Manager Communications
Address: 108 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05145-01108-2
Job ID 1525533BR
Job Summary:
In support of the Company’s digital health innovation initiatives as well as Healthcare Services and Clinical Office business units’ programs and leaders, this position develops and executes internal and external communications, including Public Relations strategies, reactive media relations and proactive media relations that generate positive earned media coverage. Supports key healthcare services announcements including strategic partnerships with Health Systems, new digital health offerings, and other company news positioning Walgreens as a neighborhood healthcare destination. Also focuses on positioning Walgreens experts as thought leaders featuring Walgreens Center for Health & Wellbeing Research. This job also includes media monitoring, researching interview topics as well as information needed to respond to media inquiries, developing press releases, messaging and Q&A documents, and managing media assets.
Job Responsibilities
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
In support of the Company’s digital health innovation initiatives as well as Healthcare Services and Clinical Office business units’ programs and leaders, this position develops and executes internal and external communications, including Public Relations strategies, reactive media relations and proactive media relations that generate positive earned media coverage. Supports key healthcare services announcements including strategic partnerships with Health Systems, new digital health offerings, and other company news positioning Walgreens as a neighborhood healthcare destination. Also focuses on positioning Walgreens experts as thought leaders featuring Walgreens Center for Health & Wellbeing Research. This job also includes media monitoring, researching interview topics as well as information needed to respond to media inquiries, developing press releases, messaging and Q&A documents, and managing media assets.
Job Responsibilities
- Provides strategic communications counsel to business unit leaders regarding initiatives that drive performance in the division and its critical functions.
- Supports the development and implementation of an annual communications strategy and plan for the business unit that is integrated with and supports key activities of the business unit leaders and their objectives.
- Develops and implements communications strategies on key business unit initiatives, including outlining objectives and strategies, creating appropriate messaging, managing timelines and project deadlines and managing client contributions and expectations.
- Coordinates with Corporate Communications and other key stakeholders to ensure communications planning, execution and messaging is integrated and linked with company positions and corporate goals. Work with Integrated Strategy and Planning Communications and Events team to identify, design and create materials and meetings/events that will deliver corporate and business unit messages to key audiences.
- Acts as a representative for Communications & Events team to effectively communicate company positions, corporate goals and objectives to the business unit, as well as key business unit initiatives and objectives back to Communications & Events team.
- Masters relevant industry and business unit information.
- May be responsible for translating tactical communications into Spanish language suitable for Puerto Rico media.
- May be responsible for delivering accurate translation of external communications from standard English to Spanish language suitable for Puerto Rico media
- At times advises and supports major project teams with communications or materials delivered in Spanish, including messages, QA, press releases, social media posts, etc.
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience developing, executing and integrating communications plans OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 5 years of experience developing, executing and integrating communications plans.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
- Experience providing counsel, influence and challenge to the thinking of business leaders.
- Experience writing and editing in AP style.
- Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
- Experience leading and completing multiple projects on deadline.
- At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications and/or English.
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience developing, executing and integrating communications plans
- Experience in the healthcare industry
- Experience in the indirect management of team members, including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other members of a team.
Salary Range$102800 - $164400 / Salaried
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