Director, Global Strategic Business Communications

We understand that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today, and that’s why we’re inspired to make A Better World for Pets. Antech is comprised of a diverse team of individuals who are committed to each other’s growth and development. Our culture is centered on our guiding philosophy, The Five Principles: Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom. Today Antech is driving the future of pet health as part of Mars Science & Diagnostics, a family-owned company focused on veterinary care.

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This is a hybrid role based out of our office in New York, NY. The Target Pay Range for this position is $156,250 - $195,250 annually. At Antech, pay decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, education, training, and budget.

Are you passionate and love a challenge when it comes to connecting Associates with business strategies and a company’s culture? Do you enjoy building communication programs that you’re responsible for implementing with impact? Can you cut through complex information and align senior stakeholders to drive a simplified message? If so, this role is for you!

The Mars Petcare Division, Science & Diagnostics, is looking for an experienced corporate affairs leader to join our Corporate Affairs team to oversee internal and business communications for the division.  The person in this position creates, manages, and executes the strategic internal business communications in line with our purpose to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

The person in this role is responsible for safeguarding, promoting, and evolving the corporate culture, including change management, ensuring that all Internal Communications strategies are aligned with business objectives. You will co-create business strategy communications with Senior Leaders across the division, which translates into everyday language that every Associate can understand and be inspired by. These strategies will help shape what Associates know and believe about our division, Mars Petcare and Mars, are will be designed to encourage positive behavior changes and foster engagement to create an even greater place to work. The person is this role will provide strategic oversight and plans for all internal communications at the divisional level and within businesses and science community  and will be part of the Mars Petcare Internal Communications Community and the Mars Inc Internal/External Editorial Team to ensure messaging and calendars are coordinated, consistent and reinforced across the globe.

About Mars Science & Diagnostics

Mars Science & Diagnostics is a division of Mars Petcare, a diverse business dedicated to one purpose: A Better World for Pets™.  Science & Diagnostics brings together the power of leading pet health science with expertise across diagnostics, data, and technology to change outcomes in pet health. Our global veterinary diagnostics business Antech  spans point-of-care diagnostic laboratory instruments and consumables including rapid assay diagnostic products and digital cytology services; local and cloud-based data services; practice information management software and related software and support, reference laboratories, veterinary imaging and technology, education and telemedicine with board-certified specialist support services. Our at-home diagnostics offering includes Wisdom Panel, the world’s most accurate pet DNA test. For more than 60 years our Waltham Petcare Science Institute has been advancing science to better understand pet health.

Key responsibilities

• Enable Associate understanding of strategy and business direction for the division.

• Create and execute a communication strategy, plans and programs to drive an enterprise mindset and increase Associate pride and connection across the division.

• Partner with our People & Organization (P&O) leaders to help establish the divisional culture program and continue to implement and embed other aspects of Mars culture including Mars Associate engagement initiatives including Make The Difference, ARGs, I&D program, Mars Associate survey, training