Manager, Communications, NV and Medical APAC

Stryker; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in medical technology is seeking a Communications Manager in Singapore to lead and execute strategic communications for their Medical and NV businesses across Asia Pacific. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience, strong storytelling skills, and the ability to manage communications both internally and externally. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, crisis management, and enhancing the company's reputation. If you are a proactive communicator passionate about healthcare, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Bonuses

Healthcare benefits

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 8+ years of work experience in a relevant role.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong presentation skills and persuasive communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic communications for the Medical and NV businesses across Asia Pacific.
• Manage external inquiries and media relationships to enhance company reputation.
• Craft internal messages to assist in employee engagement initiatives.

Skills

Excellent storytelling

Strong analytical skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Why join Stryker?

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Job description

We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine!

We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.

Summary

The Communications Manager will lead and execute strategic communications for the Medical and NV businesses across Asia Pacific. This role supports business objectives through internal and external communications, issues and crisis management, change management, and stakeholder engagement.

The ideal candidate is a proactive communicator with strong storytelling, writing, and interpersonal skills, passion for healthcare, regional experience, and most importantly, a hunger for growth and development.

The candidate holds him/herself to high performance standards, has strong work ethics, brings great energy to the team and work, has the ability to work in a matrix organizational setup and inspires trust and credibility among teams and stakeholders.

Strategic Communications Planning & Execution:

• Develops and implements communications strategies aligned with divisional goals to promote and protect Stryker’s business and reputation among internal and external audiences.
• Brings external insights into the business, shapes and refines strategies to enhance communications outcomes.
• Identifies gaps and implements processes to improve communications effectiveness.
• Shares communications best practices with businesses, including communications strategies and plans drive greater consistency and effectiveness.

Internal Communications:

• Crafts and delivers compelling internal messages to support employee engagement such as divisional strategy and vision, leadership updates, organizational shifts.
• Leads town halls, newsletters, strategic planning, leadership forums, annual sales meetings, and other key internal meetings.
• Develop, maintain and optimize internal channels and ensure connectivity to rest of the company.

External communications:

• Manages external inquiries and media relationships across APAC, with a focus on medtech and healthcare.
• Leads/supports Divisional comms campaigns and initiatives targeted at external audiences, working in partnership with Marketing.
• Liaise with global teams to manage digital and social media content.

Issues and crisis communications management

• Supports the company’s efforts to identify and manage reputational issues in the business.
• Stays connected to company-level crisis management team, plans and protocols.
• Leads crisis communications response in the event of issues and crises.
• Implements crisis management tools and best practices and identify opportunities for evolving.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborates with commercial, cross-functional teams and global communications team to implement strategic communications programs aligned with divisional and business goals.

Executive Visibility:

• Counsels senior leaders on high-impact external engagement opportunities.
• Shapes messaging and other content for senior leaders for internal and external activities.
• Writes and edits high-impact content for various internal and external channels, such as newsletters, messages from VP/GMs, townhall presentations.
• Tracks and reports on communications effectiveness using KPIs and analytics.
• Continuously optimizes strategies based on insights and feedback.

Others:

• Works collaboratively with communications leads in and outside of APAC to build communications capabilities and advance opportunities that impact business goals.
• Manages third party communication consultants and agency partners as needed.
• Holds excellent standards on quality of work and thinking.
• Works independently with resourcefulness and superb project management skills.
• Brings great energy to the work and inspires trust and credibility among teams and wider stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• 8+ years of work experience
• Excellent storytelling, writing, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
• Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in Communications preferred
• Has experience working in regional settings preferred
• Has experience working in multi-national settings preferred

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.