APAC Communications Manager (3 months Contract Role for Maternity Cover) -

Company Description

Our client is an 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.

Duties and Responsibilities

The APAC Communications Manager is responsible for leading Internal Communications and Executive Engagement for Medical Devices for the region:

• Drive best-in-class communication to more than 6,500 employees across Asia Pacific.
• Engage and inspire employees through compelling organizational communications.
• Drive awareness and understanding of the regional Medical Devices purpose, objectives, strategy and ways of working.
• Implement internal communications strategy and plans for the region.
• Lead the creation of relevant, impactful content that leverages the full breath of communication channels such as town halls, Yammer, leadership meetings, email, video, quarterly newsletters, intranet etc.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior business leaders, providing communications counsel and support.
• Showcase the work of employees through active promotion of key stories on internal and external global platforms.

  PERSONAL COMPETENCIES

• Vision and leadership
• Strategic thinking
• A commitment and track record of developing other leaders (in and outside of the function)
• Excellent interdependent partnering skills
• Personal integrity & Credo-based values
• Courage to take risks, make tough calls
• Sense of urgency/Prioritize tasks
• Drive to take personal ownership and accountability for results
• High degree of comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to see big picture and address details
• Desire/ability to motivate and empower others toward goals
• Championship of diversity in all aspects, including thinking
• Record of putting interest of the enterprise above own
• Willingness to learn from others
• Ability to influence

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Expertise in obtaining, analyzing and synthesizing information
• Superior writing, editing and oral presentation skills for a broad range of target audiences
• Excellent listening and critical reasoning skills
• Creativity in developing options and solutions
• Superior ability to deal with complex, ambiguous and contradictory situations
• Understanding of new media/communications approaches
• Ability to plan and execute internal communication campaigns

CORE COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES

• Writing, editing, presentation skills, critical reasoning, external perspective, strategic/ innovative communication, organizational/corporate protocol
• Product/market knowledge
• Business leadership
• Healthcare environment

SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES

• Organizational communication
• Executive Communication

Who we’re looking for:

• Degree holder with at least 10 years of experience in communications
• Direct experience in leading high impact internal communication programs using new media.
• Exceptional writing ability and proven expertise in executive communication, including speechwriting and presentation development is
• Knowledge of health care industry is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of social media is
• Must have excellent listening and critical reasoning skills; creativity in developing options and solutions; superior ability to deal with complex, ambiguous and contradictory situations and an interest and understanding of new media/communications
• Proven ability to efficiently manage agencies/consultants is
• Must have the ability to navigate in a highly decentralized, collaborative work environment, to influence, align and deliver on strategic and tactical topics, at all levels of the organization and possess strong interpersonal