tem

Strategic Communications Lead

tem

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Deliver tem’s company-level narrative: clarify what we stand for, how we explain it, and how it shows up consistently across leadership, media, policy, and commercial moments.
  • Act as the strategic communications partner to the Chief Growth Officer: turn complex, cross-functional input into clear recommendations and decisions.
  • Lead major corporate communications moments such as annual reporting, category narratives, regulatory developments, and high-impact stakeholder announcements.
  • Triage and steer public affairs topics with PR and government partners, ensuring the right posture, priorities, and follow-through.
  • Build comms readiness across the organisation: message frameworks, spokesperson alignment, and light-touch issue preparedness so tem is confident and coherent under scrutiny.
  • Design simple operating systems for strategic comms: clear ownership, review loops, and escalation paths so quality is repeatable and fast.

Requirements

  • Experience in strategic communications, corporate affairs, or related roles in a fast-growing or regulated environment.
  • Strong judgement and comfort operating close to senior leadership.
  • Experience navigating complex issues management scenarios.
  • Experience developing multi-market communications plans.
  • Ability to simplify complexity and make trade-offs under ambiguity.
  • Excellent stakeholder management across functions and external partners.
  • High writing bar across senior narrative, statements, and long-form materials.
  • Calm, structured approach to issues and moments of scrutiny.
Benefits
  • Salary aligned to internal benchmarks and reviewed twice a year.
  • Stock options so everyone has ownership in our mission.
  • 25 days holiday plus public holidays. Swap public holidays for the ones that matter most to you, and enjoy your birthday off.
  • Remote first and flexible working, with clear core hours and no internal meetings on Friday afternoons.
  • Home working and wellbeing budgets: Up to £1,200 or €1,200 per year for your remote setup.
  • Up to £150 or €150 per month for wellbeing.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic communicationscorporate affairsissues managementmulti-market communicationsstakeholder managementnarrative developmentwritingmessage frameworksoperating systems design
Soft Skills
strong judgementcomfort with senior leadershipability to simplify complexitytrade-off decision makingcalm approachstructured approachcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solving