Internal Communications Manager – 6 month FTC
Fixed Term Contract for 6 months – July-December 2025
Reports to: Global Internal Communications Director
Based in:London
You will be responsible for designing and delivering internal communications activities to support the AXA XL strategy, with a focus on our core growth areas, cyber and energy transition. In addition, you will work with our Global Client function.
Essentially, you will source, write, and deliver impactful and original internal communications that support these core growth areas. This is a global role that requires extensive collaboration with stakeholders across AXA XL’s regional businesses and global functions to ensure alignment and consistency of messaging using the full breadth of channels.
You’ll be working directly with experts across our core growth areas – cyber and energy transition as well as providing spport to our Client team.
o Cyber warfare, data breaches, and identity theft all threaten to disrupt economies, essential services, and international stability - cyber is one of the biggest risk facing our clients today and a key strategic growth area.
o With an estimated $130 trillion to be invested worldwide to help achieve the transition to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, AXA XL has an important role in helping clients drive towards a more sustainable global economy and transition.
o AXA XL’sGlobal Client team represents the voice ofthe client, further enhancing client experience and engagement. The team works with strategic partners in the market and across AXA XL’s Business Units to foster long-term partnerships and leverage AXA XL's technical expertise to create data-driven innovative solutions.
This role would suit an experienced, committed, and enthusiastic communicator with robust commercial awareness, excellentinterpersonal skills, and an eye for detail. It’s an exciting time to join the team, working to connect, engage and inspire our colleagues as we support our clients to navigate risk.
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Our Global Communications and Brand team plays an integral role in promoting our story to clients, brokers, partners, media, employees and policy makers, showcasing our value beyond the policy, bringing our purpose to life and fostering a sense of pride and emotional commitment in who we are and what we do.
We’re a high-performing, results-driven team with robust internal and external networks and relationships, and our team’s work has meaningful impact as we promote our business capabilities, protect our reputation and ultimately drive our growth ambitions as a business. You’ll find in our team a high degree of autonomy and opportunity to lead, underpinned by a robust support network of collaborative professionals.
DISCOVER your opportunity
What will your essential responsibilities include?
Strategy Development
· Working closely with the Internal Communications Director, own and implement the internal communications strategy for cyber and energy transition.
Leadership support
· Work with senior leaders to understand communications requirements and act as a trusted advisor to to deliver internal communications initiatives.
Content creation and delivery
· Craft messages that convey updates, initiatives, and milestones in a clear and engaging manner.
· Plan, write and manage a programme of engaging internal communications and campaigns across a variety of channels and platforms: intranet, email, video, Microsoft Teams, Town Halls and supporting Business Resource Groups.
· Contribute to the weekly grid and forward planner for the growth areas function, collaborating with regional Internal Communications Managers to ensure clarity and alignment.
Measurement and Analytics
· Work with colleagues to measure the effectiveness of project communications and develop metrics and insights to support the wider internal communications strategy, planning, and delivery of continuous improvement.
You will report to the Global Internal Communications Director.
SHARE your talent
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
Required Skills and Abilities:
- First class communications skills – written, verbal and presenting.
- Experience of working in a busy communications function, focusing on internal communications.
- Proven track record of successfully creating and implementing communications plans.
- Highly organised, with expertise in content, audience, and channel management, along with taxonomy and processes.
- Knowledge of business processes, preferably in a financial services or B2B environment.
- Ability to network and form relationships with peers and senior leaders, and effectively navigate a complex matrixed organisation.
- Excellent project and time management, detail-focused, with keen critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- A self-motivated and enthusiastic individual, who takes pride in their work.
Desired Skills and Abilities:
· Experience within the financial services and/or insurance industry.
· Second language skills.
FIND your future
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com
