Communications Lead

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

We are recruiting a Communications Lead to join our diverse team in Citywest, Dublin. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading all internal and external communications in the Commercial Affiliate. This role involves advising and influencing the management team on the reputation implications of business decisions. Alongside the General Manager, the Communications Lead also acts as a spokesperson for our company and builds trustful relationships with key stakeholders. This role will attend AMT Meetings, as needed, to advise and counsel from time to time.  This role is a permanent position and will report into the commercial affiliates General Manager and work closely with them.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute annual strategic communication plan to build and advance AbbVie’s corporate reputation in Ireland with a focus on local communities, shape local healthcare environment and advance understanding of priority disease areas
• Establish and deliver on media engagement plans for General Manager and Affiliate Management Team, including working closely with media as the primary point of contact and responding to media inquiries to build an understanding of company and business priorities
• Prepare (but not limited to) press releases, briefing documents, videos, executive presentations, speeches, letters of influence, position papers, and social media communications
• Responsible to manage Media Crisis connected with Affiliate and support All Ireland Crisis Media Management, if required
• Develop, together with the Brand Teams, communication strategies and tactics aimed at achieving commercial goals (Activation Campaigns, Awareness Campaigns, etc)
• Ensure that Social Media channels build AbbVie reputation, including engagement of AMT members, through posting and supporting social media.
• Scan the communications environment and gathers stakeholder perspectives to inform strategic planning, goals and key business decisions for the Affiliate
• Brief and prepare internal stakeholders for external media events
• Responsible for preparing and distributing all internal communications

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 AbbVie’s 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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