Vice President (Public Affairs), Strategy & Communications

As a Vice President within Teneo s Strategy and Communications team in Hong Kong SAR, your role will include:

Public affairs and policy advisory

Advise clients on public affairs, regulatory, and policy related issues relevant to Hong Kong SAR and the wider Asia Pacific region.

Support clients in anticipating and responding to political, regulatory, and stakeholder developments that may impact business operations or reputation.

Contribute to stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, and engagement strategies aligned to client objectives.

Stakeholder, issues strategy and execution

Support the development of integrated stakeholder engagement strategies across government, regulators, industry bodies, and other relevant audiences.

Advise on issues preparedness and response, ensuring clients are positioned credibly and constructively in sensitive or high risk situations.

Support the development of public affairs strategies, including research, policy analysis, and scenario planning.

Translate complex policy and regulatory developments into clear, actionable advice for senior client leadership.

Develop narratives and messaging that support public affairs objectives, including briefing materials, position papers, executive talking points, and thought leadership.

Work with communications specialists to ensure alignment between public affairs strategy and broader reputation management efforts.

Business development

Support leadership in identifying and developing new public affairs opportunities.

Contribute to proposals, pitch materials, and client meetings.

Client and team leadership

Oversee workstreams and deliverables across public affairs led accounts, ensuring high quality execution and timely delivery.

Mentor and support Consultants, Associates, and Senior Associates, contributing to their development in public affairs advisory work.

In addition, you will be expected to:

Work as a core member of integrated client teams, supporting public affairs and policy advisory engagements across Hong Kong SAR and the region.

Help ensure consistently high standards of delivery by supporting project coordination, research, and quality assurance.

Contribute ideas and analysis that inform client strategies, drawing on policy, regulatory, and stakeholder insights.

Engage actively with the wider Teneo team to build skills, share knowledge, and support the firm s public affairs work across Asia Pacific.

Bachelor s degree or higher in public policy, political science, international relations, law, economics, communications, or a related field.

Approximately 5 7 years experience in public affairs, policy advisory, corporate affairs, or related roles, either in consultancy or in house.

Strong understanding of Hong Kong SARs political, regulatory, and stakeholder environment, with awareness of regional and global dynamics.

advising clients or internal stakeholders on policy, regulatory, or government related issues.

Ability to synthesise complex political or regulatory developments into clear, practical advice.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing executive level briefing materials.

Strong project management and organisational skills.

Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.

Cantonese and Mandarin language capability is essential.