Senior Manager, Strategic Communications - Michigan, Portage 1941 Stryker Way

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Who we want: 

• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. 

• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders. 

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices. 

What you will do: 

As our Senior Strategic Communications Manager for the Global Real Estate & Facilities function, you will lead the development and implementation of strategic communications, with a focus on leading change activities, both transactional and transformational in nature. This leader will partner with leadership, businesses, and functions to lead strategy, development, and execution of communications in support of initiatives, programs, business strategies, and change management.

This includes but is not limited to leadership team communications partnership and support, business reviews, newsletters, change management initiatives, town halls, meetings, and internal announcements.

You will:

• Define the vision and lead the strategy for communicating to internal and/or external audiences. 

• Lead development, planning and execution of communication plans and projects that support the functional strategy, newsletters, town halls, meetings, and organizational announcements.

• Lead creation of content to support the functions priorities and initiatives

• Evolve our communications platforms and channel strategy to support change, drive engagement and simplify the employee experience. 

• Serve as communications strategy lead for critical programs; serve as communications advisor and subject matter expert in communications consultation, planning and best practice sharing.  

• Lead editorial strategy and facilitate execution of highly-visible division wide employees communications and channels. 

• Provide communications counsel, training and support to senior leaders. 

• Define clear, measurable goals; use to data to drive improvements. 

• Collaborate closely with business/function/region communicators to coordinate messaging and drive consistency in execution. 

• Manage outside strategic communication consultants and agency partners as needed. 

• Ensure communications are in alignment with the company’s strategies, goals objectives and brand.   

• Support leadership team communications partnership, business reviews, newsletters, change management initiatives, town halls, sales meetings and internal announcements.

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree required

•  MBA preferred

• 10+ years of work experience is required

• Project management experience is preferred

• Experience in Change Management is highly desirable

Travel Percentage: 20%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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