Manager, Therapeutic Area Communications

Play a key role in driving impactful communications across one of our four International Therapeutic Areas (TAs). You’ll help bring our integrated TA strategy to life—spanning communications, patient advocacy, and public affairs — by supporting launch excellence and delivering high-impact, above-brand and priority brand initiatives. Your work will empower communications and patient advocacy teams across our top 11 international markets, helping them perform at their best and make a real difference for patients worldwide.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of TA/product brand internal & external communications strategy in collaboration with range of teams internally and externally.
• Support alignment of activities as part of integrated Corporate Affairs plan.
• Enable execution of activities and partnerships within top-11 priority markets.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with key functions and partners within International TAs 6 including marketing, medical, value and access.
• Support the implementation of branded and non-branded communications strategies, patient engagement (PE) and activation, disease awareness, therapy area narratives, across all media channels including social, to support business objectives to achieve patient and healthcare system impact.
• Execution of activities and programs with an understanding of the key audiences and business needs to support pre-launch and growth priority brands.
• Supports the team in utilizing CA function analytics and insights framework to monitor, track and map performance across Top 11.
• Manage media strategy, newsflow and congress activity.
• Stay abreast of key environmental and policy issues impacting the company’s ability to operate in International geographies, and of broader media relations strategy and implementation.
• Work with agency partners to deliver strategic relevant and innovative programs for stakeholders.
• Exemplifies a predictive mindset; seeks multidirectional insights to understand our environments and stakeholders, and embraces iterative, measurable experimentation and action.

Essential Requirements:

• Relevant degree (e.g. Marketing, Communications or similar).
• Proficiency in English required 6 spoken & written, other languages is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience gained in Communications preferably within Commercial healthcare.
• Experience working with commercial products, ideally TA Communications for Oncology.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions in a matrix organization.
• Experience in Agency partnership and budget management is required.
• Good Understanding of diverse policy landscapes
• Product commercial communications experience including social media strategy and implementation is required.
• Ability to deal with highly complex environment
• Good analytical skills linked with predictive mindset.
• Strong business partnering experience.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation:

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