Head of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs for North America

About Us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

About Us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About The Role

The global Marketing, Communication and Public Affairs (MCP) team positions DNV as the credible thought leader and enabler of industry change in the energy transition, helps win business by creating demand for our services through best-practice marketing and communications aligned with business priorities; helps build an optimal employee experience and satisfaction; builds and maintains relationships with policy makers and industry stakeholders; scouts for commercial opportunities/ synergies from these relations. MCP consists of a Global Centre of Expertise and five regional Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs teams, close to customers and markets.

To enable Energy Systems to achieve its strategic ambitions and become future fit, we need Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs professionals who support the business to meet customers’ expectations while also building a globally consistent premium brand for DNV in the energy market. The MCP team is therefore seeking a Head of MCP for the region North America, leading a team of Marketing Communications managers.

The Head of MCP North America reports to the Head of Regions and is member of the MCP Leadership team. The Head of MCP North America is a results-driven senior marketing & communications advisor and the central point of contact for the Regional Business Director and the Regional Leadership Team. In this role you will support Energy Systems’ growth goals in the region through commercial, customer focused high quality marketing, internal & external communications projects tailored towards key accounts and specific local target audiences. You will do this by developing and deploying a regional marketing and communications strategy including services from different Business Units, growth segments and ventures. You will also ensure internal communications is well deployed within the region. You stimulate collaboration within the regional MCP teams as well as across regions and functions.

What You’ll Do

• Develops and sets the MCP strategy, annual initiatives & tactics plan for the Region based on market data and customer analytics, with the aim to improve customer and stakeholder relations and increase quality leads; promotes cross-selling by including the needs of Global Business Units, ventures, and segments
• Advises the Regional Director on marketing, internal, external communications, and public affairs
• Leads a strong team of customer focused marketing communications managers
• Monitors and reports on Regional MCP KPIs in a structured and regular manner to the Regional Director and within MCP to ensure return on investment can be measured
• Defines and monitors MCP budget and MCP resources for the region; aligns with the Regional Director and the Head of Regions. Is member of the regional leadership team and joins regular meetings
• Embeds global positioning, campaigns, trends, tools, systems in the region along global messaging and applies premium brand quality according to globally defined standards
• Ensures Regional MCP plans are executed within required deadlines, budget and global quality standards with the required results
• Proactively spots opportunities and creates solutions and creative campaigns suited for the region
• Is the regional touchpoint to adapt global campaigns to regional needs, customers, and interests

What we offer

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
• Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
• Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
• Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
• 401(k) with company match
• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
• Education reimbursement program
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
• Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
• Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
• Career advancement opportunities

**Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election**

For California, Washington, New York, Washington, D.C., Illinois, and Maryland: “DNV provides a reasonable range of compensation for this role. The actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. For the states of California, Washington, New York, Washington, D.C., Illinois, and Maryland only, the starting pay range for this role is $145,000.00 to $175,000.00.

DNV is a proud equal-opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, or business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment Department (View email address on click.appcast.io). Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

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About You

What Is required

• Relevant education, Bachelor's level or higher
• Extensive experience (minimum 10 years) and expertise in marketing and communications
• Preferably experience in managing people
• Strategic partner, senior marketeer & communications professional, customer obsessed, commercial mindset
• Used to connect with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Organization skills to meet deadlines and time schedules, able to manage limited resources with optimized outcome
• Proven ability to work in a highly structured way, ensuring full compliance with established policies, procedures and guidelines
• Analytical, digital and data focused
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Very experienced and familiar with the culture and differences within the region
• We conduct pre-employment drug and background screening

Personal qualities

• Act as senior advisor and has a commercial growth mindset
• Communicates effectively, is pragmatic, builds strong relationships and is able to influence
• Hold strong coaching- and leadership skills and has ability to engage, develop, empower, and motivate the MCP team
• Natural team player with behavioral flexibility to build relationships, adapts easily, coaches, influences and is able to give and receive feedback in a constructive way
• Creates trust through reliable delivery and strong and stable relationships with internal and external customers
• Promotes a diverse and inclusive culture, respects and understands cultural diversity and is able to communicate and connect with people at different levels
• Is politically aware, sensitive, and adaptable; moves easily and successfully in an international complex organization
• Strong communication, influencing and senior advisory skills.
• Inspiring people manager
• Cultivates a broad and diverse network
• Is eager on growth and renewal; uses the latest trends, insights and developments in marketing, communications, public affairs.
• Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position*