PR Director / Senior Director - Insurance & Risk – Financial Services

MHP Group is the integrated communications agency built for the Networked Age – a world that’s increasingly connected, complex, polarised and activist.

We lead the way in the application of behavioural science to solve communications challenges. We create strategies and multichannel campaigns to engage every audience, from consumer to policy maker, and from stakeholder to shareholder.

With 230 experts in London, we are trusted by many of the world’s leading businesses and brands.

Our specialist teams include Brand & Reputation, Corporate Advisory & Capital Markets, Public Affairs, Strategic Media, Crisis & Risk, Change & Employee Engagement, Health, Financial Services, Technology, Mischief and Studio La Plage.

The Team

Within MHP Group, our Financial Services practice is one of the fastest-growing parts of the business. We work with market-shaping fintechs and scale-ups alongside established incumbents and institutions, helping them build reputation, drive growth and influence debate.

Our insurance credentials span:

· Global carriers, Lloyd’s specialists and reinsurers

· Brokers, MGAs and specialty platforms

· PE-backed and founder-led growth businesses

The team blends deep sector expertise, creative firepower and behavioural insight to deliver work that defines, elevates and amplifies client positioning.

After five years of sustained growth – and a strong start to 2026 – this is a pivotal moment. We are investing in senior leadership to build the next chapter of our insurance offer.

What We Do

Insurance is operating in a rapidly shifting risk and reputational landscape. We help clients lead, not react. Our work focuses on:

· Clear, authoritative narratives that simplify complex risk

· Integrated strategies that unify corporate, financial, digital and stakeholder comms

· Reputation management in an environment shaped by cyber, climate, geopolitical and regulatory risk

Why clients choose us:

· Trusted advisers to listed insurers, PE-backed platforms and specialist operators

· Deep relationships across insurers, brokers, reinsurers and the media that shapes the agenda

· Proven experience on high-stakes transactions and sensitive issues

· Daily engagement with the top tier mainstream and industry vertical press

· Creative news generation beyond mandated announcements

· Joined-up strategies that deliver measurable impact

The Role

This is a senior leadership role within MHP Group’s Financial Services business, with a clear mandate to help build and lead the insurance and risk practice.

You will be both hands-on and strategic:

• A trusted adviser to senior clients

• A leader and mentor to the team

• A commercial partner driving growth

Working closely with senior colleagues across Financial Services, Brand & Reputation, Public Affairs and Digital, you will help shape the proposition, set standards and grow the franchise.

This role suits someone with deep insurance expertise and a forward-looking view of communications – excited by the opportunity to build something, not just run accounts.

Key Responsibilities

Practice leadership

· 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

Client leadership

· Provide senior counsel to clients including Heads of Comms, CMOs, Founders and CEOs

· Lead high-profile insurance accounts across retainers, projects and campaigns

· Advise on corporate positioning, reputation, transactions, issues and crises

Growth & commercial performance

· Identify, shape and convert new business opportunities

· Lead pitches, RFPs and relationship-driven growth

· Drive cross-sell opportunities across MHP’s wider offer

· Contribute to revenue growth, profitability and client retention targets

Team development

· Build, mentor and motivate high-performing teams

· Support training, development and progression

· Play an active role in attracting and retaining talent

Agency leadership

· Be a senior member of the Financial Services leadership team

· Collaborate across disciplines to deliver integrated campaigns

· Help shape the strategic direction of the wider practice

The Successful Candidate Will Have

Experience & expertise

· Proven track record at Director or Senior Director level (or equivalent)

· Deep experience in insurance (GI, Specialty, insurtech and/or London Market)

· Broader financial services experience an advantage

Client gravitas

· Confidence and credibility advising senior stakeholders under pressure

· Strong experience across reputation, corporate positioning and financial communications

· Crisis and issues management experience (response and preparedness)

Media and communications excellence

· Strong understanding of the UK business and insurance media landscape

· Established national and trade media relationships

· Fluency across integrated campaigns, including digital and social

Commercial mindset

· Demonstrable success in new business and organic growth

· Ability to spot opportunity, shape propositions and close deals

· Strong personal network and willingness to leverage it

Leadership qualities

· Proven ability to lead and develop teams

· Highly organised, calm and effective under pressure

· A collaborative, positive presence who raises standards around them

Personal attributes

· Passionate about the insurance sector and its evolution

· Forward-thinking view of communications and reputation

· Ambitious, curious and motivated to build a market-leading practice

This is a rare opportunity to shape, lead and grow an insurance communications franchise inside one of the UK’s most respected and creatively ambitious agencies.

And in return, we offer:

• Excellent starting salary with annual reviews

• 25 days holiday allowance (+ bank holidays), a day off to celebrate your Birthday, ‘Time4U’ every month and office Christmas closure

• Matched pension contributions (up to 5%)

• Life Assurance 

• Private Medical Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Season ticket loans and Cycle to work scheme

• Gym & Shopping discounts

• Access to our Learning Academy to support your career and personal growth

• Hybrid (up to 2 days remote working per week)

• ‘Work from Anywhere’ one week per year

Click here to see the full list of Our benefits - MHP Group (teamtailor.com)

Here at MHP Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive and a diverse workforce.