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About the Role

Teneo is seeking a high-calibre Senior Vice President to join its Strategy and Communications team in Tokyo. This role involves providing integrated communications counsel to business leaders and CEOs, supporting a wide range of activities including communications strategy, transaction communications, investor relations, media relations, crisis management, ESG advisory, market research, and government relations. The Senior Vice President will lead client accounts, act as a primary client contact, and drive activity across multiple account teams to achieve clients' reputational and strategic goals.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to multinational clients on corporate reputation, campaigning, and strategic communications.
Lead the development and deployment of integrated communications strategies using research, insights, and global resources.
Provide expert counsel on reputation management, stakeholder engagement, and proactive storytelling.
Advise clients on issues management and crisis communications.
Guide clients in their engagement with buy and sell-side stakeholders, stock exchanges, and institutional, retail, and governmental shareholders.
Support critical workstreams such as government affairs, crisis management, ESG, M&A, restructurings, and other special situations.
Lead account delivery, managing a team of experts to provide high-quality client servicing and acting as the main client point person.
Actively coach and mentor junior team members.
Build and maintain strong client relationships, seeking growth opportunities.
Proactively manage clients to take advantage of opportunities and resolve issues.
Actively build a network of new client/prospect relationships, working on new business opportunities including leading proposals and participating in client pitch meetings.
Demonstrate commercial acumen in costing and managing project delivery.
Develop understanding and fluency across Teneo’s wide breadth of service offerings.
Take responsibility for managing junior colleagues, supporting their performance reviews and career growth.
Support the smooth running of client servicing operations.
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.
Monitor media coverage for clients and competitors.
Provide support and insight to 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 professional growth and contribute to the sharing of learnings across the wider team.

Requirements

10-15 years of experience in corporate or financial communications, investor relations, corporate planning, compliance, investment banking, or strategic advisory roles.
At least five years of working experience within a Japanese corporate.
Strong track record of galvanizing high stakes relationships with both Japanese and international media.
Strong working knowledge of Japanese media.
Native fluency in Japanese and excellent Japanese writing and presentation skills.
Business-level fluency in English.
Strong numerical and analytical skills, including logical thinking.
Ability to take personal responsibility for quality, deliver within deadlines, and perform under pressure with close attention to detail.
Bachelor’s degree ideally in business, journalism, communications, public policy, finance or economics.
Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.

Skills

Corporate reputation management
Campaigning
Strategic communications
Integrated communications strategy development and deployment
Research and insights utilization
Investor relations
Capital markets expertise
Stakeholder engagement
Proactive storytelling
Issues management
Crisis communications
Government affairs
ESG advisory
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Restructuring
Account management
Team leadership and mentoring
Client relationship management
Business development
Proposal development
Client pitch participation
Commercial acumen
Project management
Media relations
Geopolitical risk analysis
Reputational risk analysis
Media monitoring
Internal and external relationship building
Learning and development
Creative thinking
Strategic thinking
Translating complexity into compelling narratives
Managing complex briefs
Client servicing
Project management mindset
Understanding of the Japan macroeconomic landscape
Financial services expertise
Technical industries expertise (e.g., private equity, investment management, allocation)
Management skills
Organizational skills
Multiplatform strategy development and execution
Executive presence
Gravitas
Confidence
Presentation skills (to C-suite leadership)

Location

Tokyo

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Vice President
10-15 years of experience
At least five years of working experience within a Japanese corporate

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree ideally in business, journalism, communications, public policy, finance or economics
Postgraduate degree is an advantage

About the Company

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm.
We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.
We provide advisory services across five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help 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, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.
The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

Equal Opportunity

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.