Director of International Communications

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

This is Your City 

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and dental cover, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts. 

The role 

The Director of International Communications will set and lead City Football Group’s international communications strategy across a diverse global network of clubs, operating across multiple continents, languages, cultures, and media environments. This strategic role provides trusted counsel to executive leadership, international club Communication and Sporting Directors, and CEOs, shaping and protecting a consistent, high-impact global narrative that strengthens CFG’s reputation, brand, and cultural values in both moments of opportunity and risk.

The role owns the development and delivery of a unified international communications framework, defining clear objectives and success measures aligned to the Group’s overarching communications strategy, while acting as the strategic advisor to clubs on public relations strategy and brand reputation management. You will lead a global centre of excellence, driving collaboration, best-practice sharing, and capability building across all clubs, while monitoring global media, cultural, and reputational trends to provide insight that informs executive decision-making.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic leader to showcase CFG’s values and champion our positive global impact.

What we are looking for

• Extensive senior-level communications leadership experience, with significant international responsibility and a proven track record operating in a complex, high-profile, global brands.
• Expertise in international media relations and reputation management, with demonstrated ability to lead strategy and decision-making in complex evolving environments.
• Proven credibility as a strategic advisor to executive leadership teams, including experience influencing and advising stakeholders up to Board level with sound judgement and confidence.
• Strategic stakeholder skills with cultural intelligence, with demonstrated ability able to establish trust and influence across diverse markets, cultures, and time zones.
• Confidence as a strategic partner, with the ability to make rapid, well-judged decisions in evolving situations, balancing long-term reputation objectives with decisive real-time action.
• Additional language capability would be beneficial, reflecting the global scope of the role.

To apply 

If you are an International Communications Leader looking for a role with extraordinary breadth and opportunity to shape global narratives at scale, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV via our career’s portal.

 Equal opportunities 

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. 

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.