Job Title

Communications and Brand Manager

Job Description

Philips is a global leader in health technology committed to improving lives through meaningful innovation and advancing its vision of better care for more people. Communications and brand play a critical role in strengthening Philips’ reputation, building stakeholder trust, and advancing our leadership in healthcare innovation.

Philips ANZ is seeking an energetic Communications and Brand Manager to join our Head Office in North Ryde. This pivotal position is dedicated to elevating Philips’ status as a leader in health technology while nurturing and safeguarding the brand's reputation across Australia and New Zealand.  As the Communications and Brand Manager, you will lead the strategic communications and brand initiatives across ANZ while also serving as the Communications and Brand Business Partner for the Imaging business across APAC. You will develop and execute integrated communications strategies that support business priorities, raise brand visibility, and position Philips as a trusted partner in healthcare and imaging innovation — applying commercial insight to translate complex healthcare technologies into clear, compelling narratives and providing strategic communications and brand guidance to senior leaders and cross‑functional teams.

Your Role

• Serve as strategic communications and brand advisor to ANZ leadership and Imaging business leader and teams across APAC. Provide strategic counsel on messaging, executive visibility, and reputation management.
• Develop and execute internal and external communications and brand strategies supporting business priorities and license to operate.
• Drive strategic storytelling and thought leadership, positioning Philips and its leaders as trusted voices in the healthcare industry and imaging innovation in ANZ and across APAC.
• Manage media relations and external engagement with key healthcare, technology, and business media.
• Support issues and crisis communications, including monitoring emerging risks and advising leadership on response and messaging.
• Lead communications for key business milestones, including product launches, partnerships, and industry initiatives.
• Partner with global, regional and country teams to ensure aligned messaging, brand consistency, and integrated communications and brand impact.
• Manage external agencies and communications partners to deliver high-quality programs.

You’re the Right Fit If

• You bring 10+ years of in-country and regional experience in communications, brand, or marketing communications ideally within healthcare, technology, or multinational organizations.
• Proven experience as a strategic communications advisor to senior leaders.
• Strong storytelling and content development skills across traditional and digital channels.
• Experience in integrated communications strategy, media relations, reputation management, and crisis communications.
• Understanding of the healthcare ecosystem and media landscape across ANZ and APAC would be ideal.
• A collaborative stakeholder manager comfortable working in a global, matrixed organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or a related field.

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. 

Philips is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and supporting an inclusive workforce that reflects the diverse communities we operate within. Your application will be fairly assessed, regardless of your race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.

We’re living this commitment through our Reconciliation Action Plan and employee-led resource groups, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Peoples, to apply.

Should you require assistance during your application process due to accessibility reasons, we will accommodate this upon request.