Director of Strategy, Operations and Communications, QARA

Working Location: CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE 

Workplace Flexibility: Field

 

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Job Description

Reports directly to the Executive Director, Chief of Staff for Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs and drives an internal and external communications strategy for the global organization and functional programs. Enhance the brand and provide consistent messaging to employees and stakeholders. Leads the development execution monitoring and measurement of various corporate communications education initiatives and works closely with the other communications teams. Develops and implements complex communication plans for internal and external audiences in support of major projects and initiatives. Manage and track key organizational metrics and analysis the data for the executive leadership with messaging. Project manage ad hoc projects and deliverable as part of the Strategy and Operations team

Job Duties

• Creates and executes a communication strategy to support the Corporate Quality Office and Regulatory Affairs across various platforms to act as a vehicle to share information at a corporate level.
• Communication forums include but are not limited to Company Intranet company-wide Broadcast, board of directors, investor relations communications and Town Hall meetings.
• Partners with cross functional teams to develop and manage multi- faceted and complex communications plans to internal and external audiences that support major QARA projects and initiatives.
• Builds and strengthens internal communications to help drive employee engagement and culture raise awareness of the Olympus corporate position and story across the enterprise and enhance understanding of Olympus' brand attributes.
• Partner and develop key materials for the leadership team including the Board of Directors and other internal & external engagements that represent the organization key messages, goals and status as required.
• Manage and track key organizational metrics and analysis the data for the executive leadership with messaging.
• Project manage ad hoc projects and deliverable as part of the Strategy and Operations team.
• Develops and maintains reporting metrics to determine effectiveness of communication strategy impact
• Able to translate and complex ideas into simplified short and long written form including presentations and written communications for executive level engagements.
• Adheres to all corporate legal and regulatory practices and policies.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors degree in English Journalism PR or Communications or equivalent required; MBA a plus.
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience providing leadership in Corporate Communications or Public Relations working for an international Medical Devices or Pharmaceutical company and/ or technology in a regulated environment required.
• Expertise in written communications (writing editing and proofreading) that accurately and effectively drives understanding and engagement among key audiences is required.
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