Lead Public Relation Specialist

Job description / Role

Overview

We are seeking a Lead Public Relations Specialist to join the Products & Customer Business Support Division (PCBS).

PCBS is comprised of three groups: Communication, Admin Support, and Decision Support. These groups work together to provide comprehensive support to the Executive Vice President (EVP) and other stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, efficient administration, and informed decision-making. The Communication Group handles reports, internal and external communication, and briefs, while the Admin Support Group focuses on EVP logistics, employee engagement, admin coordination, and technology and asset management. Meanwhile, the Decision Support Group provides strategic planning, supports board meetings, coordinates committee activities, and facilitates media engagements.

Your primary role serves the office of the Executive Vice President and will involve managing internal and external communications, forging strong partnerships with key stakeholders, and driving strategic communication initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate, you will be required to perform the following:

• Strategic communication planning, stakeholder engagement, content creation, and measurement and analysis.
• Ensure that comprehensive communication plans are developed and executed in alignment with business objectives, delivering consistent and effective messaging.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders, including management, affiliates, and corporate communication entities, to foster collaboration and effective communication.
• Reviewing media-related content such as press releases, speeches, social media posts, media plans, briefs, and presentations in partnership with relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment and quality.
• Measurement and analysis also play a critical role, with a focus on tracking and evaluating the impact of communication efforts through data-driven insights.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate, you must hold a bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a closely related field.
• You will have 12 years of professional experience in corporate communications, public relations, or a similar role within the energy sector.
• Your background will include a proven track record of developing and executing effective communication strategies.
• A strong understanding of the energy industry and Saudi Aramco's business operations is essential, as is prior experience in managing global communication initiatives.

Working Environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical, and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical, and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

About the Company

Saudi Aramco is an integrated global energy enterprise. The company markets and exports crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas liquids and sulfur. It also ships crude oil worldwide through an affiliated company and participates in petroleum refining and marketing activities at home and abroad. Its overseas affiliates are in the United States, Egypt, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Saudi Aramco's subsidiaries span the globe, with offices in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Leiden, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.