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R&D Workforce Engagement Specialist

Hyderabad, India
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Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.

Job title: R&D Workforce Engagement Manager

  • Location: Hyderabad

About the job

The R&D Workforce Engagement Specialist will be responsible for developing the core internal messaging in multiple formats and across multiple channels to contribute to the development of the internal R&D communication plans and strategies.  The expert will possess a sense of creativity and integrate the “one R&D” principle as part of the of the communication plan and content. 

The expert is a creative individual that is collaborative and inclusive while ensuring quality content, well-proofed for grammar, syntax, spelling and for facts. 

This position will be a key position within the Internal R&D Workforce Engagement team and play an important role in the strengthening the values, mindset, and culture of global R&D. 

Target audience:

The expert will provide content for both scientific and non-scientific audiences across Global R&D.  

Key responsibilities Include:

  • Create comprehensive workforce engagement plans with input from R&D departments to deliver news, information and awareness of key initiatives, projects and other updates.  

  • Conceive, create and/or co-create, content for use across all channels and platforms such as Buzz, Yammer, Newsletters, etc… providing a strong voice for the R&D organization that supports an inclusive, collaborative, dynamic, and above the line culture.  Content will include videos, story text, photos, and illustrations. 

  • Manage distribution and updating of the content all platforms 

  • Contribute to other internal touch points such as presentations, key messages, leadership emails, internal articles, website content, online video etc. 

  • Present and communicate creative material with clarity, effectively selling ideas to a variety of internal stakeholders 

  • Learn, understand and be actively connected all functions within the R&D organization, and other key functions. 

  • Write/re-write and edit content to improve readability or collaborate with others to perform this work. 

  • Proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax. 

About you 

  • Experience: Experience in Workforce Engagement, Communications and/or Marketing, preferably in the pharmaceutical field is desired. Project management skills/experience is desired.  

  • Experienced in Microsoft Office suite and Adobe Creative suite, in particular Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premiere Pro. Knowledge of other tools e.g.  Lumen 5 and CANVA is a plus.  

  • SharePoint Online and image editing skills required. 

  • Ability to work under tight timelines is required. 

  • Demonstrated ability to be flexible and open to constructive feedback on content or delivery is required. 

  • Comprehensive understanding of the various writing formats and needs of different audiences internal articles, media, website writing, mobile writing is strongly preferred. 

  • Strong sense of creativity – especially written flare and visual appeal is preferred. 

  • Ability to work independently and proactively solicit content from R&D functions and others as relevant is required. 

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent in Life Sciences, Business, Communication or a related field 

  • Languages: Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written in English. French and German are a plus. 

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