Strategic Communications Lead - Hybrid_

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(loudfront.net/oms/000000/document/2024/6/SMVZW\_USStrykerEmployeebenefits/USStrykerEmployeebenefits.pdf)This role is responsible for delivering strategic communications for the Joint Replacement division with a focus on:+ Developing and executing global communications processes and best practices including sustainable translation process for key languages, collateral and asset review, global internal employee communications, and maintenance of global communications channels.+ Establishing and maintaining divisional HQ and regional stakeholder network to enable consistent and effective communications around the world.+ Leading change management communications for recent acquisition.+ Management of email automation system according to Global regulations.+ Sunsetting of existing internal and external communication channels and transition and management of communication channels to Stryker assets including webpages, social media pages, intranet and other digital properties.**What you will do:**+ Builds a network of customers and/or sales and marketing leaders to gain customer insight used to shape messaging.+ Uses strategic planning to enable organizational change. Adopts divisional and corporate change management communications best practices.+ Aids development of communication strategies to enable divisional change.+ Develops and refines communications best practices with businesses, including communications strategies, plans and related toolkits to drive greater consistency and effectiveness.+ Partners on communication strategies to increase access to information for external and internal stakeholders, and promote and protect Stryker’s corporate reputation.+ Partners to execute strategic communications for M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activities. Includes but is not limited to announcement and integration.+ Writes and edits a full spectrum of business-related publications.+ Leads in writing content such as speeches, press releases and other high-exposure documents+ Coordinates business plans to identify, recommend and set up writing operations.+ Contributes to a climate that cultivates imagination, new ideas, and experimentation.+ Champions new initiatives within and beyond scope of position.+ Monitors the industry for creative ideas and solutions that can be used internally.+ Writes reports and/or articles to the business or professional community.+ Prepares and delivers complex presentations to large or critical technical and business audiences.+ Delivers formal presentations in a public or professional forum.+ Partners to define and organizes the content and flow of a multi-media, multi-speaker presentation.+ Advocate for brand guideline implementation and participate in discussions to further our brand+ Works with leadership to determine messaging strategy+ Designs and develops internal publications and reference materials.+ Implements policies and procedures for internal publications, events and announcements.+ Generates case studies of effective and ineffective communication.+ Promotes the organization's effectiveness of internal communication through major campaigns.+ Maintains and optimizes internal channels and ensure connectivity to rest of the company.+ Ensure communications are in alignment with the business and company’s strategies, goals, objectives and brand, and ensure review and approvals are in accordance with current processes and procedures.+ Develops and implements effective mechanisms for reviewing measurements and assessing progress.+ Support the communications strategy for industry association meetings and other trade events.+ Communicates events/tradeshow goals and strategy effectively with diverse audiences+ Collaboratively work with corporate/commercial/regional communications leads to build communications capabilities and advance opportunities that impact business and company goals.+ Provide counsel and strategic communications support to priority regional and country commercial leaders.+ Travel up to 50%.**What you will need:**+ Bachelor's degree required+ 4+ years of work experience+ 2+ years experience in related field preferred+ Marketing experience preferred+ French language proficiency preferredHealth benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.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.