Communications Assistant Manager

Grab; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits package

Parental leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork arrangements

Job summary

Grab is seeking a senior communications professional to shape Singapore-market storytelling and corporate reputation. You will partner with business, operations, and marketing to craft locally resonant narratives and digital-first content, while managing media relationships and high-visibility campaigns.

You will oversee issues communications, executive profiling, and agency coordination, ensuring campaigns stay on track and align with Grab’s strategic priorities in Singapore.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in corporate, consumer, or integrated communications, in-house or agency.
• Experience in media relations, issues management, and reputation building.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated communications plans for Grab's brand and priorities in Singapore.
• Lead daily media engagement, coordinate interviews and executive profiling.
• Draft statements, Q&A, and stakeholder materials for issues and crisis communications.
• Deliver campaigns, events, and partner activations across channels.
• Manage agencies, approvals, budgets, and performance reporting.

Skills

Media relations

Crisis comms

Storytelling

Writing

Stakeholder mgmt

Project management

Campaign coordination

Job description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Get to Know the Team

The Communications team promotes and protects Grab's reputation in Singapore. We tell the stories behind our products, people and impact, helping audiences understand how Grab creates value for consumers, partners and communities.

Whether engaging with media, creators, policymakers or the wider public, we bring together corporate, consumer and digital storytelling to build trust, strengthen our brand and support business growth.

Get to Know the Role

Reporting to the Singapore Communications Lead, you will help shape how Grab shows up in the market across corporate reputation, consumer storytelling, and digital engagement. You will work with business, operations, and marketing teams to develop and deliver communications that are relevant and grounded in Singapore's culture and communities.

You will move between strategic messaging and hands‑on execution. You are comfortable managing media relationships, supporting issues communications, developing creator‑led ideas, and keeping campaigns, events, and agency work on track.

This is a fully onsite at our Grab's one‑north office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will develop integrated communications plans that support Grab's brand and our priorities in Singapore.
• You will partner with business, operations, and marketing teams to turn company priorities into clear stories across earned, owned, and creator channels.
• You will lead daily media engagement, including handling enquiries, coordinating interviews, and identifying opportunities for executive profiling.
• You will develop locally relevant story angles and digital‑first content ideas that connect with Singapore audiences.
• You will support issues and crisis communications by drafting statements, Q&A, and stakeholder materials, and by aligning with senior communications leaders on messaging.
• You will deliver media and creator activities, including campaigns, events, and partnership activations.
• You will manage communications operations across agencies and internal stakeholders, including reporting, approvals, budget tracking, invoice coordination, and performance analysis.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 6 years+ in corporate, consumer, or integrated communications, either in‑house or at an agency.
• Experience in media relations, issues management, and reputation building, with evidence of handling complex communications work in high‑visibility environments.
• Ability to translate complex topics into clear, audience‑focused stories across traditional media, digital platforms, and social channels.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including experience drafting media statements, Q&A, executive materials, and stakeholder communications.
• Proven ability in working with marketing, brand, and creative teams on integrated campaigns, including creator programmes.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, agencies, and approvals with close attention to detail.
• Strong knowledge of Singapore's media, creator, and digital landscape, with sound judgement on what will feel credible to local audiences.

Life at Grab

We care about your well‑being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave.
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours.

What We Stand For at Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.