Senior Communications BP Sustainability & Corporate Topics

Roche Open · verified Sep 10, 2026

Basel Full-time Senior Communications

Senior Communications role at Roche. Basel · full-time.

Role brief

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What you'll do

Advise selected senior leaders and shape communications plans for sustainability and other enterprise priorities
Build integrated strategies and core messages for internal and external audiences
Lead reputation-focused communications from planning through delivery with Group communications specialist teams
Set measurement approaches with digital communications partners to assess communication impact
Connect corporate and sustainability strategy with communications execution, aligning partners and spotting cross-business opportunities

What you bring

Bring at least ten years in strategic communications across corporate, sustainability, reporting, policy, internal, external, or media work
Hold a relevant university degree, preferably in journalism or strategic communications
Know corporate sustainability, ideally within healthcare, while managing detail across complex systems
Show executive presence, business judgment, consulting, leadership, and intercultural ability in a matrixed environment
Write at native level in English and communicate effectively in spoken English

Who this fits

This role suits a senior communications professional who can counsel executives, influence decisions, and collaborate across a multicultural matrix. You should be comfortable working at pace while balancing strategic perspective with detailed execution. The position is based in Basel, Switzerland.

From the employer

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

The Corporate Communications Business Partnering Team is part of the Group Communications (GC) Organisation. Driven by Roche's vision for a healthier future—innovating science and ensuring healthcare access today and for generations to come—this key position reports to the Head of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability Communications Business Partnering, managing strategic communications for high-priority enterprise topics like sustainability across the Roche Group.

As a Business Partner in the Corporate Communications Business Partnering Team, your primary responsibility is to act as an advisor to select senior leaders and develop impactful, effective communications strategies and plans that support reputation outcomes related to sustainability and other corporate topics. This involves securing buy-in for these strategies and overseeing their successful implementation.

The Opportunity

Develop integrated communications strategies and foundational messaging for designated business partners that elevate Roche's reputation among internal and external audiences.
Drive reputation outcomes in sustainability and corporate topics, overseeing the end-to-end process in partnership with GC Centers of Excellence (CoE) to build engaging content, tools, channels, and mechanisms.
Collaborate with the Digital Communications CoE to establish robust metrics and evaluation to measure communication effectiveness.
Act as a proactive and strategic counsel for the business, bringing a bigger picture perspective to prioritize, anticipate impacts, risks, and opportunities, while providing clear, insights-based recommendations.
Build strong, trusted relationships with partners and stakeholders, navigating diverse views and expectations under pressure to reach solid decisions and foster a culture of collaboration.
Serve as a bridge between the Group's Corporate and Sustainability Strategy and GC strategy—briefing CoEs on business rationale, defining tangible outcomes, and ensuring quality execution.
Identify synergies with other Communications Business Partners, ensuring alignment within the Corporate Strategy, Sustainability, and Sites organisation, and seeking strategic partnership opportunities across boundaries (such as disease areas, Pharma & Diagnostics).

Who You Are

A well-rounded communications expert with 10+ years of experience in strategic communication roles across various disciplines (such as corporate communications, sustainability comms, reporting, policy, internal, external, media relations) and a relevant University degree (journalism and/or strategic communications preferred).
Possess knowledge of corporate sustainability topics, ideally in the healthcare industry, with a systems-thinking mindset to see the bigger picture and manage details across complex organisations.
Demonstrate strong executive presence, business acumen, consulting, leadership, and intercultural skills to influence leaders, coach on communication delivery, and thrive in a matrixed, multicultural environment.
Experienced in driving strategic communications in a fast-paced setting with strong leadership capabilities and a collaborative approach.
Native-level English writing and strong verbal communication skills are required; knowledge of additional languages is an advantage.

Ready for the next step? We look forward to hearing from you. Apply now to discover this exciting opportunity!

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.