Director, Business Area Communication (Remote, US)

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers - and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Job Purpose

The position leads strategic communication for the Surgical Workplaces business area, accountable for all internal and external communication activities developed and implemented to drive business growth and strengthen reputation. You will partner with a global communications team to launch impactful programs and activities that strengthen Getinge's commercial leadership position and offerings, manage issues, strengthen relationships with strategic stakeholders, and motivate and retain a diverse and global workforce.

Core activities will include but are not limited to executive thought leadership, organizational comms, financial comms, clinical and data science comms, event and medical meeting communications, media relations, and issues management. As a member of both the Global Brand and Communications Leadership Team and the SW Leadership Team, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape the communication strategy during pivotal growth and transformation efforts, enhancing reputation, driving organizational alignment and sustained employee engagement within Getinge.

• External Corporate Communications and positioning : Strategic narrative, executive thought leadership, financial comms, clinical and data science comms, event and medical meeting communications, media relations, and issues management
• Employee and internal communications : Employee communications strategy, management of key communications channels, change management communications
• Leadership : Contributions to functional excellence, strategic leadership partnership for business platforms, performance and developing strong corporate communications capabilities to support the business

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The base salary for the position is a minimum of $175,000 and a maximum of $215,000 with an annual bonus of 30%

About us

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.