Senior Manager, Corporate Communications & PR

Your remit will cover corporate communications, media relations, issues and crisis communications, executive communications, narrative development and reputation management. We're looking for a strong communications generalist who can handle high-stakes work while coordinating country teams and agencies. We'll appoint at Director or Senior Manager level depending on experience. At Director level, you'll also lead the function as it grows: setting direction, managing people, advising senior leadership and building the team.

About DayOne

• DayOne Data Centers DayOne Data Centers is a Singapore-headquartered global digital infrastructure platform that develops and operates next-generation data centers across Asia Pacific and Europe.
• Trusted by leading hyperscalers and businesses, the company engineers, builds, and operates high-capacity, AI-ready campuses with speed, scale, and reliability.
• Based in Singapore, you'll help lead DayOne's corporate communications centrally across all our markets.
• Media Relations Lead media strategy across business, technology, trade and international media.
• If you're ready to grow with one of the fastest-moving companies in the data center industry, apply now and be part of our global journey.

Responsibilities

• Corporate Narrative and Messaging Develop and deliver corporate communications plans that strengthen, protect and consistently express DayOne's narrative across markets.
• Build messaging frameworks for market entries, project milestones, strategic agreements, ESG and community initiatives, partnerships and other corporate developments.
• Oversee press releases, statements, responses, Q&As, pitching, briefings, interviews and media roundtables.
• Oversee multi-market media monitoring and provide concise intelligence on emerging issues, narrative trends and opportunities.
• Issues, Crisis and Executive Communications Lead the development of issues and crisis materials, including holding statements, messaging, Q&As, escalation protocols and response plans.
• Advise senior leaders and country teams on communications risk, message framing, timing, spokesperson approach and the right level of response.
• Develop executive communications, including speeches, talking points, op-eds, commentary, leadership messages and briefing materials.
• Multi-Market Coordination Coordinate communications centrally across our markets, so local activity reflects group context, approved narratives and consistent standards.
• Partner with regional Marketing & Communications leads and local teams to gather market intelligence and manage local implementation.
• Direct PR agencies and specialist partners across markets, challenging weak recommendations and holding output to a high standard.
• Work closely with Content, Marketing, Government Relations, HR, project and technical teams.
• Leadership (Director Level) Act as a trusted deputy to the Head of Marketing & Communications on reputation, media and corporate narrative.
• Lead and coach the communications team as it grows, and design its operating model across corporate, strategic, media, issues, executive and internal communications.

Requirements

• Set standards for judgement, writing, escalation, agency management and market coordination.
• Requirements 12+ years' experience for Director level, or 8+ years for Senior Manager level, in corporate communications, PR or strategic communications.
• Broad generalist experience across media relations, issues management, executive communications and strategic messaging.
• Exceptional writing and editorial judgement for high-stakes materials, with the ability to simplify complex technical, business or regulatory topics without losing accuracy.
• Experience handling sensitive issues, crisis situations or challenging media enquiries, including knowing when to respond, what not to say and when to escalate.
• Experience coordinating communications across multiple countries and time zones from a regional or global centre.
• Confident working directly with executives, subject-matter experts, country leaders, agencies and cross-functional partners.
• clear evidence of leading a communications team or function, setting direction and advising senior leadership.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Preferred

• Writing samples will be requested during the process.
• Experience in a complex international B2B or regulated sector, such as infrastructure, energy, technology or telecommunications.
• Experience in a fast-growing organisation.

Benefits

• DayOne is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.