Senior Vice President, Strategy & Communications

Senior Vice President, Strategy & Communications – Hong Kong SAR

The Opportunity

Teneo is seeking a talented and driven Senior Vice President with a passion for strategic communications to join our Strategy and Communications team in the Hong Kong SAR office. As Teneo continues to expand its operations in Asia Pacific, this role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic and growing consultancy.

Teneo’s Strategy and Communications service provides integrated communications counsel to business leaders and CEOs. This role is part of a thriving team advising high-profile clients on corporate reputation and campaigning, helping them create effective narratives, engage with key stakeholders, and deliver high-impact campaigns that support strategic objectives.

As a Senior Vice President, you will lead client accounts and be a primary contact for clients, responsible for delivering the highest quality service. You will drive activity across multiple account teams, provide regular insights and analysis, and support clients’ reputational and strategic goals. You will also play a pivotal role in retaining and developing top talent, serving as both a team leader and mentor/coach.

This role focuses on corporate reputation and campaigning, advising clients on strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and impactful storytelling. We encourage our team members to develop their advisory skills across disciplines such as digital, creative campaigning, corporate communications, change and employee engagement, leadership coaching, sustainability, strategy and research, issues and crisis management, and management consultancy to solve complex business challenges.

• Responsibilities
• As a Senior Vice President with the Strategy and Communications team at Teneo, your role will include:
• Client Leadership & Strategic Advisory - Serve as a trusted advisor to multinational clients on all aspects of corporate reputation, campaigning, and strategic communications. Lead the development and deployment of integrated communications strategies, leveraging research, insights, and Teneo’s global resources. Provide expert counsel on reputation management, stakeholder engagement, and proactive storytelling as well as advise clients on special situations, issues management, and crisis communications.
• Campaigning & Communications Execution - Oversee the planning and execution of high-impact, multi-channel campaigns (media, digital, internal comms, etc.) to shape public perception and drive client objectives. Ensure quality assurance of content development across diverse formats (key messages, talking points, speeches, op-eds, media engagements). Monitor media narratives, geopolitical risks, and reputational issues, providing timely advisory notes and insights to clients.
• Account Management – Lead on account delivery, managing a team of experts to deliver high quality client servicing and acting as the main point person with the client. Actively coach and mentor junior team members.
• Client Management – Build and maintain strong relationships with the client, seeking growth opportunities where possible. Proactively manage the client and work to take advantage of opportunities/ resolve issues as needed.
• Business Development – Actively build a network of new client/ prospect relationships, working on new business opportunities including leading proposals and participating in client pitch meetings. Demonstrates commercial acumen in costing and managing the delivery or projects. Develops understanding and fluency across Teneo’s wide breathd of service offerings.
• Leadership – Takw responsibility for managing junior colleagues, supporting their performance reviews and career growth within the firm. Supporting the smooth running of client servicing operations.

Furthermore, you will be expected to:

• Build strong relationships, fostering long-term partnerships and seeking organic growth opportunities through new business proposal development;
• Create advisory notes for client leadership, addressing media narratives, geopolitical risks, and reputational issues, while monitoring media coverage for clients and competitors;
• Provide support and insight to your client teams, proactively highlighting opportunities, and potential areas of concern;
• Build a strong network of effective relationships internally and externally;
• Proactively seek formal and informal learning and development opportunities to support your professional growth and contribute to the sharing of learnings across the wider team; and
• Actively coach and mentor junior members on your account teams.

Basic Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in corporate communications, campaigning, or strategic advisory roles.
• Expertise in media relations, crisis communications, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong track record of galvanizing high stakes relationships with both regional and international media
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; native English language skills are required,
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, public policy, international relations, or related fields.

Preferred Qualifications

• Creative and strategic thinker with the ability to translate complexity into compelling narratives.
• Proven track record in managing complex briefs and delivering high-quality client service.
• Expertise in client servicing and possessing a project management mindset
• Leadership Skills: strong management and organizational skills with the ability to develop and execute multiplatform strategies for clients while working with the client and account teams
• Executive Presence: gravitas, confidence, ability to present to a CEO (C-Suite leadership team)
• Additional language skills, such as Mandarin or Cantonese are an advantage.

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,700 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

Our Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace. Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, genetic information, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.