Job Description
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
Our goal at GBS is to build sustainable global capabilities to enable the enterprise and our business partners to deliver on their strategies. In this role, key responsibilities include:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy and plan that supports the GBS and Global Finance objectives and priorities and aligns with the corporate communications guidelines and standards.
- Effectively lead, coach, and develop a Global team of communications professionals who will deliver high-quality communications and change management solutions to the GBS functions and stakeholders.
- Ensure effective communications governance and the ability to act as a transformation hub partnering with stakeholders through change management activities
- Deliver a comprehensive Communications Playbook for consistent application across the GBS sites
- Partner with Senior GBS leadership and local GBS site contacts to ensure effective communication to enable the Global GBS People Strategy
- Manage the GBS and Global Finance communications channels, including intranet, newsletters, social media, webinars, townhall events, etc.
- Ensure that the GBS brand identity and reputation are well-established and maintained across the GBS sites and the external audiences.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the GBS leadership team, Global Finance leadership, the corporate communications team, the GBS site leads, and the GBS function heads.
- Measure and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the communications and change management activities and provide regular feedback and recommendations for improvement.
- Play a leading role in the preparation and execution of executive visits to the Sites.
- Lead shift of Communications support from service provider to strategic partner
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or similar Communication/Journalism/Business qualification.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience either within Lilly or external relevant experience.
Key Skills/Competencies:
- Self-motivated professional with strong team building relationship skills.
- High self-awareness and ability to operate effectively in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment
- Strong leadership skills with ability to achieve results through people, directly and indirectly
- strategy development, and decision-making skills
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, proficient across both written and oral communication.
- Demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of leadership in the organization and to network internally and externally establishing strong trust and rapport.
- Ability to recognise changing needs and prioritise activities to meet defined objectives and milestones, engaging with a sense of urgency.
- Ability to translate ambiguity and complexity into meaningful, actionable framework
- Innovative thinking and being a positive change agent, capable of problem solving and conflict resolution.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
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