Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Are you an exceptional Communications professional looking for an exciting new opportunity to make a significant impact? Look no further! Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking a Sr. Director Communications to join our world-class team and lead our communications efforts to new heights.

As Sr. Director, you will play an important part of the global communications function to build an integrated communications strategy to support our Life Sciences Solutions business, a leader in the life sciences industry that is constantly innovating to help advance scientific breakthrough for our customers and patients. Reporting to the Vice President, Business Communications, you will be a trusted communications advisor to the business, serving as communications representative on the business leadership team, while collaborating with various business partners including finance, human resources, marketing and commercial, on business needs and opportunities.

• Partner with leadership to build continued awareness of Life Sciences Solutions and capabilities with customers, media, government officials, potential talent, and local communities.
• Develop a compelling narrative for the business to influence key audiences through impactful storylines and thought leadership platforms for key executives.
• Motivate and inspire our team through success stories and Mission based narratives.
• Create performance indicators and processes that help us measure communications impact, campaign success, and visibility and reinforce our culture of achievement and accountability.
• Deliver communications in efficient and effective ways by recommending enhanced approaches, technical capabilities and communications standards.
• Serve as a career development advocate for team members in the function and uses talent and capabilities to support both functional and business goals.
• Ability to travel as needed.

• Minimum 10-15+ years with varied experience in integrated communications - blend of public relations, social media, employee communications, government relations, change communications, issues management and marketing communications experience.
• Experience working across a matrixed organization and reaching diverse audiences is a plus.
• Variety of relevant business experience including being a quick study of a business, understanding the value-enablers, and relating to bottom-line impact, executive presence.

• Candidate will have strong understanding and curiosity about science and technology with a shown ability to craft messages focused on high level benefits for our customers.
• Proactively identify and manage potential communication issues or crises, providing strategic guidance to senior leadership and successfully implementing appropriate response plans.
• Ability to influence business partners and facilitate alignment between business and corporate objectives.
• Communicate clearly, concisely and efficiently in addition to strong writer, editor and storyteller and strong verbal communicator with excellent interpersonal and listening skills.
• Business knowledge and intellectual curiosity to learn about business strategies, competitive landscape and scientific technologies.
• Strength in hiring, mentoring & developing teams.
• Collaborative open style, problem solver with ability to complete plans and help connect the dots.
• Proficient in MS Office tools, especially PowerPoint. MS SharePoint content creation /experience a strong plus.
• Focused, detailed and organized and able to balance multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount