(Senior) Managing Director - Public Affairs

Burson
Brussels
Full timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Commercial judgement","Problem-solving","Communication","Collaborative leadership","Coaching","Stakeholder management"]

Lead Burson’s most strategically important client relationships and serve as a trusted adviser to C-level executives across public affairs, communications, and reputation. Shape the business direction with the CEO and senior leadership, drive major new business opportunities, and manage multidisciplinary, cross-market teams. Oversee client portfolio performance—revenue, profitability, forecasting, and resourcing—while building relationships with senior policymakers, regulators, media, and stakeholders in the EU.

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Burson
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(Senior) Managing Director - Public Affairs

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Job Summary

Lead Burson’s most strategically important client relationships and serve as a trusted adviser to C-level executives across public affairs, communications, and reputation. Shape the business direction with the CEO and senior leadership, drive major new business opportunities, and manage multidisciplinary, cross-market teams. Oversee client portfolio performance—revenue, profitability, forecasting, and resourcing—while building relationships with senior policymakers, regulators, media, and stakeholders in the EU.
Location: Brussels
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: President level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead Burson’s largest and most strategically important client relationships as a trusted adviser to C-level executives and senior public affairs and communications leaders.
  • •Develop integrated public affairs, communications, and reputation strategies addressing complex political, policy, regulatory, and business challenges.
  • •Lead multidisciplinary teams across Burson’s international network by assembling expertise across markets, practices, and specialisms.
  • •Manage a significant client portfolio, overseeing client service, revenue, profitability, forecasting, resourcing, and long-term commercial performance.
  • •Drive business development by qualifying major opportunities, shaping strategy, converting wins, and expanding client relationships with broader Burson and WPP capabilities.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive senior-level experience in public affairs, strategic communications, corporate affairs, reputation management, or management consulting.
  • •Proven track record advising C-suite executives and senior leaders within multinational organizations on complex political, regulatory, business, and reputational matters.
  • •Experience leading major international/European or multi-market client relationships and integrated, multidisciplinary teams across functions and geographies.
  • •Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated success growing existing client relationships, developing new business, and winning significant opportunities.
  • •Ability to connect public policy, business strategy, corporate reputation, and communications to deliver clear, integrated, commercially relevant client solutions.
Experience:Public affairsStrategic communicationsCorporate affairsReputation managementManagement consulting
Skills:Strategic thinkingCommercial judgementProblem-solvingCommunicationCollaborative leadershipCoachingStakeholder management
Languages:EnglishFrench

Company Brief

Burson
Burson Global is a communications and public relations agency providing strategic PR, corporate communications, crisis management, media relations, and stakeholder engagement services to clients across industries to build reputation and manage public perception.
Industry: Professional Services
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