Senior Manager Internal Communications (all genders)

Responsibilities:

1. Content Creation and Transformation Communications

• Translate strategic and organizational topics into clear and transparent narratives
• Break down strategy and change goals into tangible, employee-relevant messages
• Create actionable communication materials to enable leadership cascades
• Draft clear and emphatic employee info materials / Q&A on ongoing org changes
• Elaborate meaningful townhall content in alignment with management
• Provide slides/draft speaking notes to management and participating senior leaders
• Advise senior stakeholders on tone, wording and narrative framing
• Establish an organized process and standard for identifying and communicating relevant internal news
• Foster regular contact with international sites to ensure global internal communication cohesion
• Identify story opportunities and shape internal storytelling around science, success stories, people

2. Internal Communications Operations

• Coordinate internal content distribution timelines and logistics
• Maintain and steer the Internal Communications editorial calendar
• Coordinate townhall logistics, site communications and internal events
• Coordinate senior leadership participation and contribution to townhalls
• Coordinate timely approvals, and deliverables for townhalls and internal events

3. Cross Functional Alignment

• Act as primary contact for HR/Transformation regarding internal communication
• Establish strong collaboration and alignment with HR/Transformation
• Support communication materials for transformation initiatives and HR programs

4. Project and Campaign Execution

• Support HR/Transformation campaigns (e.g., culture, values, strategic priorities)
• Manage production workflows with design/video teams (internal or external)

5. Governance & Quality Control

• Ensure narrative, message, tone consistency across all internal channels
• Maintain templates, internal communication toolkits, and brand standards

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or a related field
• Several years of experience in a comparable position
• Excellent communicator and relationship-builder
• High degree of empathy, credibility and trustworthiness
• Strong interpersonal intelligence with employee-centric mindset
• Highly collaborative and solution-oriented
• Strong "internal service orientation" combined with strategic mindset
• High level of self-initiative, strong hands-on mentality
• Independent, self-organized, pro-active, high-output
• Highly resilient, calm under pressure

  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.