Director, Communications (Remote, US)

Description

Director, Communications

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health
* We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
* We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
* We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Summary

Lead cross-functional teams in the development of integrated communications and marketing programs, ensuring successful business strategy alignment and executional excellence. Work across Global Corporate Communications & Marketing disciplines to create and execute go-to-market plans and experiences, employee engagement initiatives, and the associated reporting to demonstrate impact to various stakeholders.

Critical success factors include the ability to navigate complex organizational challenges in a matrixed environment; a high degree of intellectual curiosity; exceptional communication skills; B2B marketing experience; and a commitment to excellence and measurement with an eye on continuous improvement.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
* Design and execute annual go-to-market plans, including awareness tactics, lead generation, and customer experiences, with measurable impact
* Collaborate with GTM functions to develop sales and lead generation strategies aligned with company priorities
* Serve as key point of contact/partner for executives across various Business Units to understand business and market dynamics, key objectives and opportunities to drive growth
* Partner across Global Corporate Communications & Marketing (GCCM) functions to enable - through content development and direction with subject matter experts -- marketing strategies designed to prime market for BD conversations, support sellers and generate leads by driving awareness of SYNH expertise and solutions
* Influence key stakeholders and drive accountability in a matrixed model across the organization to ensure high-quality delivery of initiatives and a return on investment
* Define metrics and dashboards and ensure regular reporting to alert business leaders to efforts and impact
* Determine budget needs and considerations for dedicated plans - work across GCCM functions to allocate appropriately
* Contribute to tools, templates and methodologies to speed impact, quality and effectiveness - making the GCCM team easy to work with and for
ACTIVITIES
* Acts as a central GCC&M contact and triage for business areas
* Partners with business leaders to develop the communications and marketing annual strategy and plan
* Shares current business state and needs with GCC&M colleagues
* Proactively aligns GCC&M resources against priority business needs

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* Understands key customer accounts/audience needs and behaviors and provides insight and counsel on market dynamics
* Collaborates across teams to understand and prioritize business needs
* Understands what competitors are doing and how that impacts business stakeholders
* Regularly assesses internal partnership and GCC&M program performance to drive quality improvement efforts

Qualifications

What we're looking for

* 8 years of hands-on experience in the following areas: B2B marketing, demand generation, go to market strategy, employee engagement (including applications of social media), internal communications and executive/management communications
* Bachelor's degree (BA) in relevant field
* Exceptional writing, editing and presentation skills; project management skills; and consultative skills (including effective questioning, critical thinking, stakeholder management and communication methodology application)
* Flexible and able to successfully navigate ambiguity and succeed in a rapidly changing, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with multiple priorities
* Driven and motivated team player with excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to successfully influence and effectively work across functions without formal reporting lines; must also be able to work with a high degree of independence
* Ability to crystallize significant amounts of information to most critical points and confidence to make decisions quickly
* Entrepreneurial mindset while operating within a Corporate environment

Disclaimer:

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from 130-180k USD The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.