Senior External Affairs Manager, Italy

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Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Rome, Italy - there is an expectation of travelling in different locations to meet stakeholders where our projects are located
Salary: €60240 - €90360 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Tempo pieno | Flexible First options available
The role
The primary purpose of this role is to strengthen, enhance, and safeguard SSE's reputation in Italy through meaningful stakeholder engagement, effective communications, and trusted relationship-building. The role plays a key part in creating positive connections with local communities, industry partners, and external stakeholders, ensuring SSE is recognised as a responsible, forward‑thinking, and collaborative organisation.
Working closely with a diverse network of stakeholders, the successful candidate will build strong partnerships and influence outcomes through engagement, advocacy, and collaboration.



This includes fostering constructive relationships with Italian government representatives, regulatory bodies, trade associations, transmission and distribution operators (TSOs and DSOs), non‑governmental organisations, industry peers, and other key external partners. Through proactive issues management, public affairs, media relations, and strategic communications, the role will help support SSE's ambitions while creating shared value for stakeholders and the communities we serve.
You will
- Build and nurture meaningful stakeholder relationships at both national and regional level by developing and delivering collaborative engagement, communications, and public affairs strategies that strengthen SSE's reputation and support project success across Italy.
- Proactively identify and respond to emerging opportunities and challenges , working closely with communities, partners, and stakeholders to build trust, address concerns, and support pos

Vedi l’offerta su Go Lavoro: golavoro.it/annuncio-lavoro/7estxo