Deputy Director for Strategic Communications (Mexico) – iAlumbra

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Location and Work Mode

This is a hybrid full-time position based in Mexico. The preferred location is Mexico City; proximity to La Paz Baja California Sur is a plus. The role requires regular travel to BCS.

Who we are

Innovaciones Alumbra is an ecosystem of organizations committed to demonstrating and catalyzing economic models that restore nature honor community and promote prosperity. With a focus in Baja California Sur its work spans ocean land and place advancing initiatives across interconnected impact themes and organizationsincluding philanthropy investments operating businesses and applied research centers.

Our impact

iAlumbra advances regenerative development through interconnected levers:

• Sustainability & Economic Development: Promoting balance between communities economy and the environment through demonstrated models that can be codified replicated and scaled.

• Public Policy Advocacy: Advancing sustainable development policies in Baja California Sur and influencing broader regulatory and policy frameworks to enable and enforce new ways of operating.

• Strategic Partnerships: Collaborating with governments organizations investors and local communities to align action across sectors.

• Communication & Positioning: Leading advocacy and sustainability communication strategies that elevate evidence shift narratives and influence decision-makers.

Purpose of the Position

In this role you will strengthen regional national and global positioning across initiatives that demonstrate whats possible forge connections across sectors build awareness and inspire community action and shape beliefs and behaviors of cross-cutting stakeholders. You will help shape critical issues in sustainable economic development to influence public policy operational practice and investment decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic narrative & messaging:

• Develop coordinated communication strategies across iAlumbras impact themes integrated initiatives and critical issues to influence policy practice and investment decisions.

• Craft key messages narratives and executive positioning in alignment with iAlumbras theory of change and priorities.

Media strategy & external visibility:

• Oversee media strategy and press relations ensuring disciplined and consistent messaging.

• Guide development of pitches op-eds and media outreach through external firms.

• Monitor media coverage and public perception metrics ensuring insights inform daily strategy and execution.

Issue framing and policy-adjacent communications:

• Lead long-horizon issue framing strategies for example a year-long agenda-setting effort on desertification water scarcity and watershed restoration building public understanding before introducing initiatives and solutions.

• Partner closely with public affairs and policy leadership to align narrative and advocacy strategy including engagement with federal stakeholders.

Crisis communications & reputational risk:

• Lead crisis communications planning and response in close coordination with leadership.

• Support proactive reputation protection by ensuring disciplined narrative practices role clarity and risk awareness across initiatives.

Integrated ecosystem coordination:

• Coordinate communication alignment with regional teams and engage communications and marketing staff across the ecosystem.

• Oversee content strategy across formats press releases speeches opinion pieces digital content events and knowledge products.

• Ensure seamless integration between Mexico City / national communications and Baja California Sur / regional execution.

Requirements and competences to work with us

Education

• Preferred academic backgrounds: Communications Journalism Political Science Public Policy International Relations Environmental Policy / Sustainability or Economics and Social Sciences with a strong communications specialization.

• A postgraduate degree (Masters level) in Public Policy Strategic Communications Environmental Policy Sustainability International Affairs or a related field is considered a strong advantage though not mandatory.

Experience

• 810 years of professional experience in strategic communications public affairs or policy-adjacent communications roles.

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing high-level communications strategies in complex and fast-moving environments.

• Proven experience working in Mexico with familiarity with the countrys policy media and stakeholder landscape.

• Strong experience managing or collaborating with cross-sector stakeholders including government institutions private sector leaders civil society organizations and community actors.

• Experience in policy advocacy issue management and narrative framing processes particularly around complex public-interest topics.

• Experience guiding and managing external communications firms PR agencies or consultants to ensure quality control and strategic alignment.

• Exposure to environmental sustainability natural resources climate regenerative development or related impact sectors is highly desirable.

Knowledge and Skills

• Full bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English written and spoken for executive-level positioning and global ecosystem coordination.

• Strong understanding of media monitoring sentiment analysis reach share of voice and how to translate insights into strategy.

• Ability to adapt tone and narrative depending on the audience: policymakers investors media community leaders and international partners.

Competencies

• Executive presence: ability to contribute strategic value to senior leaders and CEOs across multiple organizations in the ecosystem.

• Comfort with ambiguity and complexity: co-creates answers listens deeply and adapts.

• Strong judgment and discretion in politically and reputationally sensitive environments.

• Systems thinking: explores environmental economic and social interdependencies in both problem definition and solution design.

Our team profile

• Collective leadership: We are not looking for lone rangers. We work as a team with shared ownership mutual respect and consistent support.

• Courage and unconventional thinking: We explore solutions that are overlooked or ahead of the curve with patience and resilience to prove out complex ideas.

• Humility science and learning: We question assumptions ground our choices in evidence listen to community learn from failures and iterate.

• Systems thinking: We explore environmental economic and social interdependencies from defining problems to designing solutions honoring local sense of place.

• Long-term orientation: Creative approaches take time to mature; we trust the process of building testing and evolving.

• Community-centered approach: We believe the best solutions come from those closest to the problems; we operate with a beginners mindset.

Key interests for working with us

This role is best suited for someone motivated by:

• Environmental sustainability and regeneration.

• Economic development models that strengthen communities and create long-term prosperity.

• Public policy advocacy to improve environmental regulations and enable new ways of operating.

• Purpose-driven leadership and trust-building with communities and cross-sector stakeholders.

Reasons to join our team

We offer a competitive compensation package and a genuine opportunity to lead high-impact strategic communications at the intersection of sustainability policy and community development.

• Competitive salary aligned to market

• Permanent full-time contract

• Individual performance-based annual bonus

• Medical insurance and benefits in accordance with Mexican labor laws

• Leadership opportunities in policy-adjacent communications and sustainability

• A space for innovation and high-impact strategy

• Collaboration with a global team and exposure to senior leaders across the iAlumbra ecosystem

Relevant details before applying for this vacancy

This is a new position created as part of a restructuring of iAlumbras communications public affairs and policy functions. The Deputy Director will report directly to the Head of Communications Public Affairs and Policy Mexico and will work closely with regional and national communications teams as well as external agencies and consultants.

• Contract type: Permanent (open-ended)

• Work modality: Hybrid Mexico-based with regular travel to Baja California Sur

• Trial period: Between 30 and 180 days in accordance with Article 39-A of the Federal Labor Law (LFT)

• Salary details will be shared during the process