Senior Manager, Executive Communications, Medical Surgical

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges. While we continue updating the Solventum Careers Page and applicant materials, some documents may still reflect legacy branding. Please note that all listed roles are Solventum positions, and our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ applies to any personal information you submit. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description:

Senior Manager, Executive Communications, Medical Surgical

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Strategic communications leadership for Solventum’s largest segment: Develop and execute a comprehensive executive communications strategy that supports business goals, cultural transformation cross-business connection and brand positioning.
• Executive advisory: Serve as a senior communications counselor to the President and senior leadership team, providing guidance on thought leadership, change management and employee engagement.
• Narrative development: Craft compelling messaging and storytelling frameworks that reflect the voice and vision of the business, ensuring consistency across all channels and audiences. Consistently identify and source cross-business, cross-functional storytelling.
• Strategic communications planning: Lead the development of long-range communication strategies that align with business priorities, anticipate organizational shifts and support sustained engagement across stakeholder groups.
• Change communications leadership: Design and execute communication plans that guide employees through transformation—ensuring clarity, alignment and momentum during periods of change.
• Integrated messaging strategy: Build and maintain a cohesive narrative across initiatives, ensuring that communications reinforce strategic goals and evolve with the business over time.
• Enterprise collaboration: Partner closely and proactively with Global Communications (particularly communications leaders for other businesses, functions), HR, Finance, Strategy, Marketing and International teams to ensure alignment and integration the company.
• Measurement and impact: Define success metrics and apply data-driven insights to continuously improve communication effectiveness and audience engagement.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher AND (ten) 10 years of demonstrably progressive experience in Corporate Communications, Executive Communications or Change Management Communications in a complex, highly matrixed environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• 7+ years supporting senior leaders in a communications capacity
• 7+ years managing strategy development and change management communications 
• Experience advising C-suite executives and managing high-stakes communications proactively and thoroughly
• Capability managing long-term communications planning across multiple key audiences
• Experience leading communications for significant global organizational change management initiatives
• Collaboration skills and experience with a highly matrixed, global organization
• Exceptional writing, editing, narrative development, and key message deliv