Vice President (Public Affairs), Strategy & Communications

Vice President (Public Affairs) Strategy & Communications
Hong Kong SAR

The Opportunity
As Teneo continues to grow its presence across the Greater Bay area we are seeking a Vice President Public Affairs to join our Strategy and Communications team in Hong Kong SAR.
This role focuses on advising clients on public affairs policy regulatory engagement and stakeholder strategy particularly where business objectives intersect with government policy regulatory change and broader geopolitical dynamics. Hong Kong SAR is a highly visible fastmoving environment requiring strong judgement political and regulatory literacy and the ability to advise senior leaders through complex and sensitive situations.
The role will suit candidates with proven experience advising on the Greater China public affairs landscape corporate affairs policy advisory or closely related fields whether from consultancy inhouse or adjacent professional services environments.
As a Vice President you will play a key role in client delivery account leadership and team development working closely with Senior Vice Presidents and Managing Directors.

Responsibilities
As a Vice President within Teneos Strategy and Communications team in Hong Kong SAR your role will include:

Public affairs and policy advisory
Advise clients on public affairs regulatory and policyrelated issues relevant to Hong Kong SAR and the wider AsiaPacific region.
Support clients in anticipating and responding to political regulatory and stakeholder developments that may impact business operations or reputation.
Contribute to stakeholder mapping policy analysis and engagement strategies aligned to client objectives.

Stakeholder issues strategy and execution
Support the development of integrated stakeholder engagement strategies across government regulators industry bodies and other relevant audiences.
Advise on issues preparedness and response ensuring clients are positioned credibly and constructively in sensitive or highrisk situations.
Support the development of public affairs strategies including research policy analysis and scenario planning.
Translate complex policy and regulatory developments into clear actionable advice for senior client leadership.

Narrative
Develop narratives and messaging that support public affairs objectives including briefing materials position papers executive talking points and thought leadership.
Work with communications specialists to ensure alignment between public affairs strategy and broader reputation management efforts.

Business development
Support leadership in identifying and developing new public affairs opportunities.
Contribute to proposals pitch materials and client meetings.

Client and team leadership
Oversee workstreams and deliverables across public affairsled accounts ensuring highquality execution and timely delivery.
Mentor and support Consultants Associates and Senior Associates contributing to their development in public affairs advisory work.

In addition you will be expected to:
Work as a core member of integrated client teams supporting public affairs and policy advisory engagements across Hong Kong SAR and the region.
Help ensure consistently high standards of delivery by supporting project coordination research and quality assurance.
Contribute ideas and analysis that inform client strategies drawing on policy regulatory and stakeholder insights.
Engage actively with the wider Teneo team to build skills share knowledge and support the firms public affairs work across Asia Pacific.

Requirements
Bachelors degree or higher in public policy political science international relations law economics communications or a related field.
Approximately 57 years experience in public affairs policy advisory corporate affairs or related roles either in consultancy or inhouse.
Strong understanding of Hong Kong SARs political regulatory and stakeholder environment with awareness of regional and global dynamics.
Experience advising clients or internal stakeholders on policy regulatory or governmentrelated issues.
Ability to synthesise complex political or regulatory developments into clear practical advice.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing executivelevel briefing materials.
Strong project management and organisational skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
Cantonese and Mandarin language capability is essential.

About Teneo
Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 as well as other corporations financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications investor relations financial transactions and restructuring management consulting physical and cyber risk organisational design board and executive search geopolitics and government affairs corporate governance ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1800 employees located in 42 offices around the world.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace. Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race colour religion creed national origin age sex marital status ancestry disability gender identity genetic information or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.