Communications Associate Manager

About FWD GroupFWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 34 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD's customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.For more information, please visit About FWD Life PhilippinesFWD Life Insurance Corporation (FWD Life Philippines) launched its commercial operations in September 2014. As of end-2022, FWD Life Philippines ranks 3rd and 6th in terms of Paid-up Capital(1) and New Business Annual Premium Equivalent(2), respectively.For more information, please visit  1 > Statistics > Life > 2022 > Based on Paid-Up Capital2 > Statistics > Life > 2022 > Based on New Business Annual Premium EquivalentThe Communications Associate Manager plays a key role in shaping and executing FWD's external communications strategy, ensuring the company's reputation, purpose, and customer trust are consistently elevated across all stakeholders. This role goes beyond execution—it drives strategic planning, editorial direction, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen the brand, promote financial literacy, manage customer communications (including complaints), and proactively engage media and public stakeholders through purposeful storytelling and crisis management.The role also serves as a subject matter expert in communications, anticipating reputational risks, brand positioning, and stakeholder engagement. It requires a strong understanding of the insurance and financial services landscape, including market trends, regulatory affairs, and ESG.Drive thought leadership and financial literacy initiatives. Lead content strategy for corporate website and other, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and brand alignment.Foster effective stakeholder engagement and ensure alignment of corporate narratives by driving collaboration across various departments and leadership teams and supporting initiatives that span various facets of the organization. Manage external engagement with industry groups, regulators, NGOs, and partners.Contribute to strategic planning and execution of media relations, PR campaigns and executions aligned with corporate narrative. Define standards for messaging and collaborate with agency partners. Monitor and report media coverage.Oversee customer-facing communications with Customer Experience to ensure clear, consistent, accurate messaging across customer touchpoints. Draft and review communications related to complaints and service updates.Develop and help implement crisis communication protocols and templates. Advise on reputational risk and participate in tabletop exercises as needed. Assist in post-crisis trust-rebuilding strategies.Communicate CSR, ESG, and community impact efforts. Lead and amplify storytelling around financial inclusion, disaster response, and sustainability.Education & Certification:University graduate from a reputable institutionPreferably with coursework in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or related fieldsExperience:Minimum of 7 years' work experience in a communications roleExperience and background in the following:Proven expertise in PR, media relations, crisis communications, digital strategy, and stakeholder engagementExperience advising senior leaders and contributing to business decisionFamiliarity with life insurance, financial products, and customer behavior is a strong advantageExposure to regulatory affairs and ESG communications preferredPrivacy NoticeYour privacy is a priority for FWD.  The Company keeps your personal information with us in confidence. To know more about how we process your information, kindly refer to our FWD Recruitment Privacy Notice.FWD has partnered with Talocity Instasolutions Private Limited ("Talocity") to manage the initial filtering of candidate's profiles through video interviews, social profile mapping, and video analytics using artificial intelligence engine that is offered within the Talocity platform.  The platform evaluates the candidate on the five well-known dimensions as per OCEAN Personality Model that influence occupational success and help understand workplace behavior. For more information, please refer to Talocity Privacy Policy.When you apply, FWD will share your name, phone number and email address to Talocity to contact you and conduct the initial screening and profiling process.  Shortlisted candidates will then be contacted by FWD for the face-to-face interview.