Associate Manager, Corporate Communications

About the position

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our 'people first' philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world's oldest enemy: disease. The Associate Manager, Corporate Communications supports Ferring business success (sales, ability to operate a manufacturing plant, partner of choice) by planning and implementing strategies and tactics to build, maintain and protect Ferring corporate reputation among key stakeholders, both internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Provide communications counsel and advice to HR leadership team.
• Provide primary communications counsel and support to company DE&I initiatives.
• Provide primary communications counsel to support the consistent implementation of the employee value proposition.
• Develop and maintain employee communications framework to ensure efficiency and avoid overload.
• Manage 'Join US' section of US Corporate Website in collaboration with Human Resources department.
• Develop and manage dissemination of internal communications in support of Corporate Reputation objectives and evolving business needs.
• Identify and develop internal news stories.
• Maintain editorial calendar and ensure news flow.
• Publish news on appropriate channels including Intranet news channel, Viva Engage, and MS Teams.
• Contribute to US town hall planning and execution.
• Provide communications counsel to central functions and cross-functional projects.
• Assess needs and identify appropriate strategies, tactics, and channels to meet objectives.
• Develop and maintain corporate content and navigation standards for FerringConnect (SharePoint).
• Support organization engagement and use of intranet.
• Provide counsel and support to other departments and functions.
• Identify and train content owners to manage on their own behalf.
• Ensure technical infrastructure keeps pace with evolving needs in collaboration with IT.
• Manage updates and expansion of the US Corporate Website as dictated by evolving business needs/opportunities.
• Manage metrics and reporting for corporate social media program.
• Analyze content performance and use insights to suggest more effective content.
• Act as point of contact for advice on application of global Ferring CI standards.
• Manage vendor processes on behalf of Communications Department.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in marketing, communications, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in public relations, combination of agency and in-house experience.
• Previous experience (3 years) in the healthcare/pharmaceutical arena required.
• Previous experience managing social media presence for corporate brand.
• Ability to think strategically and execute plans.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to execute and measure multifaceted campaigns and day-to-day communications initiatives.
• A strong understanding of traditional media, digital and content marketing strategies.
• Ability to integrate campaign strategies and apply analytics to measure results and provide insights.
• Poise and calm under pressure.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Press content management software.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with a premium differential.
• 401k plan and company match.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Wellness benefits.
• Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.
• Sick time frontloaded yearly of 40 hours, or higher if state or local law requires.
• Vacation time for full time employees to accrue between 112.5 and 150 hours yearly in the first four (4) years of employment.
• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 26 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Policy that allows employees to work up to two days from home and three at a Ferring site, weekly.