Senior Communications Manager – Personal Health

Senior Communications Manager – Personal Health at Philips

Senior Communications Manager – Personal Health

We're on the search for a senior communication expert with a passion for business strategy communications, leadership communications and employee engagement.

The Business Communications function is responsible for effectively protecting & enhancing the company's reputation and brand through Business-specific communications, which includes corporate communications, crisis communications, PR, executive positioning, CSR, and public affairs across all relevant stakeholder audiences. As the Senior Communications Manager leading communications for Grooming & Beauty Personal Health Business Unit & Western Europe Region, you will be a trusted advisor and business partner to senior executives and their Leadership Team.

You will report to the Head of Business Communications, Personal Health, and you'll be part of Philips’ Communications & Brand team. The role is based in Amsterdam.

Top jobs to be done: From upstream strategy to day-to-day storytelling

• Develop and implement the internal & external communications plan for Grooming & Beauty Business Unit & Western Europe Region leaders, including support for internal engagements (internal social media, town halls, Region visits, etc.), customer and key opinion leader engagements and external thought leadership (speaking engagements, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Develop and deploy a long-term global employee engagement program, working closely with the Business Unit Leader, people leaders, HR, Business Excellence and other involved functions to drive engagement & culture.
• Lead proactive, upstream public relations for product and innovation launches, including media relations & influencer strategy, PR toolkits, etc.
• Lead cross-Business initiatives across the Personal Health Business.
• Guide and mentor junior members of the team

Your superpowers: What would make you effective in this role

This is a high-impact, high-trust role, one where caring diplomacy, strong judgement and consistency are highly valued. You’ll navigate fast-changing environments, steer sensitive conversations, drive momentum and excitement around amazing new launches and bring focus to moments that matter most.

• You possess 8-10 years of experience in internal & external comms (agency experience also highly desired)
• Ability to cut through complexity with business acumen
• Savvy at crafting messages that inspire action through timing, tone, and truth
• Experience in aligning diverse and sometimes contrasting voices without losing momentum
• Agility to deliver high-quality work fast, especially when the stakes are high and priorities are shifting
• Strong understanding of how comms drives alignment, performance and culture
• Operates as a calm, credible voice in high-stakes or ambiguous situations
• Knows how to balance speed and thoughtfulness — and what excellent looks like when it counts
• Can move easily shift between big-picture vision and operational detail at the same time

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

Over 125 years ago, Frederik and Gerard Philips started a small light bulb company in Eindhoven. Little did they realize that it would become a global force of innovation, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide. But it did.

Today, Philips is a world leading health technology company with a vision to make life better for people worldwide through meaningful innovation. Making good on this promise depends on our passionate, inspirational, collaborative and diverse team.

We have over 80,000+ brilliant people around the world but are always looking for more. Like-minded, motivated, focused minds to join us in creating a healthier, more connected society while transforming themselves personally and professionally.

Working at Philips is more than a job. It's an experience filled with unexpected moments that will transform you in lasting and positive ways. Help us improve the world for the better while building a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.