Senior Manager, Communication & Public Affairs

Job Number: 6074

External Description:

Senior Manager, Communication & Public Affairs, Asia Pacific

(Contract Role)

 

Company Description

Our client is a US healthcare company with a broadly diversified business across consumer, pharmaceutical and medical device segments. They have an annual turnover of US$70 billion, with more than 125,000 employees across 60 countries with a heritage of more than 130 years.

 

Purpose of the role:

 

• Drive business objectives of Enterprise, businesses, and brands
• Build external and internal stakeholder trust and advocacy

 

Job Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Communication & Public Affairs (C&PA) Leader, Pharmaceuticals, Asia Pacific, your responsibilities will be as follows -

Build external stakeholder trust/advocacy through strategic communication plans development and implementation

• Develop strong partnerships with, and serve as trusted advisor to, the country C&PA teams in Asia Pacific on multiple businesses and brands
• Develop strong partnerships with global and Asia Pacific cross-functional therapeutic area stakeholders
• Lead the development and implementation of strategic communication plans, aligning with and advancing both business and C&PA goals and strategic priorities. This includes the development of message maps and press releases with minimal input from senior members of the team.
• Integrate knowledge from external and internal networks; multi-stakeholder insights; and understanding of business, competitive and industry priorities in the implementation of strategic communication plans that build, enhance, and reinforce the reputation of organization / Business unit
• Identify and apply key metrics to communication practices, and provide insights that drive confidence, integration and alignment
• Develop and maintain relationships with key regional media, including social media influencers
• Help build and maintain relationships with, and act as liaison to, key third-party stakeholders including patient organisations
• Partner closely and seamlessly with Enterprise and Innovation CoEs to tell one powerful Enterprise story
• Ensure plans leverage competitive advantage of a single-Enterprise set of strategic priorities, and actively encourage best practice sharing between markets
• Manage agencies, budgets and timelines for all assigned projects

 

 

Maintain external stakeholder trust through effective management of issues

 

• Proactively monitor and identify potential enterprise- /franchise- /brand-related issues and develop issues-management strategies
• Lead the management of product issues and other situations that may impact stakeholder trust and company reputation
• Partner closely with global communication team, Media Relations, Workforce Communication, Strategy & Insights and other CoEs to ensure Enterprise alignment and help execute issue response strategies
• Develop messages that engage, inform and align stakeholders and serve as spokesperson for media inquiries
• Manage agencies, budgets and timelines for all assigned projects

 

Build employee advocacy for the organization and the pharmaceuticals business in Asia Pacific

• Lead implementation of employee advocacy projects for the pharmaceuticals business in Asia Pacific , as assigned, including, for example, the Asia Pacific Excellence (APEX) meeting
• Partner with global, regional and local Enterprise and sector colleagues to lead and/or support employee advocacy projects
• Draft communication materials as assigned with minimal supervision
• Manage agencies, budgets and timelines for all assigned projects

 

 

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:

• Degree holder with 8 – 10 years of ethical healthcare / corporate communications experience, gained either in-house or within an agency/consultancy
• Ability to weigh risk and understand the complexity of internal and external factors in guiding and influencing strategy and messaging
• Experience of developing insights to inform strategy development
• Experience in benchmarking results and setting appropriate evaluation metrics
• Demonstrable understanding of effective employee engagement strategies and channels
• Strong relationships with, and knowledge of, the regional media landscape
• Understanding and experience of leveraging industry speaking opportunities in the region
• Strong experience in developing and managing social media channel strategies e.g. LinkedIn
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a matrix environment
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills
• Proactive with a proven record in delivering results in a high pressure and fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail and strong record in delivering to timelines and within budgets

 

 

 

 

On top of a competitive base salary, the company offers excellent career and training opportunities, attractive benefits, and bonus schemes.

Interested parties, please click on APPLY button.

Alternatively, you can share your CV at tuhi.jhamb@randstadsourceright.com.sg

EA License: 94C3609

Reg No: R1329273

Job Number: 6074

Community / Marketing Title: Senior Manager, Communication & Public Affairs

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