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Senior Manager, Scientific Communications

City: Slough

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Reckitt is seeking a Senior Manager Scientific Communications who will rovide strategic leadership for scientific communications across Medical Science, ensuring the effective translation of scientific evidence into clear, credible, and impactful communications that strengthen scientific credibility, support evidence dissemination, and enable informed decision-making. The role acts as the accountable scientific communications lead, driving excellence, compliance, and innovation in how medical and scientific information is communicated to internal and external stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

Develop and deliver scientific communications strategies that support Medical Science priorities, evidence-generation plans, and business objectives. Provide expert guidance on the communication of scientific evidence and ensure the effective translation of complex science into clear, credible and impactful scientific narratives.
Lead the development and oversight of high-quality scientific communication materials, including publicaitons, across a range of internal and external audiences. Ensure all content accurately reflects the scientific evidence base, maintains scientific integrity, and meets agreed quality and compliance standards. Provide expertise in scientific writing, content development, and storytelling to maximise the impact and accessibility of scientific information.
Lead the planning and execution of scientific dissemination and publication strategies to maximise the visibility, reach and impact of scientific evidence. Ensure communication activities support awareness, education, and engagement objectives whilst strengthening the credibility and reputation of Medical Science.
Strengthen the scientific reputation and credibility of Reckitt through high-quality evidence communication and external scientific engagement.
Evaluate and adopt emerging communication approaches and best practices to continuously improve dissemination effectiveness.
Act as a trusted scientific communications partner across Medical Affairs, R&D, Regulatory, Commercial, Legal, Corporate Affairs and other relevant functions. Build strong partnerships and provide expert guidance on scientific messaging, evidence communication, and stakeholder engagement strategies to support informed decision-making and aligned delivery.
Maintain accountability for the quality, consistency, and compliance of scientific communication activities and outputs. Ensure all communications are developed and delivered in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, internal policies, governance processes, and industry standards. Drive continuous improvement in scientific communications processes, tools, and ways of working.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with external experts, professional organisations, academic institutions, and scientific partners.
Manage external partners and agencies to ensure delivery of high-quality scientific communications aligned to strategic objectives.
Support external scientific engagement activities and represent Medical Science communications capabilities where appropriate to strengthen organisational credibility and scientific reputation.
Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to colleagues and team members, building capability in scientific communications, medical writing, evidence translation, and stakeholder engagement. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement across the organisation.

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Healthcare Communications, or a related scientific discipline. Advanced qualification (e.g. MSc, PhD, PharmD, MD) preferred.

Significant experience within Medical Affairs, Scientific Communications, Medical Communications, Medical Writing, or a related healthcare environment.

Demonstrated experience developing and delivering scientific communication strategies within a highly regulated environment.

Proven ability to translate complex scientific and clinical evidence into clear, credible and impactful communications for diverse audiences.

Strong understanding of evidence generation, scientific publication practices, healthcare regulations, and compliance requirements.

Experience influencing senior stakeholders and working effectively within complex cross-functional and matrix organisations.

Track record of leading scientific communication projects, programmes, external partners, and/or matrix teams to successful outcomes.

Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate scientific information effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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