[Hiring] Group Communications Lead @Made Tech

Role Description

The Group Communication Lead will act as the coordinator of messaging and narrative across Made Tech Group. As we evolve from a predominantly professional services business into a diverse Group with software products and new acquisitions, this role exists to unify our narrative. You will ensure that our internal culture, our strategic change programs, and our external corporate reputation speak with an aligned voice - helping drive understanding and engagement through an ongoing period of change and growth.

• Strategic Alignment: Our people, across all business units, understand not just what we are doing, but why, and feel connected to the Group’s long-term vision.
• Seamless Integration: New acquisitions and product teams are integrated into the MT group and strategy quickly and empathetically through clear communication.
• Reputation Excellence: The Annual Report and key corporate moments are delivered on time, on budget, and tell a compelling story to our investors.
• Trust: Leadership communication is seen as authentic, timely, and transparent, maintaining high trust levels during periods of change.

Key Responsibilities

• Internal Communications:
  • Translate Strategy: Work with the Director of Strategic Change and Transformation to build a clear, compelling narrative around our company roadmap; key change initiatives; and our overall strategy.
  • Own the Channels: Manage the rhythm, content and delivery of our core internal comms channels and meetings.
  • Feedback Loops: Act as the "ear to the ground," gathering employee sentiment to help leadership understand how messages are landing.
• Corporate Communications:
  • Annual Report "Producer": Project manage the end-to-end production of the Group Annual Report and Interim Results.
  • Manage and update our Investor website: Ensuring key regulatory announcements, trading updates and people changes are updated.
  • Investor Narrative: Support the preparation for AGMs and investor presentations.
  • News & PR: Own and deliver the company’s corporate PR and social media activity.
• Strategic Change Management:
  • Leading integration comms: Lead the communications plan when we buy a business or launch a new division.
  • Change Campaigns: Run specific communication campaigns for internal change initiatives.
• Brand Alignment (Marketing Collaboration):
  • Content review: Act as the guardian of the corporate narrative.
  • Collaboration: Partner with the Marketing team to share assets and stories.
  • Executive Access: You will have direct access to the C-suite to gather insights and approve narratives.
  • Cross-Functional Team: Work in a "dotted line" capacity with the People team and Marketing.
  • Agency Support: Access to external design and PR agencies for key external-facing deliverables.

Qualifications

• Experience in Change or M&A: Track record of communicating through business transformation, acquisitions, or significant organisational growth.
• Project Management pragmatism: Successfully delivered complex, deadline-driven corporate projects.
• Stakeholder Management: Confidence to advise senior leaders on communication strategies.
• Writing Excellence: Ability to capture different tones of voice.

Benefits

• 30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave.
• Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options.
• Remote Working - we offer part-time remote working for all our staff.
• Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice.
• Pension - 7% employer matched.