Director, Americas Region Communications

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2023, Sealed Air generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and had approximately 17,000 employees operating out of 46 countries/territories and distributing products in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Summary:

Reporting into the Executive Director, Culture, Communications and Change Management, this role will be a critical partner to key stakeholders within the region and be responsible for designing, developing and implementing a broad and comprehensive communications strategy in alignment with regional business priorities and the company’s values, goals and culture. 

 

Key deliverables within this role include:

• Serving as the primary communications advisor to the Americas President – supporting executive visibility opportunities, engagements and communications with the Americas region. 
• Developing and implementing a broad and comprehensive communications strategy in alignment with key business priorities to effectively communicate the vision, mission and key messages.
• Partnering with key stakeholders to ensure communications strategy and channels are effective in reaching our internal audience across all sites/location in the region.
• Monitoring communications metrics and sharing key insights that help continuously improve the effectiveness of the communication strategy, campaigns, and initiatives.
• Aligning communication strategy to SEE’s communication guidelines and industry trends/best practices.
• Providing guidance and key messaging/communications pertinent to:
  • Sealed Air’s global brand and reputation strategy
  • New product development and innovation
  • Internal talent spotlights and stories
  • M&A activities
  • Crises and/or critical and/or business challenges/conditions - as applicable.   

 

What are we looking for?

Education & experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations, communications, marketing or a closely related field of study is required; Master’s degree is a plus. 
• 10+ years of experience with direct responsibility for leading communications, stakeholder relations, and/or public/corporate affairs for a global brand or company.
• Prior experience designing, developing and leading the implementation and management of a communications strategy tailored to an organization, business unit or function.
• Prior experience working with executive level leadership, providing strategic counsel and guidance to develop a communications strategy aligned to business needs. 

 

Additional knowledge, skills & abilities that would make you successful in the role:

• Inspiring and innovative storyteller with deep expertise in writing and content creation.  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts and insights to a variety of audiences. 
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy; strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization. 
• Ability to work independently and col