Communications Manager, Innovation

3 days ago


Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland Kone Full time

Did you know KONE moves two billion people every day? As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we employ over 60,000 driven professionals in close to 70 countries worldwide joined together by a shared purpose, to shape the future of cities.

In 2024, we had annual net sales of EUR 11.1 billion.

The People & Communications team enables business performance and competitiveness through engaged and capable people, strong reputation management, impactful internal and external communications and great employee experiences. We bring KONE's strategy to life, supporting competence, capability and culture development as well as strengthening the KONE purpose and company story for all our stakeholders. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of topics, while also working closely with our businesses, to help drive the People and Communications agenda.

We are now looking for aCommunications Manager, Innovation & KTI communications

to join our global People & Communications (P&C) team.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape our innovation communications and lead communications for KONE Technology & Innovation (KTI), both internally and externally.

You will act as a link between business stakeholders in the Innovation teams and the KTI organization, and work in close collaboration with the communications teams, including the Global Communications CoE, area communications and frontlines communications teams. You will contribute to our overall strategy communications and demonstrate the KONE values courage, customer, collaboration and care in your everyday work. In this role you will report to Head of Strategy Communications.

This position is a one-year fixed-term role, starting latest on June 1, 2025. The preferred location of the position is KONE global headquarters in Espoo, Finland, in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Responsibilities and Key Activities:
  • Plan and execute communications for our overall innovation story, and selected key innovation initiatives, both internally and externally
  • Contribute to our thought leadership campaigns and broader strategy communications
  • Identify innovation content opportunities and create content across KONE channels, such as kone.com, social media and various internal platforms, with focus on written and video content
  • Support media relations related to innovation and KTI topics
  • Lead partnership communications in collaboration with key technology partners to build engagement and dialogue
  • Support innovation and KTI content creation for selected industry events
  • Support KTI organization on key functional communications initiatives, such as quarterly communications packs and townhalls
  • Support KTI leaders with content for their external engagement
  • Coordinate key KTI internal communications activities with the support of the KTI network
  • Create content for key KTI themes, internally and externally
  • As needed, support other global communications projects or activations.
Requirements for the role:
  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in communications or related area
  • At least 5 years of experience in driving large-scale communications initiatives
  • Experience in technology and innovation communications
  • Experience in working in a global environment and with various senior stakeholders
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Excellent writing and editing skills
  • Full English professional proficiency
  • Collaborative team player
  • Video content creation capabilities are an advantage.
Want to #joinourflow?

KONE is building up a unique community, aiming to provide the most advanced People Flow solutions for its customers and lifting the customer experience to the top. At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual and where we share actively ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and a daily practice. KONE is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are proud to offer a range of opportunities that will support you in achieving your career and personal goals. We believe in improving performance through inspiring, engaging and developing our people.

You now have an excellent opportunity to join a group of competent colleagues, work in a truly global environment and be part of the journey in building the leading brand in people flow. At KONE you will be working in a supportive and friendly atmosphere and have flexible working hours to support your work & life balance. We offer comprehensive KONE benefits to our employees.

We´d love to hear from you

For more information on the position, please contact the Hiring Manager Tuija Kleimola, Head of Strategy Communications, People & Communications, via email tuija.kleimola@KONE.com or call +358 44 972 0090 during the following times: March 17, 16:00-17:00; March 18, 14:00-15:00 or March 19, 9:00-10.00 EET.

If you see this as an inspiring opportunity, please submit your application with your CV and cover letter by March 23, 2025 via our Careers site.

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