Site Communications Lead, Alzey Germany

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

**Company Overview**

Eli Lilly and Company is Global Pharmaceutical Company with operations throughout the world. Our goal is to unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are designing and building a Parenteral and Device Assembly/Packaging Facility in Alzey, Germany. This is an exciting opportunity to help build and operate a state-of-the-art manufacturing site from the ground up.

Our new Alzey facility will be one of Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing sites and will include next-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will result in safety and quality improvements, increased productivity, and variability reduction.

From molecule to market, Global Manufacturing plays an important role in every step along a product’s lifecycle.

We strive to ensure that all Lilly products are produced to the highest standards, in compliance with all applicable regulations, and are always available when needed. Over 14,000 employees at 21 sites in nine countries make innovative Lilly medicines.

**Overall Job Purpose**

This role will collaborate with global communications, affiliate communications, HR, and other site communicators to develop sitewide functional communications campaigns for internal and external audiences. The Site Communications Lead works to support setting business partners’ communications objectives and contributes to their success by developing and implementing integrated outcome-focused communications plans with measurable results. Focused on effective communications strategies, this role helps deepen communications acumen in business functions and works closely with leaders to provide communications counsel and guidance. This individual also develops guidelines and processes to ensure smooth day-to-day operation of the team and coordination with the affiliate.

Additionally, the role requires familiarity with public relations and community outreach to effectively engage with local stakeholders. The Site Communications Lead will adapt and evolve with the communication needs of the site and Lilly’s Manufacturing and Quality Network structure, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals and strategies.

**Responsibilities**
- Works with leadership team and HR partners on creating and identifying communications outcomes, and on setting communications objectives and strategy for the site, including Global Recruitment, Marketing and Branding.
- Makes tactical decisions on how to carry out the strategy including the creation of the yearly editorial plan, through the storytelling design to any relevant audiences, leveraging on multiple communication channels and coordinating external communication agencies and partners.
- Play an active/proactive role in the development of internal communication campaigns and site employee experience and engagement initiatives to meet site culture objectives and enable site startup.
- Act as key player and project manager for communication for any site events (celebration, recognition, business visits, leadership town hall hosted at the site, etc.)
- Design and implement the internal and external strategy for the site leader’s engagement and positioning in partnership with the affiliate external communications team.
- Periodically assess and review site branding for communication purposes.
- Works with team members to determine outcome-focused metrics and tracks progress in strategy implementation
- Weighs into and executes departmental procedures and guidelines, coordinating with business, leaders and staff at the network and sites.
- Works collaborative to leverage resources, training, best practices and replicates to execute strategic communications plans in Alzey.
- Oversees initial outreach and development of materials for community and academic relationships, ensuring effective collaboration and engagement with local educational institutions and community organizations.
- Foster partnerships with academic institutions to create opportunities for apprenticeships and internships, aligning with the company's strategic goals and workforce development needs.
- On site presence required

**Basic Qualification**
- Fluent in German and business level English
- 3-5 years of experience and bachelor's degree
- Exceptional writing, editing and oral communications skills with the ability to convey highly complex information in