Corporate Affairs Manager, South East Asia, Hong

Reporting to Senior Director of Corporate Affairs Japan & Asia Pacific (in region) and South East Asia, Hong Kong and India (SEA), this role is responsible for working closely with cross-functional brand teams and other key stakeholders across the region to support the building of a corporate presence internally and externally.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Build and enhance the reputation of Amgen in South East Asia through strategic relationships with key external stakeholders, including key media contacts and KOLS
- Develop and execute high-impact, integrated (traditional, digital and social) communications strategy to support therapeutic areas, brand and business enterprise initiatives
- Drive disease state educational campaigns to heighten therapeutic-area knowledge understand and awareness among patient groups and the general public
- Support affiliate leadership on messaging development and communications tactics for staff engagement and culture building initiatives such as townhalls, annual Kick-Off meeting
- Enhance external reputation around key themes relating to global Environment, Social and Governance strategy and Diversity Inclusion and Belonging related efforts.
- Work cross-functionally with teams in affiliates across SEA on a wide range of day-to-day communications needs to support corporate and commercial activities
- Support key executives as company spokespeople at external presentations, media interviews and manage potential issues / crisis.

**Accountabilities of the role**:

- Ensure all internal and external communications materials developed meet local and global governance, code of conduct and follow relevant approval process
- Manage foundational PR assets including media lists, coverage and ongoing reports, etc.
- Foster good relations with media contacts, pitching and securing media opportunities, and measuring impact of media activities
- Manage affiliate internal (Viva Engage, MSTeams etc) and external (website, social media) communications channels with respect to editorial and compliance requirements
- Manage contracted third party vendors to deliver against objectives, budget and strict adherence to compliance/approval requirements.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor degree in public relations, communications or journalism or the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Preferably of eight years of Public Relations / Corporate Communications related experience, ideally gained in biotechnology, pharmaceutical or healthcare product public relations including agency and/or corporate
- Excellent media relationships and contacts in SEA and the region
- Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal skills
- Experience of working in a cross functional group within a complex matrix environment, including developing close working relationships with international colleagues
- Ideally experienced in issue and crisis management

**Competencies**
- Proactive enthusiastic self starter with high energy and motivation as well as serious commitment to hard work and excellence
- Showcase comfort and flexibility pivoting based on new information, as well as issues management
- Work collaboratively with colleagues within Corporate Affairs including Advocacy and other functions such as Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, VAP, Government Affairs, Commercial and Human Resources.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and work independently, with excellent organizational and management skills, planning, prioritization, meeting management and plan execution
- Excellent analytical skills, science based with strong learning ability, balanced with commercial awareness and ability to use communication to achieve commercial objectives
- Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative team player with good cross-cultural adaptability, self awareness, emotionally intelligence with ambition to grow and learn
- Serves as a role model for Amgen Values and resource to others in promoting open, honest and cooperative relationship