Executive Communications Manager (m/f/d)
Intuitive · Freiburg im Breisgau, BW, Germany
It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.
We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.
The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.
If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.
Primary Function of Position:
Intuitive is passionate about creating a workplace where employees are informed, engaged, and inspired to have a positive impact on each other, our company, and the patients treated with our innovative product portfolio.
We are seeking an experienced communications professional to lead the development and execution of internal and external executive communications initiatives for the Europe region. This role will serve as a trusted communications partner to senior European leadership, shaping and delivering impactful executive narratives across internal and external audiences.
This position requires a unique blend of strategic leadership and hands‑on execution, working closely with a highly collaborative, matrixed international communications team, and reporting into the Director European Marketing Operations & Communication with a dotted line to the Director, Corporate Communication.
The ideal candidate brings excellent judgment, exceptional writing and presentation skills, a strong bias toward action, and the ability to navigate complexity across countries, cultures, and time zones.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute executive communication strategies that support key business priorities and leadership initiatives across Europe.
- Partner with senior executives to create impactful communications, including presentations, speeches, leadership messages, and strategic narratives.
- Adapt global messaging for European audiences, ensuring relevance across diverse cultural, business, and regulatory environments.
- Lead executive communication projects from concept to delivery, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced international environment.
- Support key leadership meetings, executive events, and the European Annual Commercial Meeting (ACM), including speaker preparation and messaging alignment.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Communications, Public Affairs, and business teams to deliver consistent, strategic messaging.
- Support leadership meetings, executive forums, and strategic events through messaging development, speaker preparation, and communication planning.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and act as a trusted communications advisor to senior leadership.
- Measure communication effectiveness and leverage insights and analytics to continuously optimize engagement, alignment, and impact.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
- University degree in Business Administration, Communications, or a related field, combined with significant experience (6+ years) in executive, corporate, internal, or strategic communications within a global, matrixed organization.
- Proven experience in executive, corporate, internal, or strategic communications within a global organization.
- Experience advising senior leaders and working across European markets and cultures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into compelling messages and presentations.
- Excellent stakeholder management, project management, and organizational skills.
- Strategic, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in AI tools and digital communication platforms.
- Healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industry experience is a plus.
- Fluent in English; additional European languages are an advantage.
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Haftungsausschluss für US-Exportkontrollen: In Übereinstimmung mit den U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)) können einige Positionen bei Intuitive Surgical US-Exportkontrollen für potenzielle Mitarbeitende unterliegen, die Staatsangehörige von Ländern sind, die derzeit einen Embargo- oder Sanktionsstatus haben.
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