Sr Specialist, Leadership Communications

Position Title: Sr Specialist, Leadership Communications
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 40278
Senior Specialist, Leadership Communications
[Toronto, Ontario]
Are you passionate about bringing stories to life through creative and digitally enabled communications? We're seeking an agile and talented communicator to join our global leadership communications team and help us shape and elevate our content.
About the role .
As a hands-on creative storyteller, you will play a pivotal role in bringing our global business strategy to life through executive voices and experiences.
Reporting to the Director, Leadership Communications, you will play a crucial role in developing and executing strategic communications that amplify leader voices, shape organizational narratives, and strengthen stakeholder engagement. You will craft compelling messages across multiple platforms and ensure consistent, impactful communication that advances business objectives.
You'll be working with a team of passionate communicators with big ideas. From global events to communications campaigns, this varied role would suit a multi-disciplined self-starter keen to make their mark. Did we mention the free Fries?
What you'll be doing.
Strategic Content

• Write, edit, and produce high-quality content for leader communications including speeches, scripts, presentations, emails, internal announcements, intranet stories, social content, podcasts and more.

• Identify and mine stories from across the global organization to advance our winning culture, deepen engagement and contribute to McCain's reputation as a great place to work.

• Ensure all materials reflect the executive's authentic voice while maintaining professional standards and strategic intent.

• Provide counsel on communications strategies, anticipate issues and recommend proactive strategies to enhance leadership visibility and credibility.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with business partners and subject matter experts to ensure the successful execution of communications deliverables.

• Manage workflow with executive offices, actively collaborating with Strategy & Transformation teams, HR Business Partners and the broader Global Leadership Communications team.

• Collaborate across the wider Global Internal Communications and Change Management team, as well as with external and regional communications teams.

Execution Excellence

• Prepare leaders for speaking engagements, town halls and other high-visibility events, including global leader connects, employee all hands events, and other enterprise events.

• Ensure content is published and events are produced on time, as planned

• Actively track and report data on key metrics to gauge content, event and campaign success.

• Conceptualize and design visually stunning graphics, presentations, and communication materials using Microsoft and AI tools.

• Drive efficiency, simplification and team cross-training to educate team members and support new ways of working.

• Produce events with planning, communications and flawless execution

• Handle multiple projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and maintaining high quality, accuracy and creativity.

• Ad hoc deliverables to support Global HR and Communications goals

What you'll need to be successful.

• Exceptional communication skills and strong business acumen.

• Experience supporting leaders with high degree of executive presence.

• Business or professional degree, MBA an asset.

• Bachelor's degree in communications or a related field.

• PR Agency, CPG or Retail experience preferred.

• Excellent project management skills with high degree of agility.

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.

• Positive, proactive, calm under pressure and able to adapt quickly.

• Ability to manage competing priorities under tight timelines.

• Highly creative mindset with a passion for pushing boundaries.

• Intellectual curiosity with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Proficient in Microsoft, Adobe and AI Tools to bring content to life.

About McCain .
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Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person-it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
Compensation Package : $58,800.00 - $78,500.00 40 CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know , and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Communications
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : Ontario : Bolton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Borden || CA - Canada : Ontario : Brampton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Dedicated Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Etobicoke || CA - Canada : Ontario : Forest || CA - Canada : Ontario : Guelph || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kingston || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kitchener || CA - Canada : Ontario : Lansdowne || CA - Canada : Ontario : London || CA - Canada : Ontario : Maidstone || CA - Canada : Ontario : Markham || CA - Canada : Ontario : Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Ottawa || CA - Canada : Ontario : Thunder Bay || CA - Canada : Ontario : Waterloo || CA - Canada : Ontario : Windsor || CA - Canada : Ontario : Woodstock
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)