Communications Manager

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

In this Communications Manager role, your responsibilities would be focused on internal communications for the Product & Technology (P&T) business area with a current emphasis upon editorial and channel management activities. You would be reporting to the Head of P&T Business Management and support global townhalls, establish/review content, deliver surveys, develop content for and maintaining the business area SharePoint, as well as ensure a healthy operation of all in-scope SharePoint within the landscape and system.

Going forward, you would also work on evaluating and expanding existing channels to address emerging communication needs of the business area (e.g. text and/or video-based newsletters). You would be based in Manila and align with the Internal Communications team led from Zurich on a dotted-line basis.

Your key tasks:

• Support the Head of P&T Business Management with communications within the business area.
• Draft, review and edit communications for ad-hoc requirements.
• Coordinate the establishment of townhall slide decks with stakeholders, Language- and Design-Services.
• Execute post-townhall surveys and compile survey analyses for the P&T leadership team.
• Independently develop new content for evolving the business area SharePoint towards the envisioned target.
• Operate and maintain an attractive, up-to-date, and reliable business area SharePoint.
• Manage any organizational change which impacts the integrity of the P&T SharePoint landscape and system.
• Continual learning in the handling and use of SharePoint to be the central P&T SharePoint SME and for providing competent support to the divisions upon request.
• Explore, evaluate, and propose new communication channel opportunities which P&T could benefit from.
• Collaborate and align with Internal Communications requirements and initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in international business environments, preferably in the banking/finance industry, in the IT/software sector or in agencies/consultancies.
• Internal communications experience with an emphasis on editorial and channel management work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with a high attention for detail.
• A flair for creativity and enthusiastic about inspiring and educating colleagues.
• Strong visual acumen, ability to develop engaging visualizations.
• Proven track-record of delivering and managing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Structured in approach, adept at problem-solving and with the ability to produce high-quality concepts.
• Skilled in O365 applications is a must and with outstanding strengths in SharePoint and PowerPoint.
• Well-honed people skills and confident with senior stakeholder management.
• Business IT experience and ability to collaborate with Corporate IT efficiently/effectively on technical topics is an advantage 

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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