Microsoft Communications Lead 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

93459813

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success incorporate communications and media relations, with a minimum of 8 years of experience. They should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, good balance of strategic thinking and execution, experience in stakeholder engagement, the ability to work proactively with learn-it-all and growth mindset. They should also have a deep understanding of the digital landscape and be able to identify and capitalize on opportunities to drive engagement with key audiencesand work as an external communications advisor to the country

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND 8+ years Communications, Marketing Operations, Program Management, Project Management, or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience
• 8 years of media relations experience - strong and active relationships with Indonesia based journalists and creators.
• Ability to manage corporate and solution-focused communication and storytelling, develop compelling, concise, creative, and credible fact-based messaging and stories.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills.
• Strategic thinking rooted in market knowledge and business acumen
• Sound judgement and decision-making ability in complex and dynamic scenarios.
• Ability to orchestrate diverse perspectives and stay calm under pressure.
• Experience with issues management and crisis communication.
• Great team player

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and prioritize for the highest impact.
• Thrives infast-changingenvironment and can adapt plans accordingly
• Growth mindset with proven track record for new, innovative approaches and smart risk taking
• Experience with employee and executive communications

Languages

• Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia - speaking, writing and reading
• Fluency in English a bonus

• Communications strategy planning and executing
• Media and influencer relations
• Orchestration and agency management
• Reputation management, managing issues and crisis communication.
• As trusted advisor contribute to executive and employee communications
• Create relevant, newsworthy stories about how Microsoft drives the transformation of core industries – by helping organizations of all sizes to become more innovative, sustainable and resilient; substantiate our storytelling with compelling customer success stories that put a strong emphasis on business outcomes and societal impact.
• Establish and own the process of landing those stories across earned, owned and amplified media.
• Serve as a corporate spokesperson, as needed; and ensure we have a strong bench of relevant and trained spokespeople.