Director of Corporate Communications

Summary: This individual holds primary responsibility for driving and enabling Corporate Communications. Specific areas of focus include supporting the business strategy in developing, executing and managing various internal and external communications tasks.

 

Responsibilities and Duties:

?  Direct the development and implementation of corporate communication plans and strategies

 

?  Develop and evolve  global brand strategy. Own the re-branding of each of each of current brands into a single coherent company identity.

 

?  Manage daily operations of Corporate Communications Department to ensure that communications and budget objectives are met in pursuit of corporate goals.

 

?  Drive the overhaul of  websites into a single world class website that supports and reflects the new  brand identity and grows in capability to support business and customer needs.

 

?  Lead the global Marcom team, including two direct reports and approximately five ?dotted line? reports located in the four sales and service channels.

 

?  Ongoing management of and updates to the corporate website and web strategy.

 

?  Manage the writing and approval of all  press releases and other corporate communications.

 

?  Development of global product literature for  patient monitoring business

 

?  Run the internal and external launch of the new brand identity in Fall 2006.

 

?  Responsible for developing the annual budget for the Corporate Communications Department and ensuring that expense targets are met.

 

?  Selection of outside consultants, ad agencies, etc. for projects

 Qualifications:

?  Bachelor?s degree or equivalent, with minimum of 5 years experience managing a marketing communications team.

?  Successful track record in corporate communications with a high level of expertise in the healthcare environment.

?  Entrepreneurial, highly motivated, leadership style with a focused and disciplined approach to the corporate communications process.

?  Strong creative skills, proven ability to communicate effectively and drive good internal business-driven Marcom decisions using tact and diplomacy.

?  The ideal candidate readily engages with people, builds strong teams, is cross-functionally oriented, and works hard to understand and meet company needs.

?  Must be willing and able to travel ? approximately 50%