
PR Director / Senior Director - Insurance & Risk
1w1 week agoMHP Group
London, GB · Full-time · £120,000 – £160,000
About this role
MHP Group is the integrated communications agency built for the Networked Age – increasingly connected, complex, polarised and activist. We lead in applying behavioural science to solve communications challenges, creating multichannel campaigns for every audience from consumer to policy maker. With 230 experts in London, we are trusted by leading businesses.
This senior leadership role within Financial Services has a mandate to build and lead the insurance and risk practice. Be hands-on and strategic as a trusted adviser to senior clients, leader and mentor to the team, and commercial partner driving growth. Work closely with senior colleagues across Brand & Reputation, Public Affairs and Digital.
Financial Services practice is one of the fastest-growing parts, working with fintechs, scale-ups, incumbents including global carriers, Lloyd’s specialists, reinsurers, brokers, MGAs and PE-backed businesses. The team blends deep sector expertise, creative firepower and behavioural insight to elevate client positioning. Insurance credentials span diverse operators in a shifting risk landscape.
Help clients lead with clear authoritative narratives simplifying complex risk, integrated strategies unifying comms, and reputation management shaped by cyber, climate, geopolitical and regulatory risk. After five years of growth and strong 2026 start, this pivotal moment invests in senior leadership. Build the next chapter of the insurance offer.
Requirements
- Deep insurance expertise spanning global carriers, Lloyd’s specialists, reinsurers, brokers and PE-backed platforms
- Proven experience as trusted adviser to listed insurers and specialist operators
- Deep relationships across insurers, brokers, reinsurers and agenda-shaping media
- Track record on high-stakes transactions and sensitive issues
- Daily engagement with mainstream and industry vertical press
- Creative news generation beyond mandated announcements
- Forward-looking view of communications excited to build practices
Responsibilities
- Help lead and develop MHP’s Insurance & Risk proposition within Financial Services
- Set standards for client excellence, strategic thinking and delivery
- Act as a senior escalation point for clients and teams
- Provide senior counsel to clients including Heads of Communications
- Lead and mentor the team
- Drive commercial growth as a partner
- Shape the proposition and grow the franchise
- Develop integrated strategies unifying corporate, financial, digital and stakeholder comms
Benefits
- Work with market-shaping fintechs, scale-ups and established institutions
- Join specialist teams including Financial Services, Brand & Reputation, Public Affairs
- Part of 230 experts trusted by world’s leading businesses and brands
- Pivotal role building next chapter after sustained growth
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