Director, Strategic Communications, Varian Business Area

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. Creates and implements Marcom and brand related guidelines, media plans, campaigns or programs. Siemens Healthineers is seeking a strategic, high-impact communicator to join our Varian business area and partner closely with Strategy leadership to shape and amplify our external narrative and positioning in cancer care. This role sits at the intersection of storytelling, executive influence, and business strategy, shaping how we are understood by patients, customers, policymakers, and the broader oncology community. As part of Varian Marketing & Communications, you will play a central role in protecting and advancing our leadership narrative in cancer care in alignment with business priorities, in support of our mission of a world without fear of cancer. This role serves as the primary communications partner to Varian Strategy, Healthcare Access, and Clinical Integration, translating business priorities into clear external narrative, executive positioning, and market-facing storytelling. You will translate narrative into action, ensuring our story is consistently and credibly represented across media, executive platforms, and key stakeholder engagements. This includes shaping how our impact is understood across key clinical areas where we are driving meaningful progress today and translating that impact into clear, compelling stories that resonate across audiences. Working in close alignment with Strategy leadership, this includes advancing awareness of radiation therapy, interventional oncology, and theranostics as critical components of modern cancer care. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring a communicator who can operate with autonomy, while working in close alignment with Strategy leadership, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver end-to-end work from narrative development through execution in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment. Responsibilities Strategic thought leadership partnership: Partner closely with the Head of Strategy (FF) to translate strategic priorities into compelling executive narratives, points of view, and external moments Reputation alignment: Ensure strategic narratives are consistently reflected across reputation management efforts, supporting readiness across key opportunities and risks Narrative activation and external positioning: Translate and activate the cancer care narrative in external contexts, ensuring consistency with broader strategic direction Media engagement: Partner with Siemens Healthineers Corporate Media Relations to identify, shape, and amplify therapy-specific stories, prioritizing areas of strategic focus Executive positioning and visibility: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including but not limited to strategic marketing, corporate communications, and legal to develop externally focused messaging and positioning, grounded in agreed strategic narratives, while building executive presence across platforms including LinkedIn and supporting high-impact engagements Executive positioning and coaching: Provide targeted 1:1 support to Varian Strategy leadership, developing clear, consistent external messaging and strengthening executive presence across key platforms and engagements Category and clinical narrative support: Strengthen external storytelling that advances priority clinical areas, aligned with broader narrative and strategic focus, while deepening engagement with industry, policy, and advocacy stakeholders Integrated narrative amplification: Leverage emerging channels including podcasts, influencers, and digital platforms to expand reach and engage priority audiences, in service of amplifying strategic initiatives Content development and execution: Create high-quality content independently, including executive materials, presentations, articles, and digital content, supporting key strategic initiatives, delivering work end-to-end without reliance on agency support Data-driven communications: Apply insights, measurement, and AI-enabled tools to inform strategy, optimize performance, and enable always-on reputation management Additional communications priorities: Support and contribute to high-impact communications initiatives as needed, aligned with business and strategic priorities Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or related field 10+ years of experience in communications, including public relations, media relations, and executive communications in a corporate or agency environment Experience in MedTech, healthcare, or a similarly regulated industry, with strong understanding of compliance considerations Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to adapt voice across executives and audiences Exceptional ability to develop executive-ready materials, including presentations that simplify complex topics and drive clarity, alignment, and action Proven ability to operate independently and drive work end-to-end, from strategy through execution Strong executive presence and ability to advise senior stakeholders Experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments with competing priorities Demonstrated success navigating complex, matrixed organizations and building strong cross-functional relationships, and influencing without authority Experience using digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance communications, insights, and content development Job specific requirements This is a hybrid role based in Palo Alto, requiring weekly in-office presence 10–20% travel (domestic and international) Who we are : We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways. How we work: When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here . 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