Role Summary
The Strategic Communications Manager plays a pivotal role in shaping how Climeworks communicates its strategy, performance, progress, and impact to key audiences. Reporting to the Media & Issues Lead, Tristan Lebleu, this position supports the development of Climeworks’ corporate narrative and strategic messaging, ensuring a clear, consistent, and compelling story across executive communications, thought leadership, corporate channels, and major reporting outputs such as the Annual Report and Sustainability Report.
This role involves close collaboration with the VP of Communications & Branding on key projects related to corporate messaging, strategic writing, and reporting. Operating at the intersection of communications, strategy, and business performance, the Strategic Communications Manager partners with teams across Finance, Commercial, Operations, and Technology to translate complex information into clear and engaging communications. This is a hands-on, writing-centered role for an exceptional communicator who combines outstanding editorial skills with sound business judgment and the ability to effectively engage with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Communications, Narrative, and Messaging
- Develop and refine Climeworks’ corporate narrative, positioning, messaging framework, and supporting proof points.
- Create messaging for key strategic priorities, market developments, partnerships, company milestones, and corporate issues.
- Ensure consistency and clarity in all communications regarding Climeworks’ business, strategy, progress, and impact.
- Work directly with the VP of Communications & Branding on high-priority narrative and messaging projects.
Corporate Reporting
- Assist in the development and delivery of Climeworks’ Annual Report, Sustainability Report, and quarterly investor reporting.
- Shape the narrative, editorial structure, and messaging of these reports, drafting high-quality content that clearly articulates company performance and progress.
- Collaborate with business units and senior stakeholders to gather input and translate it into clear, accurate, and engaging reporting content.
- Manage reporting timelines, content development, and stakeholder review processes from planning through to publication.
Executive Communications and Thought Leadership
- Support the development of high-impact executive communications, including speeches, op-eds, articles, presentations, and LinkedIn content.
Profile
Experience and Skills
- Native-level English with exceptional writing and editing skills, capable of explaining complex topics clearly and persuasively.
- Excellent editorial judgment and the ability to identify the most crucial story within complex information.
- Strong hands-on experience in developing corporate narratives, strategic messaging, and executive communications.
- Approximately 8+ years of experience in corporate communications, financial communications, investor communications, journalism, corporate reporting, sustainability communications, or a related field.
- Experience with contributing to annual reports, sustainability reports, or other major corporate publications is a strong advantage but not essential.
- Sound understanding of business strategy, corporate performance, and stakeholder communications.
- Experience working independently with senior executives and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
- In-house corporate communications experience is preferred, although strong agency experience may also be relevant if it includes significant strategic writing and messaging work.
- Experience in climate, sustainability, energy, technology, infrastructure, or other complex industrial sectors is an advantage.
Competencies
- Exceptional writer and editor.
- Bright, energetic, and ambitious, with the potential for growth.
- Sound strategic and commercial mindset.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Highly organized and capable of managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving and evolving environment.
- Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to quality and accuracy.
- Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Languages
Fluency in English is required.
Additional Information
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Work from Home Policy: 60% working time in the office.
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