Head, Corporate Comms

Lead the development and the execution of the corporate communications strategy, to strength-en corporate reputation through associate communications, external corporate communications, policy communications, executive communications, business and strategy communications, cul-ture and people communication along with brand and reputation building. Goal is to position the company as the most valued and trusted medicines company in Japan amongst our internal and external stakeholders and ideate new ways to engage key audiences and demonstrate NVS leadership in the Japan healthcare environmentThis role will build the corporate reputation strategy and lead the team to deliver internal and external communications, by leveraging insights & analytics based on data gathering of the in-ternal/external environment. This leader should be able to establish a mindset that ultimately leads to insights-based predictions of stakeholder views, needs and behaviors. S/he builds long term engagement plans for associates, media, external stakeholders and relevant key industry groups and communities in service of mutually beneficial goals. They build positive and produc-tive relationships, and support a culture of iterative execution of the team’s work. Also, the role will cover the strategy and delivery of brand and reputation team. Brand and repu-tation team will take care of consistent brand experience and implementation for internal and external audiences. This team shapes corporate reputation and awareness, creates and main-tains corporate message and narrative and oversees message delivery it through owned, paid and earned platforms closely working with relevant functions.