Patient Relations Communications Manager Senior Communicatieadviseur

Do you want to take on a challenging role at AbbVie As a Patient Relations & Health Communications Manager you will develop campaigns that contribute to improving care for patients with immunological conditions. You will be responsible for leading projects working extensively in crossfunctional teams and maintaining frequent contact with external stakeholders. Does this sound like your new job Read on and apply at AbbVie for the position of Patient Relations & Health Communications Manager.

Your Role at AbbVie You are the communication expert who understands how to uncover the unique needs and challenges of people with (chronic) illnesses. You create relevant (online) campaigns for various target groups. You monitor the patient and media environment and proactively share insights with your teams. You are also the first point of contact for the patient association within your indications.

As a Patient Relations & Health Communications Manager at AbbVie Netherlands you will work in our Public Affairs & Communications team. The team consists of four communication professionals a coordinator and a manager including yourself.

What Will You Do

• Create campaigns around immunological conditions aimed at improving treatment and optimizing patient care.
• Bring the patient perspective into our crossfunctional teams and ensure that communication aligns with their needs and AbbVies goals.
• Position AbbVie as a partner in innovative care solutions focused on what matters most to the patient.
• Maintain contact with external stakeholders such as patient associations trade media and healthcare organizations. You are also responsible for internal communication for your projects and indications.
• Be part of the international network of PR colleagues where you share best practices and work on joint projects.
• Advise encourage and train crossfunctional teams to use the campaigns you develop in their interactions.

Qualifications :

What Do You Bring The Patient Relations & Health Communications Manager (Senior Communications Advisor) plays an important role within AbbVie. Are you a senior communication expert do you enjoy stakeholder management and do you have demonstrable affinity with the healthcare environment Then read on to see what else we expect:

• You have at least a bachelors or masters degree and at least 5 years of work experience preferably in (digital) marketing communication stakeholder management or public relations.
• You have previous experience with patient associations or nonprofit organizations.
• You understand the needs and problems of patients and can share and use these insights appropriately to set up communication campaigns.
• You can work well in a team and have a good knowledge of organizational social and political developments.
• You have experience in digital (marketing) communication can manage multiple projects simultaneously and know how to manage external agencies. You are familiar with the ins and outs of relevant (online) communication channels.
• You have excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and can express yourself well in English.
• You can balance strategic and operational work well. You can easily handle all the information that comes your way and switch between different tasks effortlessly.
• You live AbbVie values and act in accordance with our ethics obligations and the law.

Additional Information :

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected group status.

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