Corporate Communications Manager

About the Company

Nova Water is a premium bottled water brand in Saudi Arabia, known for high standards, ongoing innovation, and a strong nationwide reputation. Positioned as a market-leading water brand, it represents purity, trust, and pride, while continuing to raise the bar for hydration and brand excellence in the Kingdom.

Role Overview

The Corporate Communications Manager will be responsible for shaping and protecting the company’s reputation, leading strategic messaging, and ensuring clear, consistent communication across internal and external audiences. This role supports leadership communication, media relations, employee engagement, sustainability messaging, crisis response, and stakeholder outreach.

Key Responsibilities

• Strengthen and safeguard the organization’s public image and positioning as a leading Saudi bottled water business.
• Create and execute communication plans that build confidence among stakeholders and reinforce brand credibility.
• Maintain a unified voice across all internal and external communication channels.
• Support senior leadership with messaging around vision, strategy, performance updates, and transformation efforts.
• Prepare speeches, presentations, key messages, and other communication materials for executives.
• Handle announcements, company updates, and milestone communications.
• Develop and sustain relationships with media organizations, government bodies, and industry stakeholders.
• Coordinate press releases, media questions, interviews, and official statements.
• Track media coverage and public perception related to the company and the bottled water sector.
• Drive internal communication programs that improve culture, engagement, and organizational alignment.
• Communicate business updates, strategic initiatives, and change-related messages across the company.
• Promote sustainability, environmental responsibility, water conservation, community involvement, and ESG-related communication.
• Support corporate responsibility reporting and strengthen the company’s image as a responsible Saudi organization.
• Plan and implement crisis communication responses for incidents, product quality concerns, regulatory matters, and reputational risks.
• Advise leadership on messaging and communication decisions during sensitive situations.
• Manage the company’s website content, social media presence, and other digital communication channels.
• Engage key stakeholders such as customers, government authorities, investors, employees, partners, and media representatives.
• Assess the effectiveness of communication efforts and recommend improvements to deepen stakeholder engagement.
• Maintain consistency in corporate identity and branding across business units, subsidiaries, and all outward-facing materials.
• Develop communication standards, guidelines, and governance practices.
• Lead executive thought leadership activities including LinkedIn content, keynote speeches, interviews, panel discussions, and industry events.
• Support communication with regulators, government entities, trade associations, and strategic partners.
• Track communication KPIs and prepare performance reporting for the department.

Skills & Competencies

This role calls for strong bilingual communication, executive-level presentation ability, storytelling, media handling, crisis response, and strategic stakeholder engagement. It also requires excellent coordination, project management, confidentiality, attention to detail, and the ability to perform under pressure.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Mass Communication, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related discipline is required. A master’s degree such as an MBA or Corporate Communications is preferred for senior leadership positions. Professional certifications in Corporate Communications, Public Relations, ESG, Investor Relations, or Change Management are considered an advantage.

Experience

The ideal candidate should have 7 to 10 years of experience in Corporate Communications, Public Relations, or Corporate Affairs, ideally within FMCG, manufacturing, or consumer goods. Prior exposure to working with executive leadership and cross-functional teams is preferred.