Associate Director, Hst Communications

Your role at Baxter

As the Associate Director of Communications, you will lead internal and external communications for Healthcare Systems and Technologies GBU. You will develop communications strategies, build and manage strong relationships, and collaborate with colleagues.

Your Team

You will be part of a Communications team that is critical to the company’s success, from engaging employees to building Baxter’s reputation in the U.S. and beyond. Our work is highly visible across the company and is at the center of every successful program, announcement and more. Your team is fun and collaborative, coming from both agency and in-house backgrounds, driven by our passion for saving and sustaining lives

What you'll be doing

• Lead media relations efforts to promote key initiatives for the segment. Pitch and secure media placements in the U.S. and create key messages and other materials to assist in our response to inquiries from journalists.
• Collaborate with colleagues in WEU, ANZ and Japan to build and implement local reputation-building initiatives.
• Develop overarching communications strategy for key revenue and reputation-building initiatives, focused on the U.S.
• Lead communications response to issues. Provide counsel to senior leaders, drive response strategy and develop key messaging for use with employees and external partners.
• Build and manage strong relationships with segment and broader HST leadership team, including functional leaders.
• Provide strategic counsel to segment president. Build opportunities for leader to engage with organization, establish their voice and drive visibility for the business.

What you'll bring

• Strong and versatile writing skills for a variety of content types, channels and topics. Experience writing for the web and social media.
• 10+ years of experience in corporate communications or public relations. Pharma, med tech or healthcare industry and agency experience desired.
• Able to successfully develop communications strategy to meet our goals, while demonstrating measurable impact of efforts.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience advising a senior leader who leads a sophisticated global business.
• Bachelor's degree required in English, marketing, journalism, public relations, advertising, or transferrable area.
• Strong discernment to be able to understand underlying business imperatives and develop communications strategy that advances those imperatives.
• Effectively maintains relationships with internal partners, including those who are outside of direct team. Ability to manage conflicting viewpoints and help move the team to resolution.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $128,000 to $252,000 plus an annual incentive bonus, and equity target.The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

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