The posting
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.
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EA License: 94C3609
Reg No: R1329273



