Senior Director - Crisis&Reputation Strategy

<p><strong>Director | Issues&Crisis Management | Dammam, KSA</strong></p><p>We are partnering with a leading global communications consultancy to appoint a<strong>Director — Issues&Crisis Management</strong>based in<strong>Dammam, KSA</strong>. This is a senior advisory role supporting high-profile regional and international clients on business-critical mandates, reputation risk, and complex stakeholder environments.</p><p>The Director will play a central role in anticipating, managing, and responding to reputational, regulatory, and operational issues — providing strategic counsel to C-suite leaders and government stakeholders across sensitive, fast-moving situations.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Lead end-to-end<strong>issues and crisis management</strong>mandates for major corporate and government clients</li><li>Advise senior executives on<strong>reputation risk, crisis preparedness, and response strategy</strong></li><li>Develop<strong>scenario planning frameworks</strong>, holding statements, Q&A, and escalation protocols</li><li>Direct rapid-response media strategy and stakeholder communications during live issues</li><li>Provide counsel on<strong>geopolitical, regulatory, and policy-driven developments</strong>impacting clients</li><li>Manage cross-market teams and coordinate with legal, compliance, and public affairs advisors</li><li>Support business development through crisis audits, risk assessments, and client proposals</li></ul><p><strong>Candidate Profile</strong></p><ul><li>10–15+ years’ experience in<strong>issues management, crisis communications, or strategic advisory</strong></li><li>Background in a global agency, advisory firm, government entity, or in-house corporate affairs team</li><li>Proven experience handling<strong>high-stakes, reputation-critical situations</strong></li><li>Strong understanding of the<strong>Saudi / GCC media, regulatory, and stakeholder landscape</strong></li><li>Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills</li><li>Experience advising<strong>C-suite and government stakeholders</strong>is essential</li><li>Arabic language capability is advantageous but not mandatory</li></ul>#J-18808-Ljbffr