Director - Issues & Crisis Management (KSA)

Director | Issues & Crisis Management | Dammam, KSA

We are partnering with a leading global communications consultancy to appoint a Director Issues & Crisis Management based in Dammam, KSA. This is a senior advisory role supporting high-profile regional and international clients on business-critical mandates, reputation risk, and complex stakeholder environments.

The Director will play a central role in anticipating, managing, and responding to reputational, regulatory, and operational issues providing strategic counsel to C-suite leaders and government stakeholders across sensitive, fast-moving situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end issues and crisis management mandates for major corporate and government clients
  
• Advise senior executives on reputation risk, crisis preparedness, and response strategy
• Develop scenario planning frameworks, holding statements, Q&A, and escalation protocols
• Direct rapid-response media strategy and stakeholder communications during live issues
• Provide counsel on geopolitical, regulatory, and policy-driven developments impacting clients
• Manage cross-market teams and coordinate with legal, compliance, and public affairs advisors
• Support business development through crisis audits, risk assessments, and client proposals

Candidate Profile

• 1015+ years experience in issues management, crisis communications, or strategic advisory
• Background in a global agency, advisory firm, government entity, or in-house corporate affairs team
• Proven experience handling high-stakes, reputation-critical situations
• Strong understanding of the Saudi / GCC media, regulatory, and stakeholder landscape
• Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills
• Experience advising C-suite and government stakeholders is essential
• Arabic language capability is advantageous but not mandatory