Director Corporate Relations

Job Description

About Us

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Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world's largest wine companies, and we are proud of our portfolio of brands that have tremendous heritage, rich quality, and a reputation for excellence across the globe. At TWE, we are led everyday by our purpose, Boldly Cultivating. We are boldly cultivating value through our brands, wine, people & environment for enriched and joyful communities.

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At TWE we cultivate our teams to be their very best. And in turn, our people push us to make bigger and bolder decisions. Our focus on Boldly Cultivating unites us as a global team and fuels our vision to become the world's most desirable luxury wine company – known for the experiences we create for our consumers, customers, partners, suppliers and our people. Learn more about our people promise and our portfolio of global brands.

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About the Role

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We're looking for a Director of Corporate Relations to own Treasury Wine Estates' enterprise narrative, lead our enterprise public affairs and strategic communications function, and build stakeholder confidence across every market in which we operate.

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Reporting to the Chief Legal & Corporate Relations Officer, and partnering closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, this role sits at the centre of government and industry relations, strategic communications, media, crisis management and corporate reporting. You will lead a team of 11 across Australia, the U.S. and China, balancing global consistency with regional relevance to protect and strengthen TWE's reputation and license to operation.

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TWE is building a high-performance culture grounded in clear priorities, visible accountability, commercial focus and candid communication. This role will help shape and model that culture, both through the enterprise narrative and through how the Corporate Relations function itself operates.

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This is a Melbourne-based role with a global remit.

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Key Responsibilities

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• Own and shape TWE's enterprise narrative: one coherent corporate story, consistently deployed across investors, media, industry, government, customers, consumers and employees, working with executives, Investor Relations and Strategy to ensure the corporate story and financial narrative move as one.
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• Serve as the CEO's communications partner, channelling the CEO's voice authentically and ensuring executive communications reinforce the enterprise narrative.
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• Develop and execute an integrated Corporate Relations strategy and framework aligned to TWE's business strategy, growth priorities and risk profile.
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• Lead enterprise public affairs, including government relations, trade policy and industry engagement, converting relationships into tangible commercial outcomes and protecting and growing market access across key regions.
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• Own enterprise strategy for strategic communications and media relations, including business media, trade media, and owned media and content (digital channels, social platforms, podcasts and executive content).
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• Lead enterprise internal communications in partnership with People & Culture, ensuring employees across all regions receive clear, timely communications that reinforce TWE's strategy, culture and performance narrative.
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• Own accountability for TWE's corporate reporting suite, including the Annual Report, sustainability reporting, half-year and full-year results communications and other periodic disclosures, in partnership with Investor Relations and Company Secretary.
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• Own the enterprise crisis communications framework and committee governance, including escalation protocols, rapid-response playbooks and crisis simulation exercises, and lead enterprise responses to significant reputational events.
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• Counsel executives on complex external, reputational, policy and stakeholder matters.
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• Champion and govern AI adoption across the Corporate Relations function, building the communications infrastructure (including AI agents for media monitoring, briefing generation and content automation) and governance guardrails that enable a leaner team to operate at enterprise scale.
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• Establish metrics and reporting that demonstrate Corporate Relations' impact, risk management and contribution to business outcomes, with governance reporting to the ELT and Board.
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• Lead and develop a globally dispersed Corporate Relations function, building capability, setting clear accountabilities and decision rights, and fostering a high-performing, commercially focused team culture.
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About you

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You are a strategic storyteller with commercial instincts and senior stakeholder credibility. You are a message-maker, not a message-taker: equally comfortable building a corporate narrative, advising executives, converting a government relationship into market access, and leading a team through a reputational crisis. You bring:

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• Significant senior leadership experience in public affairs, government relations, strategic communications, reputation management or corporate relations within a complex, global or publicly listed organisation.
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• A proven track record as a trusted adviser to senior executives on high-profile, sensitive or complex issues.
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• Strong government, regulatory or stakeholder engagement experience, with the ability to navigate trade policy, regulatory dynamics and geopolitical complexity across multiple markets.
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• Commercial and financial acumen: understanding of P&L dynamics, investor expectations and how communications contribute to enterprise value.
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• Outstanding narrative and storytelling capability, with the ability to craft and sustain a compelling enterprise story across diverse audiences and channels.
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• Deep understanding of media, digital and AI platforms and how they interact to shape public perception, with a willingness to lead technology-enabled transformation within the function.
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• Strong crisis, issues and reputation management capability, with calm judgement under pressure.
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• A track record of setting clear priorities, owning outcomes, and creating the conditions for teams to perform at their best.
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• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to build credibility and influence across a matrixed, global organisation.
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• A degree in Communications, Public Policy, Political Science, Business, Law, Corporate Affairs or a related discipline (or equivalent experience). Relevant industry, public affairs or governance memberships will be well regarded.
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Why you'll love it here

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Our culture is built on bringing our whole selves, being courageous and delivering together – it's our DNA and the heart of who we are at TWE. We prioritize your growth with access to global career opportunities and structured programs designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development. Learn more about our benefits and culture here.

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Benefits depend on your work category and may include

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• Global: The opportunity to work with a globally recognised portfolio of wine brands – including wine education and product/brand experiences.
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• Wellbeing First: free mental health support, and wellbeing benefits and lifestyle leave that support life beyond work.
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• Volunteer Days: Get paid to give back - 2 full da ys each year!
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• Flexibility: supporting connection across teams, regions, and roles
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• Wine Perks & Discounts: Enjoy exclusive employee pricing on the world's best wines, plus receive a generous product allowance.
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• Recognition & Rewards: Celebrate wins and earn fun rewards.
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• TWEforME Day - you'll get an extra day off each year spend however you choose!
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It takes all varietals

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Just like the wide range and variety of brands in our wine portfolio, TWE embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. If you require assistance or accommodation during the application process, please contact recruitment@tweglobal.com, quoting the job title and reference number.