GROUP VICE PRESIDENT - COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING & OPERATIONS

GROUP VICE PRESIDENT - COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING & OPERATIONS

Role Overview
The Vice President - Communications, Planning & Operations sets the strategic direction for Group Communications, ensuring the function fully supports DP World's business strategy and brand objectives. Reporting to the Chief Communications Officer, the VP provides global oversight of planning, integration and performance, aligning priorities across regions while maintaining flexibility for local adaptation.

Key Accountabilities

Strategy

• Work with the CCO and Communications SLT to develop and maintain the long term Group Communications Strategy, supporting global and regional business vision and strengthening Masterbrand value.
• Provide general reputational management counsel to senior leadership, advising on strategic communications challenges and opportunities.
• Oversee strategic communications activity for the DP World Foundation and other special initiatives as appropriate.

Planning & Regional Integration

• Lead the development and operational management of the Annual Global Communications Plan, informed by performance data and insights.
• Define communications objectives that balance global priorities with regional imperatives.
• Work closely with regional communications leaders to ensure plans are aligned to the global overarching plan and that connectivity and ways of working across regions support effective execution.
• Oversee the global budgeting process and ensure integration of Head Office COEs and regional activities.

Implementation

• Establish and manage the operating model and supporting processes, enhancing connectivity across global and regional teams.
• Lead the Project Management Office (PMO) with technological support to ensure delivery discipline and governance.
• Deploy global systems that strengthen collaboration and alignment across regions.
• Chair all SLT routines (offsites, calls, conferences), ensuring effective decision making and delivery against priorities.
• Manage all external agency relationships, chair the Inter Agency Team, and lead procurement and contract processing for the function, ensuring maximum value from supplier partnerships.

Measurement

• Oversee the global Measurement Framework to track and report against strategic KPIs.
• Analyse campaign level and media performance, translating data into actionable insights for decision making.
• Monitor supplier value delivery, leading reviews and tender processes where appropriate.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive the professional development of the function, embedding innovation, best practices and structured learning to accelerate capability and sustain a world class team.
• Maintain oversight of innovation in the communications profession, embedding best in class approaches and building strong partnerships to strengthen the function.

Tactical Responsiveness

• Ensure the function remains agile in responding to short term opportunities, emerging issues, and crisis management situations.

Leadership & Team

• Act as a trusted advisor to the CCO, chairing all leadership meetings and forums.
• Serve as primary business partner for Group Communications with Procurement, Finance and Internal Audit.
• Manage and develop a high performing, engaged team, setting clear objectives, promoting collaboration and ensuring alignment to DP World's values, culture and code of conduct.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Business or functional leader with 20+ years of experience, including plan development to support functional leadership within the Communications function of DP World.
• Self starter with good ability to lead global planning and operations approaches to further streamline the organization and ensure the function delivers against DP World's ambitious business strategy.
• Experience serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, able to provide counsel to C suite level executives.
• Experience coaching and advising global communications leaders and wider teams to ensure strategic integration.
• Understand how a proactive communications and campaigning approach can help realising commercial value for DP World.
• Bring a passion to the role in order to build, create and make things better. Possess strong influencing/motivating skills and the ability to drive delivery through others.
• Be intellectually curious.

Communications & Working Relationships

Internal
Group Communications, Regional teams, CHO, Procurement, Finance, Internal Audit.

External
Key vendors of the Communications function, Inter Agency Team, professional communications bodies in the Middle East and at global level, training & education partners.

DP World is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status.