Senior Director, TMT Strategic Communications

About the role

FTI Consulting is looking for a Senior Director to join its London Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT) team, which advises more than 40 clients across sectors such as space exploration, digital transformation and technological solutions. The role covers strategic communications counsel: corporate reputation and positioning, campaigns and narrative strategy, and crisis and issues management. It is a senior position with ownership of client relationships, guiding account teams and contributing to growing the practice.

Key responsibilities

• Manage sophisticated communication programmes and campaigns, shaping reputation and narrative and handling sensitive or contentious issues
• Advise senior stakeholders, including boards and executive teams, and help clients find their authentic voice
• Lead account management, resolving budget, scope and deliverable issues early and nurturing and building new client relationships
• Take part in pitches and proposals and introduce the firm's wider services to clients
• Share a point of view on how AI and digital tools improve research, drafting and analysis, and help teams adopt them
• Lead account teams, give actionable feedback and build partnerships across the practice

Required profile

• Senior-level communications experience, typically 7+ years, in a TMT-focused organisation or a senior in-house role at a TMT business, having independently led significant mandates
• Track record in corporate communications, reputation and positioning, campaigns and narrative strategy, and counsel on sensitive issues
• Demonstrated success in business development, winning, growing and retaining clients
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders and hold the room under pressure
• Excellent writing and persuasive communication
• Collaborative approach with multi-disciplinary teams

Preferred qualifications

• Experience across several TMT sub-sectors such as software, telecoms, fintech, media, consumer tech or deep tech
• Experience across regulatory, media and public audiences on politically or socially sensitive issues
• Transaction communications experience (IPOs, divestments, M&A, fundraises)
• Established network across the TMT, investor and media community