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About the team

Our Corporate Affairs team leads all strategic, financial and corporate communications across Sainsbury’s and its brands. We work at the centre of the organisation, partnering with senior leaders, commercial teams, Investor Relations, Government Relations, Consumer PR and Internal Communications. The team operates in a fast‑paced, high‑visibility environment, particularly around financial results, major strategic announcements and key corporate milestones. Joining us means working closely with board‑level stakeholders and playing a key role in how we communicate our strategy, performance and progress to the media, investors and wider audiences.

 

More about the role

As a Strategic Communications Manager, you will support the delivery of Sainsbury’s strategic and financial communications, reporting into the Senior Strategic Communications Manager. You will help prepare and draft press releases, briefing documents, Q&A materials and social media content relating to key business activity.

A significant part of the role focuses on financial reporting cycles, including drafting materials for full‑year, interim and quarterly results, as well as contributing to the Annual Report. You will work closely with colleagues across the business to gather insights, identify compelling stories, and translate complex business updates into clear external communications.

The role also involves supporting corporate website content management, engaging with journalists, contributing to media events and building relationships across the organisation. You will regularly interact with senior stakeholders, including opportunities to observe and contribute to high‑level discussions around our corporate narrative.

 

More about you

You will have demonstrable experience in corporate or financial communications, ideally gained through agency or in‑house roles. You can draft clear, accurate and engaging written materials across multiple formats and audiences.

You will be confident building relationships at all levels, including with senior stakeholders. You are comfortable working at pace during busy reporting periods and can manage multiple tasks with accuracy and attention to detail.

You enjoy collaborating with colleagues, developing strong cross‑functional networks and proactively identifying opportunities to improve communication outputs.

 

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable ability to produce accurate written content for corporate or financial communications across multiple formats
• Proven experience delivering communications activity for a corporate organisation or listed company (agency or in‑house)
• Evidence of analysing business information and translating it into clear, audience‑appropriate external communications
• Ability to manage complex workloads to deadlines, including during high‑pressure financial reporting periods
• Ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with senior internal stakeholders and external media contacts

Sainsbury’s company vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us.
If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page.
We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury’s is truly a ‘Great Place to Work’.