Senior Communications Manager – Oral Healthcare / Sonicare
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Senior Communications role at Philips. Amsterdam · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Lead proactive PR, media outreach, influencer work and discoverability for product and innovation launches
- Build the Oral Healthcare/Sonicare communications plan across employee, executive, customer and external audiences
- Create a global employee engagement program with business, people and excellence teams
- Advise senior executives and their Leadership Team through thought leadership, sensitive issues and key engagements
- Coordinate communications initiatives spanning the Personal Health Business
What you bring
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in communication, marketing or a comparable discipline
- Eight to ten years across PR, media relations, influencer and social strategy
- Strong media relations and worldwide crisis communications experience
- Experience taking products from idea through launch and directing large regional PR teams globally
- Fluent written and spoken English, with strong AI capability in a complex digital media setting
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior communications professional who can advise executives, handle sensitive situations calmly and turn complex business issues into clear messages. The role is based in Amsterdam and requires office-based teams to work in person at least three days each week. You’ll work mainly on external communications, with a smaller internal and executive focus.
From the employer
Job Title
Senior Communications Manager – Oral Healthcare/SonicareJob Description
We're on the search for a senior communication expert with a passion for business strategy communications, PR and influencer strategy, leadership communications and employee engagement.
The Business Communications function is responsible for effectively protecting & enhancing the company's reputation and brand through Business-specific communications, which includes corporate communications, crisis communications, PR/media relations, influencer and social strategy, executive positioning, CSR, and public affairs across all relevant stakeholder audiences. As the Senior Communications Manager leading communications for Oral Healthcare/Sonicare Business Unit, you will be a trusted advisor and business partner to senior executives and their Leadership Team.
You will report to the Head of Business Communications Personal Health, and you'll be part of Philips’ Communications & Brand team.
Top jobs to be done: From upstream strategy to day-to-day storytelling
(80% External) Develop and lead proactive, upstream public relations, influencer and discoverability efforts for product and innovation launches, including media relations & influencer strategy, PR toolkits, etc. Strong media relations experience and global crisis comms experience required.
(20% Internal/Executive) Develop and implement the internal & external communications plan for Oral Healthcare/Sonicare, including support for internal engagements (internal social media, town halls, Region visits, etc.), customer and key opinion leader engagements and external thought leadership (speaking engagements, LinkedIn, etc.).
Develop and deploy a long-term global employee engagement program, working closely with the Business Unit Leader, people leaders, People function, Business Excellence and other involved functions to drive engagement & culture.
Lead cross-Business initiatives across the Personal Health Business.
Your superpowers: What would make you effective in this role
This is a high-impact, high-trust role, one where caring diplomacy, strong judgement, calm stakeholder management and consistency are highly valued. You’ll navigate fast-changing environments, steer sensitive conversations, drive momentum and excitement around amazing new launches and bring focus to moments that matter most.
Bachelors or Master’s degree in Communication, Marketing or similar
You possess 8-10 years of experience in PR, media relations, influencer & social strategy (agency experience or global corporate CPG also highly desired)
End-to-end experience of bringing a product from conception to market and managing larger regional PR teams globally to deliver cohesive PR campaigns
Ability to cut through complexity with business acumen
Savvy at crafting messages that inspire action through timing, tone, and truth
Experience in aligning diverse and sometimes contrasting voices without losing momentum
Agility to deliver high-quality work fast, especially when the stakes are high and priorities are shifting
Complete comfort in and affinity with today’s fast-moving, complex (digital) media environment, with strong AI skills.
Strong understanding of how comms drives alignment, performance and culture
Operates as a calm, credible voice in high-stakes or ambiguous situations
Knows how to balance speed and thoughtfulness — and what excellent looks like when it counts
Can move easily shift between big-picture vision and operational detail at the same time
Fluency in English written and spoken
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
This position is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Compensation and Benefits
Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is EUR 78.187,00 - EUR 130.312,00. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations.
This role is eligible for 3% short term incentive with your rewards linked to both individual performance and company results. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision. Benefits include hybrid working, paid time-off, health and wellbeing benefits, learning and development opportunities.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
• Learn more about our business.
• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose.
If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.
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