Philips

Circular Marketing & Communications Director

In short

This Philips role leads marketing and communications for Circular Solutions across the Precision Diagnosis and IGT Systems business units, building unified circular value propositions and messaging across the equipment lifecycle (trade-in, take-back, refurbishment, reuse). The company is a global healthcare technology manufacturer, and the role sits at director/head level, working with product marketing teams and senior executives across a matrixed global organization. It requires 5-8 years of relevant marketing and communications experience in healthcare, with strong skills in strategic thinking, stakeholder influence, and new product launches.

Job Title
Circular Marketing & Communications Director
Responsibilities
•Shape Circular Solutions across Precision Diagnosis and IGT Systems by building a harmonized, customer centric marketing and communications engine integrated with the BU's system portfolios.
•Sharpen and elevate circular value propositions, messaging, and portfolio storytelling so customers clearly understand circular value propositions and how Philips delivers value across the full lifecycle.
•Accelerate value regeneration, champion sustainability, and influence how global teams think and act on circularity, strengthening customer trust and driving business impact.
•Drive unified customer circular proposition for Circular Solutions across PD and IGT-S, ensuring clarity, consistency.
•Translate circular strategy and market insights into messaging frameworks and storytelling that highlight value regeneration, sustainability, and differentiated benefits.
•Lead harmonized marketing approaches across businesses, guiding business circular Product Managers (dotted line) to ensure seamless market readiness, handshake, and launch execution.
•Integrate customer needs, market share and competitive insights into marketing narratives that reinforce customer loyalty and retention.
•Develop and refine specific propositions for the pre-owned and used equipment, grounded in audience needs and market developments.
•Strengthen customer experience by aligning messaging across touchpoints—trade in, take back, refurbishment, and reuse—ensuring a coherent end to end journey.
•Partner closely with PD & IGT-S product marketing teams to embed circular differentiation into portfolio positioning and mid/long term product plans.
•Bring thought leadership on circular economy trends into customer-facing content, empowering teams to communicate confidently and credibly about sustainability impact.
Requirements
•University degree (Master or Bachelor degree) with 5-8 years of relevant experience in Marketing and communications, lifecycle management and/or circularity in the Healthcare Industry.
•Strategic thinking and ability to be an accelerator to unlock the commercial value of circularity.
•Be familiar with the PD & IGT-S product portfolio and its lifecycle.
•Strong understanding of Customer Retention and Trade-in practices.
•Experience in new product launches is a must.
•Ability to lead through influence and to work effectively with senior executives.
•Ability to influence and drive change within the organization and collaborate effectively with global teams & peers located around the world.
•Strong experience to manage, build and nurture effective relationships across a matrixed organization.
•Bring people together and align them around common goals; leverage the power of Philips, independent from organizational structures and reports.
Conditions
•The base salary range for this role is EUR 93,049.00 - EUR 155,081.00. Pay is determined within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations.
•This role is eligible for a 6% short term incentive, with rewards linked to both individual performance and company results. The full approach will be shared during the interview process.
•Benefits include hybrid working, paid time-off, health and wellbeing benefits, learning and development opportunities.
•For office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

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