Associate Director, Communications Business Partner - International (m/f/x)

Associate Director, Communications Business Partner - International (m/f/x)

Location: Hattersheim (Greater Frankfurt Area), Marburg, Glattbrugg (CH), Vienna (AT)

Fulltime / permanent

The Opportunity

We are strengthening our Communications Department and are looking for an experienced and strategic communicator to join us as Associate Director, Communications Business Partner International. In this pivotal role, you will lead communications across CSL's major European Markets (Italy, France, Spain, UK/Ireland) & Canada, as well as the DACH Cluster (Germany, Switzerland, Austria).

You will serve as the primary communications advisor to Cluster Heads, driving impactful external, internal, and leadership communications, while managing issues and crisis response in collaboration with global teams.

The Role

• Act as the strategic communications partner for CSL's cluster leadership teams, supporting annual planning, budgeting, and execution of communications initiatives.
• Develop and implement integrated communications strategies that support business priorities and enhance CSL Behring's reputation across key markets by driving country and pan-European media engagement.
• Build and maintain relationships with top-tier health journalists, media leads, advocacy groups, and key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence to deliver targeted external communications aligned with business goals.
• Partner with global teams to manage issues and crises across the clusters.
• Ensure alignment of cluster communications with CSL Behring and CSL Group brand messaging and positioning.
• Contribute content to CSL Group's owned multimedia channels (e.g., Vita newshub, CSL News, CSL NOW app), and track performance through analytics.
• Oversee third-party communications agencies, ensuring brand consistency and strategic alignment.
• Navigate a highly matrixed organization with influence and collaboration, championing best practices across teams.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field; Master's degree or MBA is a plus.
• 10+ years of experience in healthcare communications, including program and team leadership.
• 5+ years of media relations experience preferred.
• Proven success in global communications roles, ideally within pharma/biotech or regulated industries.
• Experience in applied science communications is highly desirable.
• Strong digital communications background (3+ years preferred).
• Fluent in German and English.
• Skilled at working in complex, matrixed environments and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

Reporting Relationship:

Role that this position reports to: Director, Communications Business Partner Behring International

Roles that report to this position: none

What we offer

• Our benefit plan offers our employees numerous choices including such options as life insurance and retirement plan
• Up to two additional leave days for your personal wellbeing.

Ready to make an impact?

We look forward to receiving your application. Please apply online and include your CV, certifications, and salary expectations.

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Our Benefits

We encourage you to make your well-being a priority. It's important and so are you. Learn more about how we care at CSL.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients' needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

We want CSL to reflect the world around us

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. Learn more Inclusion and Belonging | CSL.

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Client-provided location(s): Hattersheim am Main, Germany

Job ID: CSL_FGB-R-259875

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-11T23:31:33