Associate Director, Corporate Communications

Associate Director, Corporate Communications

About Us

IFM Investors is a global asset manager, founded and owned by pension funds, with capabilities in infrastructure equity and debt, private equity, private credit, real estate and listed equities.

Our purpose is to invest, protect and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people. We believe healthy returns depend on healthy economic, environmental and social systems - and these are evolving on a scale never experienced before. To find opportunity, build value and meet the needs of future generations, you need scale, skill and expertise. That's what IFM Investors has built up over 30 years.

With assets under management of approximately $291.1 AUD billion (at 30 June 2026), we prioritise the interests of over 883 institutional investors worldwide. IFM operates from 17 offices across Australia, Europe, North America and Asia.

For more information, visit ifminvestors.com.

The Opportunity

At IFM, you're not just part of an investment company - but an invested one. We see the work we do as the chance to take sustainable, responsible steps forward for millions of people around the world.

So, we have made sure to create a workplace that's inclusive, accountable and collaborative. Where you're given the opportunities to make a meaningful contribution and grow your skills. All while feeling valued and supported for who you are and what you bring to the team.

Along with the chance to make a meaningful, positive difference from day one, we offer a competitive salary and generous leave entitlements. Our hybrid and flexible approach can vary by team and role, it is built around trust. We encourage our people to manage their work life rhythm in a way that works best for them and their teams.

Business Overview

Our Clients & Strategy team covers Business Development, Investor Relations, External Relations, Sustainable Investment and Brand, Marketing & Communications, including Internal Communications.

It is responsible for all communications to investor prospects, existing investors and their asset consultants, as well as a broad range of other stakeholders, including governments and media.

The Role

The objective of IFM's Global External Relations team is to implement an integrated global public affairs strategy that authentically positions IFM in a way that reflects its values, heritage, and purpose, and assists with efforts to protect, enhance, and distinguish IFM's reputation, and help drive capital raising and deal flow.

The Associate Director, Global Corporate Communications will lead the delivery of proactive public relations activity that primarily strengthens IFM Investors' profile in UK and European markets while also supporting key investment priorities such as sustainability.

Working across cross-functional colleagues in Global External Relations, this role will also work across IFM's investment teams, Marketing, Brand and Communications, Sustainable Investment, and Global Client Solutions. The role will build and deliver a pipeline of proactive earned-media opportunities, including developing media campaigns around proprietary research and thought leadership, identifying timely external opportunities, and helping spokespeople turn complex investment themes into compelling stories.

The role would suit a candidate who has demonstrated experience managing, or working within, a strategic communications agency with a public affairs remit, as well as experience or deep knowledge of institutional investment, infrastructure or pensions systems.

Based in London, the role will serve as the local point of coordination for IFM's global media office, handling inbound media enquiries, providing initial counsel and connecting matters with the appropriate communications, investment, transaction and subject-matter experts across IFM. The role will provide reputation and issues management support or transaction communications support as required.

In addition, the Associate Director, Global Corporate Communications will help strengthen alignment between earned and paid activity, including shaping the governance and decision-making frameworks that support IFM's reputation and strategic priorities.

This is a senior, hands-on role requiring sound media judgment, strong stakeholder influence and the ability to create opportunities and drive effective ways of working across a global organisation.

Main Responsibilities

Proactive PR

• Deliver proactive earned-media activity aligned with IFM's commercial, investment and reputational priorities.
• Develop integrated PR campaigns around IFM research, thought leadership, investment expertise and priority market themes.
• Working with the Global Head of Sustainable Investment to identify opportunities to build IFM's reputation as a sustainable investor
• Manage the paid media strategy on behalf of GER and ensure alignment with narratives and timings in market
• Work with senior spokespeople and subject-matter experts to develop distinctive points of view, story angles and media commentary.
• Extend the value of major campaigns beyond launch through sustained media engagement, commentary, contributed content and regionally-relevant opportunities.
• Support IFM's subject matter experts in media interviews and speaking opportunities

Global coordination and Northern-Hemisphere media interface

• Represent the global Corporate Communications team in London and serve as the initial point of coordination for relevant media enquiries and opportunities.
• Assess and triage incoming matters, bringing together the appropriate communications, investment, transaction and subject-matter expertise from across IFM.
• Provide timely media advice and support to London-based executives and teams, while ensuring alignment with global accountabilities, messaging and approval processes.
• Support the management of sensitive or reputation-relevant matters in partnership with senior Corporate Communications and Public Affairs colleagues.
• Contribute to consistent media practices, information sharing and coordination across IFM's global offices and agency network.

Note: This role will require some occasional work outside of standard business hours in order to align with global time zones and interactions with colleagues in the Southern Hemisphere.

Your Background and Experience

• Significant experience in corporate communications, public relations or financial communications, ideally gained in investment management, institutional finance, pensions or another complex global sector.
• Demonstrated success originating and delivering proactive media campaigns and generating story-worthy content to highlight business objectives and achievements.
• Strong experience turning research, technical material or specialist expertise into clear and compelling external narratives.
• Experience and relationships with leading business, financial and institutional-investment media, with UK and international networks highly regarded.
• Experience advising senior executives and preparing spokespeople for high-profile media engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to design cross-functional communications processes, governance structures or operating models.
• Experience working across earned, owned and paid channels, with a clear understanding of their different purposes, risks and measures of success.
• Strong agency-management experience, including setting briefs, challenging recommendations and assessing performance.
• Excellent judgment, writing and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to operate independently across regions and time zones.
• Tertiary qualified with a communication, journalism or related focus
• Detailed understanding and knowledge of investment management, pension systems and IFM Investors' commercial processes and business drivers.
• Detailed understanding and knowledge of IFM Investors' global competitors and market positioning.
• Solid global knowledge of IFM Investors' investment community including but not limited to investors, owners, asset consultants, key opinion leaders, journalists and other relevant industry bodies.
• Solid knowledge of sustainable investment principles highly regarded
• Sufficient depth of corporate communication expertise to be treated as senior specialist.
• Communications advisor to Leadership Team and Chief Executive.
• Ability to develop communication briefs to facilitate external agency development and internal communication clarity.
• Understanding as to how to leverage and manage journalist networks and media outlets to optimise brand awareness opportunities for IFM Investors globally.

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IFM Investors is committed to promoting an inclusive culture where all employees are valued and recognised for their unique qualities, backgrounds, and perspectives. We champion all groups regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or family status. We are committed to providing individuals with disabilities reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you require specific support at any stage of the recruitment process at Careers@ifminvestors.com