

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications

Job description

Our client is one of the Middle East's and Qatar's largest and most diversified business groups, with investments spanning construction, real estate, hospitality, healthcare, services, and other strategic sectors. As part of its continued growth and international expansion, the organization is seeking a senior communications leader to strengthen its corporate reputation, elevate stakeholder engagement, and drive a best-in-class communications function.

• Develop and execute the group's corporate communications and public relations strategy.
• Lead all media relations activities, including press engagement, interviews, and corporate announcements.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of press releases, official statements, executive communications, and public messaging.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior leadership on reputation management and stakeholder communications.
• Develop executive visibility programmes, speeches, thought leadership content, and spokesperson preparation.
• Lead crisis communication planning, issues management, and reputational risk mitigation initiatives.
• Establish communications governance, editorial standards, and messaging frameworks across the organization.
• Monitor media coverage, market perception, and emerging reputational risks, providing actionable insights to leadership.
• Partner with business units and functional leaders to ensure consistent communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Lead, develop, and manage a high-performing communications team, agency partners, and budgets.

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Media Studies, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in public relations, corporate communications, corporate affairs, or media relations leadership roles.
• Proven track record managing corporate reputation, media engagement, and executive communications within large and complex organizations.
• Extensive experience drafting and overseeing press releases, official statements, leadership messaging, and sensitive external communications.
• Strong understanding of media operations, newsroom environments, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Demonstrated experience handling crisis communications, issues management, and high-profile reputational matters.
• Experience operating within diversified groups, large corporates, government-linked entities, or similarly complex environments is highly desirable.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior executives and external stakeholders.