VP, Head of Communication and Branding

VP, Head of Communication and Branding

Lyngby

Full-time permanent

Hybrid

Do you want to shape the voice, reputation and brand of a company delivering complex projects that help solve some of society’s most important challenges? Are you motivated by the opportunity to strengthen communication as a lever for strategy, performance and transformation? And do you want to take on a high-impact, high-visibility leadership role with close exposure to Executive Leadership Team, Executive Board and Board of Directors?

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

We are seeking a VP, Head of Communication and Branding to shape and strengthen COWI’s global communication and branding agenda. In this role, you will define and execute strategies that build our reputation, sharpen our market position, support business performance and create trust among customers, employees and society.

COWI is an international consultancy within engineering, architecture, energy and environment. Together with our customers, we help shape sustainable and liveable societies through projects across infrastructure, buildings and industry, renewable energy, water, climate adaptation and urban development.

You will join COWI at an important point in our development. We are sharpening our market focus, strengthening performance and building a more solid platform for profitable growth. Communication and branding have a central role to play in this journey: strengthening our position in the market, supporting leadership and engaging our people behind the transformation ahead.

Reporting to Group CFO, you will be communication partner to Group CFO and CEO. You will act as a trusted advisor to the Executive Board and Executive Leadership Team, you will manage COWI’s Communication and Branding and ensure that communication is clear, credible and impactful manage an integrated global communication and branding strategy that supports COWI’s strategy, growth ambitions, reputation and brand position

• Strengthen COWI’s corporate narrative and market positioning, ensuring that our communication reflects the scale, expertise and impact of our business
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on communication, stakeholder positioning, reputation matters and strategic messaging
• Ensure communication is a value-creating capability by connecting corporate, financial, internal, external, media, public affairs, employer branding and ESG communication to business priorities and measurable outcomes
• Support transformation and growth through clear communication around strategic priorities, organisational changes, M&A activities and integration of new entities
• Enable internal communication as a lever for leadership alignment, strategy execution, engagement and change
• Protect and develop COWI’s reputation through effective communication, strong issues management and sound judgement in critical situations
• Build, manage and develop an effective Communication and Branding team with clear priorities, strong collaboration and the capabilities needed to support a complex international business
• Use governance, data, digital channels and AI-enabled tools to improve quality, consistency, efficiency and impact across communication and branding activities

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future

Like us, you believe leadership is about setting direction, creating clarity and enabling people to deliver results together. You bring people along, challenge constructively and build trust across functions, markets and leadership levels.

You understand that communication is not only about making messages clear. It is about making strategy understandable, leadership visible, reputation stronger and people aligned behind what matters most.

On top of that, you will have:

• Senior leadership experience within corporate communication, branding, reputation management or strategic communication
• Experience working in a publicly listed company or another complex corporate environment with exposure to investor relations, financial communication or capital markets communication
• Ability to advise and collaborate with executive leadership and contribute to business strategy and performance
• Solid business and financial acumen, with the ability to translate communication and branding into tangible business impact
• Experience developing corporate narratives, executive communication and stakeholder messaging in an international organisation
• Experience across several communication disciplines, such as corporate communication, media relations, public affairs, internal communication, employer branding, digital communication and brand governance
• Expertise in reputation management and the ability to navigate critical situations with confidence, clarity and sound judgement
• Experience building and managing effective, engaged teams in complex, matrix organisations
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to engage stakeholders across functions, cultures and geographies
• A data-driven and digitally skilled approach, including the use of analytics and AI tools to improve communication impact and ways of working
• Fluency in English and Danish, both written and spoken

A place to work and so much more.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Strategic Workforce Planning Lead, Tea Ellingsen, [email protected].

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.