Internal Communications Manager

Role summary:

As a Manager of Internal Communications at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Budapest, you’ll contribute to crafting and delivering impactful stories that connect colleagues and candidates to our Mission of making the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You will serve as the strategic communications partner to site leadership, ensuring alignment between global narratives and local site priorities.

This role focuses on stakeholder management, change communication, and leadership advisory, while developing the communication capability of the Budapest site. The role combines strategic advisory with close oversight of execution to ensure consistent delivery.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues on company-wide initiatives, guide creative storytelling efforts, and support employee engagement through various channels including town halls, digital platforms, and leadership communications. You’ll serve as a key partner in change management initiatives and organizational transformations, ensuring clear and effective message distribution throughout the organization.

Strategic Advisory & Stakeholder Management

• Act as trusted communications partner to site leadership via ensuring cadences to understand business priorities
• Advise on communication approach for key site priorities and change initiatives
• Develop site messaging with global narrative and priorities

Change & Transformation Communication

• Support site-level transformation and change initiatives through structured communication planning and delivery
• Ensure clarity, consistency, and sequencing of key messages
• Enable leaders to communicate effectively

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the Budapest Communications team (Specialist and Coordinator) ensuring effective coordination between strategic priorities and day-to-day execution
• Set clear priorities, structure and ensure alignment with site and global communication objectives
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing environment

Measurement & Communication Effectiveness

• Define and track key communication metrics for site initiatives
• Analyze communication impact and provide insights to site and Communications leadership
• Use AI and data to continuously improve communication strategies and execution

Budget & Resource Management

• Own and manage site communications budget, ensuring effective allocation aligned with site priorities
• Partner with stakeholders to plan communication investments for key initiatives and events
• Ensure cost-effective use of resources while maintaining communication quality

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Global Communications and SSC Communications teams as well as stakeholders on site
• Connect site initiatives with broader business and SSC communication priorities
• Share best practices across sites

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree (communication, marketing, PR, media) plus 6 years of experience in corporate communications
• Preferred Fields of Study: Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or related field
• Exceptional learning agility to keep up with changing business requirements, trends and ability to transfer these to the team
• Proven track record of successfully managing communications activities in a complex, dynamic and evolving environment
• Excellent stakeholder management skills at all levels of the organization
• Proven people leadership experience in a multinational environment
• Experience in internal communication channels, content development, and communication technologies
• Ability to quickly grasp complex subject matter and translate it into messaging that is easily understood by employees at all levels
• Ability to manage several programs/projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter, detail-oriented, proactive, able to work independently as well as in teams
• Commitment to company values: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.