Managing Director, Corporate Communications

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 organizational design board and executive search geopolitics and government affairs corporate governance and ESG.

The firm has more than 1800 employees located in 50 offices around the world.

The Opportunity

Teneos San Francisco office is in a building phase. We are assembling a small senior team of advisors who understand how technology companies actually work: their customers investors boards and regulators and the internal dynamics their leaders have to navigate. We help these companies through moments of significant transition. The Managing Director will work with the San Francisco Office head to lead the offices Strategy & Communications team own a portfolio of client relationships and play a central role in growing the offices business and reputation in the Bay Area. This is a chance to help shape an office and a practice not just step into one.

We are also looking for someone who believes the communications function itself is changing. Our clients are rethinking what communications means inside their companies: how it connects to strategy how it is structured and staffed and how new tools including AI are changing the work. We want an MD who can help clients lead that evolution and who is eager to help Teneo do the same.

Who Were Looking For

The strongest candidates will be builders. Many will have held senior in-house roles at technology companies where they built or rebuilt teams processes and systems and learned to advise across internal silos because they had to operate inside them. We equally value agency and advisory leaders who have built something of their own such as a practice an office or a new offering and who bring real empathy for the operators seat. Either way you understand that good counsel starts with knowing a clients world not just the outcome they want.

Responsibilities

• Work with the San Francisco Office Head to lead the San Francisco Strategy & Communications team. Set direction develop talent provide senior-level oversight across engagements and help recruit the people who will grow the office.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to founders CEOs and senior leaders influencing client direction and building long-term relationships.
• Drive business development. Originate new client relationships expand existing ones and turn the offices network into client work.
• Help clients through moments of transition including fundraising IPO readiness leadership changes M&A regulatory scrutiny crises and shifts in business model or technology. Translate the realities of a technology business for the audiences that judge it.
• Develop and lead complex integrated communications programs that use every lever together: earned media owned and social channels executive visibility events and non-traditional media such as podcasts newsletters and online video.
• Advise clients on how their communications function should evolve including its structure capabilities operating model and use of new tools.
• Build Teneos presence in the Bay Area through thought leadership signature events speaking and relationships across the technology investor and business communities.
• Partner with colleagues across Teneos segments including management consulting investor relations financial advisory risk and executive search to deliver integrated solutions.
• Help the office experiment with and adopt AI-enabled ways of working in partnership with Teneos firmwide AI efforts.
• Make complex decisions affecting colleagues and clients in a timely and transparent way and foster a culture where quality and client satisfaction come first.

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience in corporate communications public relations media or a related field.
• A track record of building teams functions practices processes or systems ideally including leading an organization through significant transformation.
• Senior in-house communications experience at a technology company is strongly preferred. Agency and advisory leaders with deep technology-client experience are also encouraged to apply.
• Significant experience independently leading large complex client engagements.
• Experience counseling senior executives and boards and working alongside external financial and legal advisors.
• Deep familiarity with the technology ecosystem particularly founders of mid- to late-stage startups with strong relationships across both traditional and non-traditional media.
• A holistic view of communications as a driver of business outcomes.
• Curiosity about AI and hands-on use of AI tools in your own work.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the pace of building something new.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Available to work from Teneos San Francisco office at least three days a week.
• Experience in technology media or fintech especially mid- to late-stage startups and newly public companies preferred.

What We Offer

As a Teneo employee you will enjoy unique benefits including flexible time off policy; medical dental and vision coverage; long-term disability and life insurance; a 401K plan; commuter benefits; team events; snacks; and other perks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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

Base Salary Range

$225000 - $265000 (compensation for this role will depend on several factors including a candidates qualifications skills competencies and experience that may fall outside of the range listed).

Bonus Eligible

Yes

Total Compensation Package

Includes annualized bonus 401k match healthcare coverage and a broad range of additional benefits and perks.

Flexible Work Policy:

Teneo believes in in-person collaboration when possible and if you are assigned to the San Francisco office the companys expectation is for employees to work from the office location a minimum of three days a week.

Required Experience:

Director