Senior Executive Communicator

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Corporate/public affairs experience
• •Exceptional writing, copyediting, and proofreading skills
• •Excellent interpersonal skills
• •Ability to comfortably engage with all levels of the organisation and influence senior leadership
• •Strong organisational and multitasking skills
• •Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and oversee several projects simultaneously
• •Cross-functional project management
• •Managing external agencies and budgets
• •Bachelor's degree in PR, English, Journalism, Communications, or a related discipline
• •Minimum of +8 years of related experience
• •Bilingual proficiency in German and English (both written and spoken)
• •Ability to learn C-suite leaders' unique voices
• •Experience in working directly with executive leaders and their teams
• •Ability to craft enterprise-wide narratives
• •Ability to drive impactful communications
• •Ability to engage directly with global leaders across the organisation
• •Ability to co-create executive communication strategies
• •Ability to set the strategic agenda for speaking engagements
• •Ability to draft speeches, talking points, briefings, video scripts, letters, and internal messages
• •Ability to provide rehearsals for speeches and communications training
• •Ability to provide Q&As and performance feedback
• •Ability to support the Global Head of External Engagement in drafting talking points for executive media interviews
• •Ability to contribute to quarterly business results reporting
• •Ability to represent External Engagement on various cross-functional teams and forums
• •Ability to provide communications subject-matter expertise
• •Ability to break down silos across business areas
• •Ability to transfer and leverage topics and key learnings across Roche
• •Ability to serve as a trusted partner and communications expert for selected executives
• •Ability to develop speeches, messaging, and integrated communications
• •Ability to amplify the voice of the Roche's executives
• •Ability to reinforce the mission at Roche
• •Ability to understand and embody the strategic value of communications
• •Ability to work with C-suite executives
• •Ability to lead thought leadership programs on LinkedIn
• •Ability to manage issues and crisis communications
• •Strong comprehension of effective executive communications
• •Strong comprehension of employee engagement
• •Strong comprehension of channels
• •Strong comprehension of event management
• •Strong executive presence
• •Significant experience effectively working alongside C-suite executives
• •Experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical/diagnostics sector (preferred but treated as required due to context of 'Who You Are' and 'Experience' section implying necessity for the role)
• •Experience in corporate/public affairs (preferred but treated as required due to context)
• •Experience in crisis communications (preferred but treated as required due to context)
• •Experience in employee engagement (preferred but treated as required due to context)
• •Experience in channels (preferred but treated as required due to context)
• •Experience in event management (preferred but treated as required due to context)
• •Experience in digital and social media (preferred but treated as required due to context)
• •Experience in leading thought leadership programs (preferred but treated as required due to context)

Desired Qualifications

• •Experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical/diagnostics sector
• •Experience in corporate/public affairs
• •Experience in crisis communications
• •Experience in employee engagement
• •Experience in channels
• •Experience in event management
• •Experience in digital and social media
• •Experience in leading thought leadership programs