Senior Manager Communications, South East Asia & Australasia

Otis Elevator Co.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Otis Elevator Co., a global leader in elevator and escalator manufacturing, seeks a Senior Manager of Communications for the Southeast Asia and Australasia regions. This role will involve strategy development in corporate communications, critical stakeholder engagement, and content creation. Candidates should have a strong background in communications with a minimum of ten years' experience, along with excellent writing and planning skills. Join Otis to be part of a diverse team committed to innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in corporate and marketing communications.
• Ability to manage remote teams effectively.
• Experience with social media and content writing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to regional leadership.
• Write and coordinate communications for multiple channels.
• Manage digital communication assets and social impact initiatives.

Skills

Excellent business writing skills

Strong planning skills

Strong negotiation and stakeholder management

Creative communications

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Communications or related discipline

Job description

Date Posted:

2025-06-09

Country:

Singapore

Location:

8 Kallang Avenue #07-01/09 Aperia Tower 1, Singapore

Come and join OTIS today and be part of the Forbes 2024 World's Best Employers!

At Otis, it’s our people that make us different. Join the Otis family, where collaboration, innovation, and empowerment help each individual and the company reach new heights.

We are looking forSenior Manager Communications, South East Asia & Australasia to work in ourSingapore office.

• Permanent role

• Reports to the Senior Director, Communications, Otis APAC & China

About You

In this role, you will contribute to designing and effectively executing global, integrated communications plans aligned with the business vision and strategy and the local/Operating Unit needs and processes to engage customers, media, external stakeholders, and employees, including a clear messaging framework.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisor to SEA and Australasia leadership: Consults on leadership messaging, crisis and reputation management, colleague messaging/engagement, social impact programs and etc.

• Liaison: Acts as a key point of contact for the Senior Director, Communications APAC & China and World Headquarters Center of Expertise (CoE) to ensure delivery of assets and information, effective communication, and program support requests are clearly communicated

• Colleague Engagement - Coordinates, communicates and distributes Otis-wide, regional and SEA and Australasia programs and messaging ensuring customer and colleague engagement

• Content Writing: Writes, or collaborates with WHQ Center of Expertise (CoE) teams, to write original and relevant content for Operating Unit leadership messaging, social media, press releases, Otis.com, Connect, etc.

• Communications initiatives and launch: Provides project coordination and execution for Communications initiatives and Communications events at the local/Operating Unit level. As needed, partners with Brand & Marketing Communications CoEs and local Marketing or business leads to support local, customer or trade events

• Digital Channel Management: (social media, colleague communication assets, etc.) In partnership with global channels owners/leads, contribute to creating content specific to the geography & manages the geography’s key language-speaking channels (strategy, content)

• Social Impact: Execute CSR initiatives and ensures that social and environmental concerns and partnerships are identified, promoted and incorporated into country activities and messaging

What you will need to be successful

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Communications or a related discipline

• At least 10 years of experience in corporate and marketing communications role in matrix organization

• Excellent business writing skills, including drafting, editing, and proof-reading, coupled with a passion for storytelling and creative communications

• Strong planning skills with a demonstrated understanding of the need to align locally, regionally, and globally

• Ability to establish strong business relationships with internal partners across the business and with regional and global team members in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Strong collaborator with solid negotiation and stakeholder management skill

• Ability to produce high-quality, high-volume deliverables in a dynamic environment that aligns with regional and global strategies

• Comfortable with ambiguity, thrives in fast-paced environments, and deeply aligned with the values of community-building and entrepreneurship

• Have experience remotely managing agencies to land effective on-the-ground campaigns

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. W e move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio .

You may recognize our products in some of the world ’ s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa a nd the Petronas Twin Towers ! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians , all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of a n innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You ’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge .

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and M ajor Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs .

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do . We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do . If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here .

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