AddressAdditional Locations: United Kingdom-Hemel Hempstead; France-Île-de-France; Germany-Düsseldorf
Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance
At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.
THIS ROLE CAN BE BASED IN LONDON, PARIS, DUSSELDORF
Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, with a diverse team of 41,000 employees in over 115 countries, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.
Purpose
The Corporate Communications Snr Specialist EMEA will develop innovative and impactful Corporate Communications content and campaigns to further strengthen Boston Scientific’s reputation as a leading healthcare company in the region. This person will collaborate closely with internal partners in marketing, sales, market access and global Corporate Communications, as well as manage PR agencies to deliver real business results and elevate the profile of the company in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This role reports to the EMEA Corporate Communications Snr. Manager and is based at one of our main European offices.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, plan, and drive execution of Corporate Communications plans to support regional business objectives and divisional priorities through media, social, leadership and employee communications, aligned with global & regional communications strategy.
- With a deep knowledge of the corporate story, ensure consistency of brand and message across channels and spokespeople. Maintain calendar of opportunities.
- Source, create, edit and publish compelling stories about Boston Scientific, our values and our people through internal and external channels.
- As a business partner, work closely with stakeholders to understand the business and provide strategic counsel as needed to protect and strengthen the company’s reputation.
- Manage schedule of EMEA media activities and organise work of PR agency & freelance resources, in close alignment with global teams. Act as point of contact for journalists and develop relationship with key media outlets.
- Proactively manage issues that arise, preparing and supporting effective spokespeople and coordinating our response.
- Own the divisional internal communications eco-system and advise on evolution of content, channels, frequency mix for maximum impact. .
- Using a data driven approach, evaluate impact of communications activities and proactively uses insights to improve future campaigns / strengthen internal partnerships
- Secure and co-ordinate a budget.
- Manage comms vendors to ensure consistency, quality, value and innovation in their approach.
- As senior member of the Corporate Communications team, coach internal partners and junior team members, eg intern, as needs arise.
- Champion innovation and continuous improvement; leading team and process improvement projects as part of EMEA Corp Comms team.
Skills & experience required
- Excellent written, oral and visual communication skills required
- Degree in communications or related discipline
- Fluency in English essential, and in one other EMEA language highly desirable
- Broad experience of managing complex communications environment essential, ideally with some pan-European/regional or international experience.
- Experience of healthcare industry preferred from either agency or corporate setting (eg MedTech, pharma, hospital, PR agency specialising in health)
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrated success at working under deadlines with excellent follow-through skills
- Located at one of our hub (main) offices (Dusseldorf, Germany; Paris, France; Hemel Hempstead, UK&l, Madrid, Spain, Milan, Italy & Kerkrade, the Netherlands)
- 20-30% travel is anticipated with this role, mainly within European region to major congresses and Boston Scientific offices.
- Interested? Please apply online with your CV in English
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Requisition ID: 577271
As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.
So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!
