Communications Manager (m/w)

About the job

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• In alignment with your colleagues in the Business Partner and Communications teams, drive planning and delivering integrated communications strategies, narratives and campaigns that engage and align stakeholders at both a cross function and team-specific level

• Align Communications strategy, goals, and objectives to overall priorities; provide support on high-value, impactful employee and change communications

• Support the development of communications tools and strategies to engage and inspire a diverse workforce, equip leaders with the skills to effectively inspire their organisations, and equip colleagues with the skills and capabilities they need to maximise their interactions with stakeholders

• Support end-to-end integrated communication planning including measurement against objectives

• Develop and maintain broad-based knowledge of the Diagnostics Customer Service organisation; use knowledge of business and communications insights, metrics, expertise, and decision principles to effectively diagnose topics with a wide range of complexity

• Stay abreast of internal and external developments, industry trends, as these pertain to strategic communication and ‘new ways of working’ priorities

Must Haves:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work-related experience, required *****

• 5+ years of experience in communications, with a focus on external communications preferably gained in the pharmaceutical or diagnostics industry *****

• Ability to manage indirectly: can ensure outcomes through indirect leadership ***** International or global work experience

• Demonstrable abilities to develop and manage global communications strategies, plans, activities and teams

• Outstanding strategic agility: thorough grasp of the healthcare/diagnostics industry and regularly applies such to create robust and innovative strategies

• Outstanding consulting skills: active listening skills, ability to extract and quickly process key information, summarise key needs or interests of internal customers, and provide targeted and appropriate coaching, insights and recommendations

• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills: consistently optimises results through skillful collaboration with others and driving excellence through influence without authority

• Outstanding interpersonal and partnering skills: proven track record of building strong and sustainable relationships with internal and external partners/stakeholders and experience working effectively in a networked, matrix environment *****

• Self-motivation: able to thrive in a non-hierarchical, self-organising environment, where teams form around projects and initiatives

• Fluency in English (verbal and written)

• CVs have to be uploaded in English.