Director Communications France

Job Category

Marketing & Communications

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**About Salesforce**

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We are seeking a senior communications leader to drive a holistic communications program in France. The role touches all internal and external audiences including employees, customers, media and partners, helping the business confidently to tell its story.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Communications Strategy**:Partner with the international and global communications teams to oversee the development and execution of a communications strategy for France that will secure and expand awareness and reputation for Salesforce across the market.
- **Strategic counsel and leadership**:Sit on the French Leadership Team providing strategic communications counsel to the CEO, the business and act as a go-to point of escalation for all communications issues.
- **Executive Communications**:Oversee executive communications programs for our regional CEO and other senior executives with bold and authentic narratives and internal and external engagement programs.
- **Narrative and key message development**:Build the company narrative for France, enable the extended teams to tell the story of Salesforce France in a way that resonates in the local market, inspires our customers to think big and take action, and promotes brand love across a broad set of audiences.
- **Employee communications**:Partner with the employee comms team to ensure our employee programming aligns with the French Leadership Team's priorities.
- **Policy Comms**:Collaborate with our Marketing, Government Affairs, Privacy and Legal teams in France and lead the development of thought-leadership campaigns and engagement.
- **Operations**:Support the management processes around budgeting, reporting and other global alignment programs.

**Required Skills & Experience**:

- 15+ years experience in (internal and external) communications roles
- Established direct relationships across the business and technology media
- Experience in representing and engaging in industry organizations
- Exposure to managing key stakeholder relationships
- Excellent leadership skills and experience in working across a matrix organisation to bring people together and deliver a strategy
- Outstanding critical thinking and no ego - we are a dynamic team and everyone pitches in to get the job done
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while multitasking, re-prioritizing projects and communicating priority updates to business partners
- Fluency in French and English are required for this role

**Benefits & Perks**
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