Associate Director global Internal Communications

Mission

Reporting to the Corporate Communications Executive Director, this role will have a crucial responsibility in engaging and energizing the 2000 global employees at Almirall – at a time of strategic importance as the company is transforming to become a global leader in medical dermatology. This role has a strategic position and leadership within the global corporate communications team and will help advance the development and execution of the overall internal communications strategy and plan, in alignment with the company ambition, and long term strategy.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Define an impactful internal Communications strategy in alignment with the company’s objectives to drive awareness and engagement amongst the 2000 global employees of Almirall during a time of change.
• Generate engaging content and deliver it effectively to the employees at all levels and locations to engage them on company updates and key topics.
• Close collaboration with the external communications team to create an Internal Comms plan that is aligned with the external news flow.
• Partner with the P&C Communication and Change Management lead to ensure consistency and alignment on communication, change and engagement matters.
• Work in close collaboration with the Comms Channel lead to create and execute a powerful insights-based internal channel strategy (emphasis on digital tools) that is aligned with the business needs.
• Partner with Comms leads in key markets to support global-to-local-to-global internal communications, to ensure consistency where appropriate, and to help deliver against the in-market engagement needs.
• Creation of a successful tracking and measurement approach for internal communication activities for reporting purposes and as the basis for a continuous improvement to increase impact and relevance of the internal engagement work.
• In partnership with the Global Events Team, lead the creation and execution of key internal events in the corporate Comms plan, including leadership meetings, townhalls, employee open days, etc. 
• Business partner to key global functions including support on functional engagement and senior leadership positioning to deliver impactful messages in alignment with organizational goals and values.
• Manage agencies and other vendors to enable optimal internal Comms planning and execution, agency selection, negotiation of contracts, regular performance tracking, and budget control.

Education

• Academic degree in either Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Business, or life sciences.

Skills

• ​​​Pro-active, energetic and results-focused.
• Able to engage with and deliver results in a fast changing and highly regulated environment
• Exceptional team player and ability to operate with the highest integrity and discretion
• Ability to operate efficiently under pressure
• Experienced working in global organisations, with good cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Excellent listening and analytical skills, empathy
• Strong planning and project management skills
• Experience in advising senior leaders in their internal communication
• Hands-on self-starter with the combination of analytical and commercial skills
• Strong business partner with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships at all levels

Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in communications (with a focus on strategic and internal communications)
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry (alternatively in other highly regulated industries) is desirable.
• Passion for healthcare and making a difference to patients.
• Proven expertise in developing, implementing and measuring internal communication strategies and programmes to support achievement of business objectives, especially in employee engagement.
• Track record of creating and executing innovative approaches to employee engagement and measurement to achieve business objectives.
• Strong team player who is able to successfully engage multiple stakeholders inside and outside of the function, build and maintain productive relationships – including with senior business leaders.
• Very strong communication skills, both verbal and written in English (high proficiency or native level). High level of Spanish proficiency preferred.
• Ability to make sense of business matters and make them relevant for a broad internal audience, independent of their business understanding.

Values

• Our strong values: Care, Courage, Innovation and Simplicity, are incorporated into everything we do, and they are behind our mission and vision which guide us today and lead us to the future.