Senior Manager Corporate Communications (all genders)

Responsibilities:

1. Content Creation & Editorial Expertise

• Draft corporate press releases, media statements and press contributions
• Draft strategy messaging documents, leadership talking points and Q&A
• Translate Evotec’s strategy, science and financials into clear public language
• Coordinate the editorial plan for the strategic communications pipeline

2. Technical & Regulatory Coordination

• Coordinate the internal press release review and approval process
• Coordinate the press release distribution and technical publication process
• Coordinate with IR on required notifications to regulatory authorities
• Coordinate with Marketing on web and social media updates

3. Media Relations Operations

• Manage media requests and draft responses
• Handle journalist outreach and follow-ups
• Prepare interview briefings and backgrounders
• Monitor media activity and share relevant coverage with internal stakeholders

4. Governance & Qualiy Control

• Ensure consistent messaging across all communication assets
• Safeguard comms templates, corporate design and guidelines

5. Project & Campaign Execution

• Build strong internal network to facilitate and catalyze access to news flow
• Coordinate and collaborate with communication agencies
• Liaise with design and video agencies for visual and multimedia assets

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field
• Several years of experience in a comparable position
• Strong communicator and networker
• Self-starter, high level of self-initiative, strong hands-on mentality
• Independent, self-organized, pro-active, high‑output
• Highly resilient, calm under pressure
• Able to work closely with / challenge senior stakeholders
• Professional with PR / media / content background
• Exceptional writing skills (English + German)
• Experience with media work and ideally press office operations
• Strong project manager, organized, reliable
• Science background or high learning ability to navigate science context
• Comfortable translating science into accessible content

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.