Senior Communications Business Partner, Sustainability and Corporate Topics

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

About GC and Corporate Comms Business Partnering
The Corporate Communications Business Partnering Team is part of the Group Communications (GC) Organisation and actively embraces the new collaboration model, in which Business Partners and Centers of Excellence (CoE) work together to unleash greater impact through communications for Roche. 

This key position, reporting to the Head of Corporate Communications Business Partnering, is responsible for strategic communications for high priority enterprise topics like Sustainability and other select enterprise topics across the Roche Group. 

The Opportunity

As a Business Partner in the Corporate Communications Business Partnering Team, your primary responsibility is to act as an advisor to select senior Leaders and develop impactful and effective communications strategies and plans that support reputation outcomes related to Sustainability and other corporate topics. This involves securing buy-in for these strategies and overseeing their successful implementation.

The Key Responsibilities include:

You will develop integrated communications strategies and plans for topics and projects that elevate Roche’s reputation among internal and external audiences. In collaboration with the GC CoE colleagues, you will develop engaging content as well as communications tools, channels and mechanisms to deliver high quality communications, seeking to innovate where appropriate. In collaboration with the Digital Communications CoE, you will establish robust metrics and evaluation to measure the effectiveness of communications.

The successful candidate will:

• Bring well-rounded communications expertise and 10+ years  of experience across various communications disciplines and sustainability (for example: corporate communications, sustainability comms, reporting and policy communications, internal, external, media relations) to effectively guide the business. 

• Act as a proactive and strategic counsel for the business, bringing a bigger picture perspective and being able to prioritize, anticipate impacts, opportunities, risks/issues, while providing clear insights-based recommendations. 

• Own overall communications strategy and foundational messaging for designated business partner/area.

• Drive reputation outcomes for Roche in the space, overseeing the end-to-end process in partnership with CoEs. 

• Build strong and trusted relationships with partners/stakeholders and foster a culture of collaboration. 

• Navigate diverse views and expectations (under pressure) to come up with a recommendation/decision.

• Serve as a bridge between the Group’s Corporate and Sustainability Strategy and GC strategy  - pulling in CoE member(s) as needed.

• Bring in and brief the CoE on the business strategy and rationale, defining together tangible outcomes and ensuring the  quality of execution.  

• Look for synergies with other Communications Business Partners and alignment with the Comms BP for Corporate Strategy, Sustainability and Sites. Look for strategic partnership opportunities across boundaries (ex: disease areas, Pharma, Dia and Diabetes Care).

Who you are

You are experienced in driving strategic communications in a fast-paced setting, possess excellent interpersonal skills and are comfortable working in a matrixed and multicultural environment. Additionally, you bring the following skills and competencies:

• University degree and relevant experience in journalism and/or strategic communication roles

• Strong executive presence, consulting, leadership and intercultural skills

• Trusted communications expert including mastery in business acumen and leadership

• Ability to influence leaders and colleagues and coach on communication delivery

• Systems thinker, able to see the bigger picture, and understand details across organizations and topics

• Native-level English writing and strong verbal communication skills are a must. Additional languages can be an advantage.

Be part of our team at Roche Group Communications in Basel. Apply now!

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.