Director, Technology Communications (d/f/m)

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines.

Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally.

Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Design and lead delivery of impactful and engaging communications strategies and plans for Sandoz Technology.
• Act as a senior communications business partner to CTO and the Technology leadership team. Counsel and advise on all communications topics – strategy, employee engagement, change management communications, external communications.
• Activate a communications narrative and program for the Technology strategy as well as the new operating model.
• Manage and coordinate communications and engagement around Technology domains’ (stakeholder success teams, core technology, strategic focus areas and operational excellence) priorities on unit and enterprise level in alignment with overall communications strategy and priorities.
• Work in close collaboration with human resources and global internal communications to create a uniform and engaging Sandoz employee experience along the technology change journey.
• Manage Sandoz global web presence, sandoz.com and investor.relations.sandoz.com as well as intranet. Oversee tracking, gathering and analyzing user data from these channels as well as generating actionable reports.
• Ensure life-cycle management activities for Sandoz corporate web and intranet presence as well as support country organizations with their localization efforts as required.
• Manage a team of contractors and external agencies to ensure timely and effective channel operations.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Communications or related field and/or degree in IT beneficial.
• 10+ years of relevant experience creating and executing high-level internal and external communication plans in a dynamic environment.
• Strategic thinker and hands-on implementer.
• Adept at working in highly matrixed corporate environments.
• Successful track record in internal engagement and change communications.
• Experience working with all levels of employees, including management committee members, first-line managers, and production employees.
• Fluent in English.

Desirable Requirements:

• Healthcare and Pharmaceutical experience preferred.
• Additional languages desirable.

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave.
• Holiday allowance.
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.).
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits.
• Parental leave.
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

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.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.