Responsibilities

• Sustainability Purpose Communications: Lead strategic storytelling to champion Accelerator’s and Mars Snacking’s sustainability progress in service of driving trust and reputation with key stakeholders.
• Customer Communications: Enable and support customer engagement and communications. Bring to life key messages specific to Accelerator for our customers, events and meetings including the annual National Sales Conference and critical top-to-top meetings.
• Corporate Communications: Deploy choiceful, high-impact corporate communications through proactive media relations, external speaking engagements, and strategic thought leadership as relevant to our business and sustainability goals.
• Policy Communications: Translate complex corporate governance directives, compliance standards, and regulatory frameworks into accessible, actionable guidance for internal and external audiences.
• Public Policy Support: Collaborate with the Public Affairs team to communicate Mars positions on key public policy issues, trade, and regional regulations.
• Crisis Issue Management: Anticipate reputational risks and establish robust response plans. Provide communications counsel to senior leadership during critical business issues.
• Internal Alignment: Ensure our external visibility and thought leadership progress is sufficiently represented in our Accelerator engagement and internal communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or associated profession is required, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. MS/MBA is a plus.
• 8-10 years relevant professional experience in corporate affairs, communications or related fields.
• Experience advising and coaching senior leaders.
• Strong strategic planning skills, a solid understanding of the business, and the ability to build and nurture relationships at the highest levels in a corporate environment.
• Strong external orientation including experience dealing with media and policy makers.
• Experience in sustainability communications, including translating technical sustainability programs into compelling storytelling.
• Self-starting and collaborative leader who confidently balances strategic and operational priorities, thrives in ambiguity, exercises sound judgment under pressure, and motivates others while providing strong leadership during critical situations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Robust knowledge of working with AI, responsibly, in corporate communications including policy comms / public affairs.
• Experience within CPG is a plus.

Benefits

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• medical and dental benefits
• participation in 401k plan
• paid time off benefits
• learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University