Associate Director

For our Client, a multinational leading pharmaceutical company, we are searching:
**ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - COMMUNICATIONS**

***The role of the Associate Director - Communications significantly contributes to position our client as a relevant and key actor in the Italian health care system and to drive Company reputation through communication activities.

In the role as Assoc. Dir, **responsibilities** include but are not limited to:

- Designing and executing all the communications strategies and plans (traditional and new media) for selected therapeutic areas: in particular, Infectious Diseases, Anesthesia, Antibiotics, Diabetes.
- Translating business needs into communication strategies with the objective to position our client as key player in the Italian health care environment
- Contributing to develop a narrative/storytelling to position our client as a leading Company in the Country, strongly committed through its Corporate Social Responsibility’s activities, its footprint, assets and investments.
- Boosting reputation/image leveraging on all opportunities.
- Developing contents for our client Italy’s digital ecosystem, in line with Corporate/local strategies and with Compliance, implementing multichannel media plans.
- Engage employees through a comprehensive internal communication plan.
- Partnering with key public-private stakeholders (including patient associations) for innovative communication initiatives.
- Scouting of new stakeholders in the information/digital areas, including the digital one, including media partnerships
- Fostering a positive and inclusive teamwork spirit among internal colleagues by contributing to a workplace culture in line with our client’s values and principles

The position reports to the Executive Director of Policy & Communications and is part of a team that covers Government relations as well as external communication.

**Qualification and Requirements**
- University degree in political science, law, public health, natural sciences or degree in another relevant field.
- Significant experience (at least 5 years) in Life Sciences Companies’ Communication Departments (or in PR agencies, dailies, magazines): development of the storytelling/narrative, multichannel media plans, content creation/management for social media/websites, good networking with scientific/lay press journalists (online/offline)
- Demonstrated ability to establish and manage strong partnerships and collaborations with various stakeholders as well as advise senior leadership and executives
- Act as an effective leader and demonstrated ability to take responsibility of key organizational issues and anticipate them
- Demonstrate supervisory skills and have the ability to lead and guide cross functional teams towards realizing the organization’s goals
- Proven ability to analyze complex issues and to summarize quintessence
- Excellent communication in Italian and English (written and verbal)
- Ability to prepare talking points and concise briefing memos
- Diplomacy, professional discretion and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

The work location is **Rome**.