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Internal Communications Manager

GSK
UK – London – New Oxford StreetPosted 25 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
Full time

About the role

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centered on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. Internal Communications plays a key role in engaging our people to achieve the opportunity we have ahead of us – building confidence in our future, inspiring employees in the value GSK delivers to patients and shareholders and bringing clarity so we can focus on what matters. This role is part of a team of three in Communication and Government Affairs (CGA) accountable for business partnering Global Finance, Legal & Compliance, Procurement, WREF and CGA. The team delivers expert communications advice, planning and execution, as well as personal communications advice and coaching for senior leaders. This role reports to the Head of Communications, Global Finance, Legal & Compliance. It’s a great opportunity for an experienced communications manager – operationally effective, proactive, articulate and practical - to deepen their business understanding and take accountability for impactful communications plans.

Purpose

  • Deliver comms plans for Finance, Legal and Compliance, Procurement, WREF and CGA that align to GSK’s priorities, including critical change, function to function and function to company initiatives
  • Lead deployment of company initiatives across the functions, with guidance and context to leaders
  • Deliver event planning and the smooth running of town halls, capability sessions and segmented Teams events

In this role you will

This is a role at the heart of delivering communications plans for a broad range of important GSK functions. The role holder will develop and deliver communications plans for operational, change and issues-based topics. The role will partner with expert CGA colleagues when needed. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Creating comms plans that are engaging, creative and impactful
  • Delivering organisational change comms plans to support senior leaders as necessary
  • Ensuring that global comms on company-wide topics (e.g. survey) are amplified appropriately within functions.
  • Helping to deliver support for live events such as Town Halls etc.
  • Supporting comms on company initiatives owned by the function, collaborating with CGA colleagues
  • Guiding functional teams on appropriate communications, including minimising ‘noise’ across the company
  • Supporting the Head of Communications, Global Finance, Legal & Compliance and the Director of Communications for Global Functions
  • Deputising for the Director of Communications for Global Functions at within Procurement and Wref when needed including by providing advice and comms support
  • Leading delivery of some functional initiatives or events in coordination with the Head of Communications, Global Finance, Legal & Compliance and the Director of Communications for Global Functions

Attributes

We are looking for an experienced communications professional with:

  • Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
  • The ability to assess and prioritise business needs with support from different stakeholders, based on their business impact and a clear understanding of the role of CGA
  • Learning agility and strong verbal and written comms capability
  • The ability to manage stakeholders – including by saying no when appropriate
  • The ability to use judgment in all situations, particularly when handling sensitive or confidential information
  • Experience of developing and delivering function to function and function to GSK communication plans

Basic Qualifications

: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • Significant internal engagement experience within the Communications function
  • Experience in a highly matrixed, international organisation

Preferred Skills : If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

  • Communications experience in the pharma industry
  • Event management / delivery
  • Experience of using AI / digital tools in the communications setting

Closing Date for Applications: Thursday 10th September 2026 (COB)

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.  When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. During the course of your application, you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process.  If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements, please contact 0808 234 4391. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process. #LI-GSK #LI-Hybrid

Skills

Content Development, Corporate Copywriting, Crisis Communication Management, Cultural Change Management, Data Analytics, Digital Fluency, Employee Advocacy, Employee Engagement, Market Shaping, Reputation Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Storytelling, Strategic Planning

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are. Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at UKRecruitment.Adjustments@gsk.com where you can also request a call. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the Link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive

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