Associate Director - Communication Operations

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Plainsboro Township (NJ); Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming lives by tackling chronic conditions like diabetes. In this pivotal role as Associate Director of Communication Ops, you will drive cohesive messaging and enhance internal communication initiatives across the organization. Your expertise will help create and implement innovative processes and digital tools that foster collaboration and a unified visual identity. With a focus on strategic planning and engagement, you will partner with key stakeholders to ensure that communication needs are met effectively. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven team that values diversity and inclusion while making a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of communications experience with a focus on strategic planning.
• Proven ability to manage projects and influence stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive communication trackers for P&O teams.
• Lead the implementation of communication plans aligning with strategic initiatives.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Executive Communications

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Conversational Writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations, or related field

Tools

SharePoint

Viva Engage

Job description

About the Department

Imagine being a part of a team committed to helping people defeat diabetes and other serious chronic conditions. Here at Novo Nordisk, we seek out opportunities to contribute to healthier communities and better lives for all people. And, that’s what you’ll gain by joining Novo Nordisk’s People & Organization team. Our P&O team is passionate about their purpose – enabling business success the Novo Nordisk Way by turning the Company’s business strategy into an actionable workforce strategy. A strategy which captures the entire employee life-cycle. At Novo Nordisk, you will join an inclusive team of diverse talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development. Are you ready?

The Position

The Associate Director, Communication Ops is responsible for driving cohesive messaging and effective internal P&O communication initiatives across NNI P&O teams. The primary focus of this role is to create and implement processes, templates, and digital tools to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration, thereby fostering a unified visual identity and supporting the communication needs of P&O initiatives. This position plays a critical role in fostering effective communication, driving alignment, and amplifying the impact of P&O for internal teams and stakeholders. The incumbent will be pivotal in ensuring that key timebound initiatives within the organization receive clear and consistent communication, ultimately contributing to the overall success of the P&O function.

Relationships

This position reports to the Director of People Operations and sits within the larger Strategy & People Operations team. This position interacts and supports P&O COEs and the P&O Leads for tracking, planning, and mapping of key messaging. This role will partner closely with the HRBP for P&O, P&O Strategic Advisor, Head of NAO P&O, Director of Operations, DEI&B/ Culture teams and NAO P&O Teams. This role will also partner heavily with the enterprise Communications partner for P&O for coordination of messaging.

Essential Functions

1. Communication and Alignment
   1. Develop and maintain a comprehensive communication tracker for all NAO P&O teams, ensuring prioritization and cohesive messaging across the entire P&O function.
   2. Lead the implementation of the communication plan for NAO P&O, aligning it with strategic initiatives and collaborating with internal stakeholders to address communication needs timely & effectively.
   3. Collaborate and align with enterprise communication partners to ensure consistency and coherence in messaging, thereby fostering a unified visual identity for the P&O function.
   4. Create and deliver executive presentations, memos, reports, storyboarding, and messaging for the P&O organization, ensuring clarity and alignment with organizational objectives.
2. Template Development
   1. Spearhead the development of comprehensive templates for various purposes such as strategic planning, talent review, promotions, and market adjustments, ensuring consistency and clarity in communication across the P&O function.
   2. Act as the primary owner and creator of department-wide templates to ensure a standardized and cohesive approach to communication materials within the P&O function.
   3. Create process for utilization of templates, SharePoint, Viva Engage & mailboxes for key communications.
3. Operational Coordination
   1. Take charge of managing the mailbox for EE and P&O teams, working closely with teams to establish efficient processes, permissions, and a sustainable plan for mailbox usage across P&O.
   2. Develop and communicate processes to maintain a unified calendar across each P&O team, ensuring seamless alignment and coordination of activities to support the organization's overarching objectives.
4. Stakeholder Engagement
   1. Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders to understand their communication needs and ensure that communication initiatives are aligned with their requirements.
   2. Collaborate with enterprise communication partners to ensure consistency in messaging and coherence in approach, fostering effective communication across the organization.

Physical Requirements

10% overnight travel required. This is a Home Office-based position. This position follows all NNI guidance for remote/in office dedicated time. EST time-zone hours.

Qualifications

1. A Bachelor’s degree required in journalism, public relations, English or a related communications discipline: relevant experience may be substituted for degree as appropriate.
2. 10+ years of progressively increasing communications experience required.
3. Minimum of 4 years pharmaceutical experience preferred.
4. Minimum of 4 years in support/analytics roles of low to medium complexity preferred.
5. Ability to demonstrate business acumen and work across all levels of the business.
6. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management.
7. Proven experience in strategic planning and counseling, executive/leadership communications, employee engagement programs, business and news writing, and communications measurement.
8. Expert ability to lead content strategy, key message development, conversational writing and editing for both internal and external audiences as required.
9. Proven ability to effectively manage projects and influence individuals, teams and stakeholders.
10. Ability to counsel and coach executives for internal and external communication needs.
11. Ability to work under tight timelines, in what can be a stressful environment with limited planning or preparation.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.