Vice President Commercial Enablement

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The Position

The Vice President of Commercial Enablement provides strategic direction and leadership for all corporate communications digital marketing communications and commercial enablement functions at Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC). This role drives alignment between communication strategies and overall business objectives ensuring consistency in internal and external messaging while maintaining the organizations corporate brand and reputation. Key responsibilities include overseeing internal and external corporate communications media relations crisis management executive communications digital and social media corporate branding and reputation management. The VP also leads corporate social responsibility efforts including charitable giving programs and serves as the primary spokesperson to the media and public. This position partners with Csuite executives business area leadership and crossfunctional teams in marketing sales and P&C to optimize operations and align organizational priorities with strategic goals. Responsibilities extend to developing and implementing public relations strategies leading change communications initiatives and ensuring consistency of messaging across all platforms. The VP directs the creative and event production agencies of record oversees the conference meeting and events team and manages largescale events such as congresses and trade shows. Additionally the role encompasses customer engagement sales enablement and digital/social media strategies ensuring a cohesive approach to supporting business priorities and delivering measurable results. By integrating strategic priorities effectiveness and innovation the VP ensures that RDC achieves its business objectives while maintaining a favorable public image and fostering a highperformance culture.

Direct report to the CEO of RDC and a member of the US Leadership Team; and as such have leadership responsibilities that extend beyond Commercial Enablement and require general business leadership and contributions to the overall strategy and development of RDC. This role will collaborate with the US Leadership Team and will be responsible for developing implementing and managing the strategic and operational aspects of the Commercial business.

Responsible for maintaining and continuously improving the quality system and achieving quality objectives through daily actions.

• Contributing leadership skills and expertise to the strategic and business planning processes

• Oversees and shapes the strategic communication planning for RDUS internal and external communications enhancing organizational and business value.

• Partners with executive management marketing sales advertising and P&C to plan develop implement and evaluate communications strategies.

• Acts as the primary communications advisor to the president and CEO ensuring alignment with the strategic agenda.

• Serves as a media spokesperson engaging with community trade and general media as well as the public.

• Handles issues and crisis management communications including developing tactics and training executives for such scenarios.

• Selects manages and oversees PR agencies to ensure impactful media engagement.

• Leads executive communications programs including appearances speeches presentations and public relations efforts.

• Drives employee engagement and builds a highperformance culture through effective communication and internal campaigns in partnership with P&C.

• Designs and implements communication strategies for events initiatives and training programs.

• Leads and develops a highperforming team of communications and commercial enablement professionals including writers designers project planners and leaders.

• Ensures a strong succession plan for key roles while fostering a stimulating environment where sales and profit align with corporate objectives.

• Oversees digital marketing communications including management of internal creative agencies and external partners.

• Leads the planning and of meetings conventions and trade shows ensuring impactful corporate presence.

• Develops and directs social responsibility initiatives community relations and charitable contributions.

• Leads commercial of enterprise functions including customer engagement sales enablement and digital/social media.

• Develops and implements bestinclass commercial operations and services to support marketing and sales efforts.

• Contributes to longrange vision and strategy for RDUS ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.

• Serves as the North American liaison with Global Corporate Communications to ensure consistency and alignment.

• Defines sets and drives of the longterm vision strategy and operational plans for RDC.

• Lead commercial of enterprise functions such as Customer Engagement Sales Enablement and Digital and Social Media.

• Partners with executive management marketing sales advertising and P&C to plan develop implement and evaluate internal and external communications. Acts as primary communications advisor to the president and CEO.

• Leads and sets up all executive communications programs including but not limited to internal and external appearances pr agencies speeches and presentations.

• Has overall responsibility for meetings conventions and social responsibility efforts for the company including largescale sales meetings and corporate presence at congresses and trade shows.

• Serves as the North American liaison with Global Corporate Communications.

• Contributing leadership skills and expertise in developing and implementing bestinclass Commercial operations and services such as marketing and sales services meeting and convention services Building and developing an exceptional highperforming team by anticipating changes in the business and implications from such to organizational design and talent

• Ensuring a strong succession plan for key positions across the Commercial Enablement organization

• Creating and sustaining a stimulating environment where sales and profit grow in line with corporate objectives

• Defining setting aligning and driving against the longrange vision strategy and plan for RDC

Who you are

• Bachelors Degree

• 710 years of progressive commercial leadership experience

• 57 or more years of people management experience with at least 57 years of experience and a track record in senior program management

• Considerable experience and expertise in longrange strategic planning market research and competitive intelligence

• Experience leading functionwide business planning processes including the development and implementation of such plans goals and metrics

• Proven experience leading organizing and directing largescale commercial functions including multiple teams and departments

• Ability to lead and influence in a global matrixed environment

• Excellent interpersonal skills/highly collaborative

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to effectively interact work and develop meaningful culture organizational structure and processes

• Ability to cultivate strong internal/external networks

• Proven stakeholder management and problemsolving skills

• Experience in progressive leadership positions in the diagnostic biotechnology or related industries is strongly preferred

• Experience leading functionwide business planning processes including the development and implementation of such plans goals and metrics

• Previous accomplishments include developing and overseeing the of breakthrough business strategies that have led to considerable growth in financial results and increased the longterm sustainable value proposition of the relevant brand(s)

Preferred requirements:

• Experience in leading and working with global teams.

The expected salary range for this position is $283520 $372120 based on the primary location of Indiana. Actual pay will be determined based on experience qualifications and other jobrelated factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance as well as participation in a longterm incentive program. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Location: This position is based in Indianapolis IN

Relocation: Relocation assistance is being offered.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities foster creativity and keep our ambitions high so we can deliver lifechanging healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Lets build a healthier future together.

As a global leader in healthcare Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products tools and services that help in the prevention diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV HIV hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions such as fertility and blood coagulation. These products and services are used by researchers physicians patients hospitals and laboratories worldwide to help improve peoples lives.

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