Communications Lead Asia-Pacific and Africa

The Communications Lead for Asia-Pacific and Africa (APACA) serve as communications counselor and provides leadership and support in the creation and delivery of communications strategies aligned to business objectives, helping to advance commercial priorities as well as culture and colleague engagement. This role will partner with various stakeholders across Zoetis to develop and execute a comprehensive communications strategy for the region.

This position is a member of the Corporate Affairs, team reporting to the Head Regional Communications Europe/Middle East and Asia-Pacific/Africa.

The role is accountable for communications strategies that drive business priorities and change in a fast growing and evolving business. This role leads communications alignment across countries in the region and supports strategic communications for the Regional President, APACA.

. Serve as a strategic communications advisor to the commercial leaders in the region

. Prepare leaders for external and internal speaking engagements including the development of talking points, briefing documents and PowerPoint presentations

. Support executive thought-leadership platforms aligned to strategic business priorities

. Cultivate and maintain relationships with business press, consumer media, key industry opinion leaders and external stakeholders and industry organizations

. Rollout and pull through internal communication, colleague engagement strategies and plans that engage, align, and inspire colleagues with Zoetis Vision, Mission and Core Beliefs in alignment with the Leadership and Colleague Communications team.

. Lead the preparation (agenda and content) and organization (logistics, with administrative support) for Town Halls, quarterly People Manager Meetings, Annual Meetings (POA), Central Customer and Media Events

. Coordinate communications for above brand initiatives

. Support product launches through PR and proactive storytelling

. Manage agencies and vendors as appropriate

. Ensure brand consistency at a local level by developing and executing messaging that is aligned to corporate Brand and strategic priorities

. Protect Zoetis reputation by anticipating and mitigating potential crises and issues

. In-directly foster and grow communications talent within countries as appropriate

. Serve as the point of contact for local Public Affairs