Director - Corporate, Issues & Crisis

Burson
Amsterdam
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Interpersonal skills","Mentoring","Business development"]

Senior Director leading Burson’s Corporate, Issues & Crisis practice in the Netherlands. You’ll advise senior clients across Energy & Industrials, Healthcare or Technology on high-stakes reputational issues, design crisis strategies, and deliver media training. You’ll grow client relationships, win new business, mentor teams, manage budgets, and raise the Netherlands’ profile for the practice in Europe.

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Director - Corporate, Issues & Crisis

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Job Summary

Senior Director leading Burson’s Corporate, Issues & Crisis practice in the Netherlands. You’ll advise senior clients across Energy & Industrials, Healthcare or Technology on high-stakes reputational issues, design crisis strategies, and deliver media training. You’ll grow client relationships, win new business, mentor teams, manage budgets, and raise the Netherlands’ profile for the practice in Europe.
Location: Amsterdam
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Take a leading role in developing Burson’s corporate, issues and crisis work in the Netherlands – retaining existing clients and growing new business.
  • •Act as a trusted advisor and senior counsel to clients, adding strategic value during sensitive, high-stakes and reputational moments.
  • •Lead issues and crisis programmes for clients across the Energy & Industrials, Healthcare or Technology sectors, anticipating risks and building proactive response plans.
  • •Design and deliver media training and crisis simulation exercises that build client confidence and capability.
  • •Build the visibility and reputation of the team – with a view to winning new business and attracting talent

Pay and Benefits

Schedule:4-Day Week

Key Requirements

  • •Proven background leading corporate, issues and crisis management within both agency and in-house settings, with strong exposure to complex, high-stakes scenarios and strategic media relations.
  • •Sector expertise across either Energy & Industrials, Healthcare or Technology with a strong understanding of the issues shaping these industries.
  • •Experienced in designing and delivering media training and crisis simulation exercises, alongside wider reputation management initiatives.
  • •Skilled in managing communications across a broad range of stakeholders – including media, government, employees, investors and consumers – during sensitive, high-pressure moments.
  • •Commercially driven and entrepreneurial, with a track record of independently identifying and converting new business and managing client relationships end-to-end
Experience:CommunicationsPublic relationsCrisis managementReputation management
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationInterpersonal skillsMentoringBusiness development
Languages:DutchEnglish

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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