Cohere

PR Director, APAC

Singapore, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will stand up the PR and Communications function in the APAC region. You will partner with the global Corporate Communications team to create regional communications plans for governments and enterprises.

What you will do

  • Build a PR and Communications function from the ground up
  • Hire PR Managers and agencies in Korea, Singapore, Japan, India, and Australia
  • Implement PR and Corporate Communications strategies
  • Partner with PR, marketing, sales, and external stakeholders to craft messaging
  • Develop and execute rapid response muscle in each region
  • Oversee executive speaking engagements, industry conferences, and customer events
  • Adopt AI integration for the communications team
  • Optimize the APAC communications channel ecosystem
  • Lead cross-functional APAC storytelling initiatives
  • Partner with Corporate Communications on crisis and issues communications preparedness

Required qualifications

  • 12-15 years of experience in-house corporate communications
  • 5+ years of experience in people management
  • Experienced at hiring, onboarding, and managing PR agencies
  • Adept in pre-IPO communications
  • Exceptional writer
  • Experience serving as a communications business partner or trusted advisor to senior leaders, executives, and people/human resources teams
  • Highly organised and process-driven
  • Strong project management skills

Nice to have

  • Experience and/or heavy interest in policy and regulatory communications

Benefits

  • Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent
  • Full health and dental benefits
  • Separate budget for mental health
  • RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
  • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
  • Annual enrichment benefits for arts, culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement
  • Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
  • 6 weeks of paid vacation
  • Budget for traveling to other offices if remote
  • Annual company offsite
  • Daily lunch program, snacks, and social events for those in office
  • Co-working benefit for those not near an office

Before you apply

  • May use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants

About the company

Cohere is a leading security-first enterprise AI company that builds foundation AI models and end-to-end products. It is a global technology company headquartered in Toronto.