Director Corporate Communications Europe & Canada (f / m / d)

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc; München; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Corporate Communications to enhance its reputation across Europe and Canada. This pivotal role involves crafting communication strategies, managing media relations, and collaborating with various teams to ensure a cohesive corporate message. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the biopharma sector, demonstrating strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to influence corporate reputation and engage with diverse stakeholders, making a significant impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. If you are passionate about science and patient advocacy, this role is an exciting opportunity to drive meaningful change.

Qualifikationen

• 12+ years of communications experience in the biopharma industry.
• Strong analytical capabilities and excellent writing skills.
• Fluency in German and English; additional languages appreciated.

Aufgaben

• Lead cross-functional teams and manage a global communications agency.
• Develop communication strategies for diverse international markets.
• Foster relationships with functional leaders across Europe and Canada.

Kenntnisse

Strategic Planning

Creative Planning/Execution

Employee Engagement

Media Relations

Content Creation

Social Media/Digital Execution

Analytical Capabilities

Cultural Sensitivity

Influencing Skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Digital Media Formats

Jobbeschreibung

Based in Munich, Germany, the Director of Corporate Communications for Europe and Canada will work in close collaboration with the Corporate Affairs team to shape the Company’s external-facing presence and reputation in key international markets. You will build relationships with country leadership in order to develop and execute communication strategies that reflect local audiences and advance business objectives.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate and Digital Communications, this role is responsible for in-country activities, such as: media engagement, corporate press releases, executive visibility and thought leadership opportunities, spokesperson training, digital platform storytelling and content development, paid awareness campaigns and other opportunities in priority markets. Close partnership with Product & Pipeline Communications will ensure that product news is adequately disseminated and contextualized within each market. Collaboration with our Patient Advocacy and Corporate Responsibility teams will ensure that local communications messaging and programs reflect Regeneron’s patient-focused and ethical approach, with specific adaptation in each country.

You will also collaborate closely with Internal Communications to help bolster information-sharing, morale and sense of inclusivity among international colleagues by producing intranet features, orchestrating executive visits and forums, and crafting other programming.

You will find greater success if you establish and foster relationships with functional leaders in international markets, such as site leads, regulatory, legal and compliance. This role will require a balance of ensuring consistency in corporate messaging across regions with appropriate flexibility to reflect local regulations and customs.

Across all Corporate Affairs functions and within the larger company, this role serves as a liaison and strategic partner: cascading international decisions, updates and issues that may impact Corporate Affairs activities, and communicating corporate information that will affect news flow and behaviors within the international markets.

This role requires a strong understanding of the global healthcare and regulatory environment, scientific and media landscapes, as well as workforce dynamics. In addition, you should think cross-functionally and ‘company first’ as we shape and protect Regeneron’s corporate reputation beyond the U.S.

In this role you will:

1. Lead cross-functionally, manage a small team and direct a global communications agency; coordinate closely with Corporate Communications leadership in the U.S.
2. Work collaboratively across Corporate Affairs to ideate and produce digital content for in-country websites, issue local disclosures and announcements, brainstorm story concepts for internal communications, craft materials to support in-country outreach by Patient Advocacy and local sales force teams, work with Corporate Responsibility team to understand local ESG regulations and philanthropy/volunteerism best practices.
3. Develop and foster relationships with in-country functional leaders, including Commercial, Global Development and General & Administrative functions, in North America and Europe.
4. Advance corporate awareness and reputation in Europe and Canada through structured media engagement, thought leadership opportunities, and paid campaigns.
5. Refine corporate content and materials for adaptation in local markets; ensure appropriate legal, regulatory and medical approvals are secured.
6. Serve as ambassador for corporate brand, ensuring local application aligns with corporate guidelines.
7. Support efforts that sustain culture via global and local employee engagement strategies.
8. Identify operational gaps where process or policy might improve efficiency.
9. Continuously evaluate priorities, issues and country requests in a fast-paced operating environment.

The work is both strategic and tactical in nature (e.g., conducting landscape analyses, creating market-specific awareness and media strategies, and developing standard tool kits for in-country customization). Required skills include strategic planning, creative planning/execution, employee engagement and change communications, media relations, issues management, content creation, social media/digital execution, measurement, people management across countries, cultural sensitivity, and influencing outside a reporting line. Familiarity with international patient advocacy and corporate responsibility practices will also add value.

This role might be for you if you have / are:

1. Bachelor’s Degree: minimum of 12 years of relevant communications experience within the biopharma industry, with corporate, internal and change management capabilities.
2. An outstanding communicator with global and in-country expertise; adept at creating partnerships and working collaboratively to meet shared objectives and goals.
3. PR experience (in-house or agency); ideally experience with building corporate reputation.
4. High level of professionalism and cheerful diplomacy with a Regeneron-first mindset; confidence to share new ideas and influence partners across a highly matrixed organization.
5. Strong analytical capabilities; ability to reach sound decisions quickly, often with incomplete information, in a fast-moving and fast-growing organization.
6. Excellent writer, editor and storyteller; ability to translate complex information with a varied, thoughtful and creative approach for different audiences.
7. Willingness to stretch between high-level strategy and tactical execution, often within the same day.
8. Relevant knowledge and experience creating content in integrated digital media formats (intranets, video, mobile, etc.).
9. Ability to lead agency partners and manage associated resources and budget.
10. Detail-oriented; strong organizational, prioritization, and project management skills.
11. Passion for science and patient impact; curiosity and desire to learn.
12. Flexibility to regularly participate in meetings held during European and U.S. working hours; approximately 15-20% international travel mostly to U.S. and within Europe.
13. Fluent in German and English at minimum; additional languages appreciated.

You will join a high-performing Corporate Affairs team, which thinks strategically and executes at a high level to support our fast-growing company and unique culture where colleagues are passionate about their work and our mission to bring important new medicines to patients in need. The team is focused on strengthening Regeneron’s reputation by developing strategies and programs that (1) distinguish our science, medicines and patient focus, (2) drive employee engagement, deepen connection to our mission and sustain culture and (3) advance and differentiate our corporate responsibility commitments.