The Position

Head Of Communications- Purpose

As our new Head of Communications, you will proactively enhance and protect the reputation of Roche Diagnostics UK & IE as a healthcare partner and pioneer, demonstrating the value of in vitro diagnostics to the wider world of healthcare with effective internal and external communication and events that have real impact.

You will be in the driving seat of ensuring our people feel engaged and connected with the business strategy and goals, putting our customers and patients at the heart of everything we do.

You will have the opportunity to oversee how we run and execute our internal and external events to achieve the very best employee and customer experience & will ensure communications remains, and continues to be viewed as, a strategic business function providing sound counsel to drive business imperatives.

Key Tasks & Associated Responsibilities

To support the commercial goals of Roche Diagnostics UK & Ireland by providing the following:

• Strategic direction, budgets and priorities. Ensuring activities are driven by insight and focused on outcome.

• Support the Managing Director and Senior Leadership Team to drive company vision, core values and key focus areas/commercial priorities.

• Ensure the development and implementation of multichannel strategy across communication, events and brand (internal and external).

• Act as a trusted counsel to senior leaders across the business advising on communications to support business strategy and strengthen business success.

• Lead issues/crisis communication for Roche Diagnostics; as a member of the business continuity team and working alongside global colleagues to define strategy where relevant

• Act as a Roche brand champion - maintaining and strengthening brand integrity across all platforms.

• Leading and inspiring cross-functional teams to create impactful, integrated campaigns (in particular with marketing and public affairs).

• Work closely with the Marketing Leadership Team to drive commercial priorities and champion customer experience.

• Collaborate and align with global and regional communications leads as well as UK & Ireland, Pharma and Diabetes Care communications leads.

• Work and manage the relationship with our third party agencies

• Motivate and lead the Communications and Events team to success, through : development in role; delivery of timely feedback, celebration of success, coaching, fostering a culture of team working and collaboration.

Who You Are

You have significant experience in driving company strategy and transformation through communications & delivering impactful outcome-based communications strategy within a commercial environment.

You will embody Roche leadership commitments & will also bring/have:

• Significant experience in a senior role within communications (ideally a mix of agency and in-house)

• Proven leadership in crisis and issues communication

• Change management expertise

• Track record of leadership of direct reports. Ability to coach & mentor others.

• Collaborating and influencing at all levels within a complex global organization

• UK healthcare industry knowledge & commercial acumen

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Our UK Diagnostics business, headquartered in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, employs approximately 560 highly skilled individuals. We provide the industry's broadest range of diagnostics and monitoring products & services, spanning all sectors of the market: from small hand held devices used directly by patients or healthcare professionals, to large diagnostic instruments found in hospital laboratories.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.