Director Communications CMO and GCD

Position Summary

The Corporate Communications team is focused on both traditional and new ways to reach audiences internally and externally and shape the reputation of the Zoetis corporate brand by driving global awareness, influence, preference, and trust. The Corporate Affairs team contributes to a shared mission to advance and protect the Zoetis brand by understanding, influencing, and engaging all stakeholders - from colleagues and customers to our communities.

The Director, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Global Commercial Development (GCD) Communications will lead key executive Communications on behalf the Zoetis' CMO and serve as a strategic business partner to the GCD team to support data and regulatory milestones related to commercialized products across the portfolio.

This leader will serve as a trusted communications advisor tying together strategic communications that reinforce the innovation and efficacy of our portfolio for external and internal audiences including driving a core narrative, messaging, press materials and thought leadership platforms through speaking opportunities and other internal and external stakeholder content and programming. The Director of CMO and GCD Communications will be able to work seamlessly cross functionally, led by influence via influence, demonstrate and understanding of appropriate content for trade media and the ability to balance multiple priorities.

Responsibilities:

Develop and execute end-to-end executive communications plan for CMO for external and internal audiences, pull-through CMO voice as needed for customer communication, prepare for internal and external speaking engagements e.g., industry association meetings, Letter to the Editor, etc. Foster ongoing engagement across Zoetis medical team and identify opportunities to amplify initiatives and programs aligned to strategic priorities.

Strategic communications for GCD. Collaborate with GCD to develop comprehensive plans to support product milestones through public relations. Develop audience-based plans to amplify regulatory and data milestones with an enterprise viewpoint including press releases, Q&A, key messages and social content as appropriate, Contribute to GCD product campaigns to develop engaging materials and toolkits for local market use to advance or strategic priorities. Help manage and mitigate issues as needed.

Organizational Relationship

• Chief Medical Officer and CMO/Leadership Team

• Category Leads for GCD

• Leader and Colleague Communications Team

• Category Leads for Commercial Teams & Dublin-based CoE

• Corporate Communications

• Public Affairs

• Legal

• Regulatory

• Manager Commercial Comms (Dublin).

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in communications, journalism, English or related field

• Master's degree, MBA or certifications in areas of communications a plus

• Experience working in a global-matrix organization.

• Animal health, pharmaceutical, diagnostics or Petcare experience a plus

Technical Skills Requirements:

• 10-12 years of experience and demonstrated skills in developing, managing and delivering internal and external communication strategies and plans in a large, complex organization

• Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and develop strategic communication plans to support those goals and demonstrate the impact and contribution of plans with an enterprise point of view.

• Understanding of different regulatory environments and cultural considerations

• Able to work to tight deadlines, manage multiple projects at once, and maintain professionalism under pressure

• Ability to synthesize complex and technical information and convert it into clear and concise messages for colleagues and other stakeholders

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Ability to successfully counsel and work with senior executives and direct reports

• Ability to work effectively within and across functions and levels and build cross-disciplinary teams

• A drive for results and ability to achieve results through cross-functional teams, leveraging organization resources and exerting influence without direct authority

• Self-starter, able to work independently and prioritize to the most impactful projects

• Strong analytical, planning, attention to detail

• Strong B2B2C experience

• Freelance, vendor and agency relationship management experience.

Physical Requirements

Some travel <5%

Occasional after hours/weekend work.

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.