Responsibilities

• Partner with the Vision Americas leadership teams to understand business strategy, opportunities, and external risks, translating insights into effective communications and public affairs strategies
• Lead a regional communications team of four with responsibility for North America and Latin America (Americas)
• Drive the execution of commercial communications campaigns to help advance Vision’s leadership in contact lenses and surgical vision
• Drive demand for megabrands ACUVUE and TECNIS through integrated communications activities
• Devise and implement employee engagement strategies
• Lead communications for new product introductions and established portfolio
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including influencers, media, key opinion leaders and industry associations
• Monitor and assess the competitive, media and social / digital environment to ensure breakthrough communications strategy
• Develop strong cross‑functional partnerships across Vision Care and Surgical Vision, including Commercial, Sales, Professional Affairs and Regulatory
• Ensure close coordination with Vision global communications and enterprise teams to deliver aligned and consistent engagement

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive experience in public relations, communications, or related fields within consumer healthcare, medical technology or pharmaceuticals environments
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing PR and external engagement strategies in complex, regulated industries
• Consumer communications and PR experience to drive demand for brands
• Strong executive‑level communication, writing, and messaging skills
• Strong understanding of content strategy, platform and channel distribution including social, digital and e-commerce
• Proficiency in digital communication platforms and analytics tools
• Ability to develop relationships externally and internally
• High degree of integrity, discretion, and good judgment
• Up to 20% travel within the Americas region

Preferred

• Agility Jumps
• Brand Recognition
• Communications Measurement
• Competitive Landscape Analysis
• Corporate Management
• Cultural Competence
• Customer Experience Management
• Leadership
• Relationship Building
• Stakeholder Engagement