Director, Energy Transition Communications and Analysis

Location: US Remote, Alpharetta GA preferred

Employee Level: Individual Contributor

Career Level: Mid-Level 

What You Need:

• Must thrive working in a fast-paced, innovative environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop important relationships with key stakeholders, good conflict management and negotiation skills, ability to analyze complex issues to develop relevant and realistic plans, programs, and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action; ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks.
• Minimum seven (7) years’ experience in communications, preferably in energy transition or “green” initiatives.
• Substantial experience dealing with senior executives and ability to make strategic and succinct presentations to and for senior leadership.
• Demonstrated skill and comfort in proactively building relationships with top tier influencers, and successfully positioning subject matter to achieve high-impact placements that enhance corporate brand and reputations.
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in managing a comprehensive strategic communications programs to advance the organizations vision, mission, values, and strategic objectives
• Enhancing communication initiatives.
• Strong team player that has a customer service approach and is solution oriented.
• Attention to detail and the ability to work individually and proactively, within a multi-disciplinary team, as well as with external partners and vendors.
• Embrace our core values: Integrity, Curiosity, Adaptable, Courageous, Collaborative, and Accountable

About the Job:

As the Director, Energy Transition Communications and Analysis, you are a high visibility individual who is responsible for our energy transition corporate communication strategy that encompasses all internal and external communications and public relations, including: media relations, editorial coverage, press releases, articles, management, executive and financial communications; crisis/change management and brand and reputation management.

As head of energy transition communications/PR spokesperson, this role will self-sustain and source media as they evangelize the PDI brand, specifically positioning the convenience ecosystem as leading the energy transition and develop and execute activities that promote, enhance, and project the organizations vision, brand and reputation to employees and external stakeholders.

This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high impact projects. You should be an energetic professional with experience managing complex external projects, who enjoys building internal relationships, and possess excellent written communication capabilities and executive presence.

This role will partner with our executive leadership team, product management, sales organization, and the broader marketing team to establish the energy transition communication strategy. This role reports to our VP, Communications and PR.

What You’ll Do:

• Understand the PDI strategy and objectives to develop and drive execution of a corporate narrative, develop annual corporate communications plan; and evaluate success against quantifiable, measurable goals.
• Provide strategic insight to the senior leadership team on how to respond to industry issues, market movement, government mandates, and competitive threats. Provide strategic counsel throughout PDI on messaging.
• Serve as communications counselor to senior leadership team on strategic external communications activities including analyst relations, executive media panels and speaking engagements.
• Serve as a corporate spokesperson along with identified key external spokespeople within the company. Help train these spokespeople on PDI core messages across energy transition topics.
• Comfortably serve in a matrix function as a strategical partner with senior leadership and functional heads, such as the Leadership Team, HR, Product Sales & Marketing, General Counsel, and others to assist with their external communications needs.
• Serve as PDI global liaison for events and initiatives.
• Represent PDI and evangelize the brand in key industry groups and establish a strategy and relationships extending beyond the current convenience ecosystem.
• Oversee external facing news and information on PDI site.
• Manage internal communications, community affairs, and compliance teams; leading cross-functional integration of external communications and activities.
• Develop and lead relevant internal communications activities including employee town halls, employee-wide conference calls, employee email communication, and crisis communications.

Why PDI Technologies?

PDI Technologies, Inc. resides at the intersection of productivity and sales growth, delivering powerful solutions that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem. By “Connecting Convenience” across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with their customers.

We offer:

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage effective immediately
• Fully flexible remote work environment
• Matching Group Retirement Savings Plan
• PTO effective immediately
• Quarterly self-investment allowance for personal and professional development, health and wellness, entertainment, travel, charitable giving, tech, travel, etc.
• Strong culture that values authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diversity of thought

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

At PDI Technologies, diversity is embraced. We are committed to cultivating an environment that is safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all individuals. PDI Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We agree not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.