The Role

We are seeking a passionate, strategic, and results-driven Communications Manager to lead and shape the communications agenda in the division. This is a pivotal role at the heart of a dynamic, international business undergoing transformational change.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and delivering integrated communication strategies that engage internal and external stakeholders, drive alignment, and build understanding around our vision, capabilities, and operations.

This individual must be an exceptional storyteller and relationship builder, equally confident writing compelling content, navigating complex stakeholder environments, and managing change. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across HR, Operations, Investor Relations, and Marketing to ensure clear, consistent, and inspiring messaging.

We’re looking for someone who thrives on variety, understands the power of communications to influence and connect, and wants to grow in a fast-paced, ambitious organisation. A background in corporate communications, journalism, internal comms, or change management would be a strong fit.

Key Outcomes

Lead Communications Strategy: Develop and execute an integrated communications strategy for the division, aligned with overall business priorities and brand messaging.
Drive Change Communications: Lead the communication strategy for our division, working closely with HR and Operations to support change management, colleague engagement, and stakeholder alignment.
Build Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the division, and the wider business (e.g., Finance, HR, Marketing, Investor Relations) to ensure transparent, timely, and consistent communication.
Content Development: Create and commission high-quality written and visual content—internal communications, newsletters, articles, social media updates, presentations, and external-facing materials—that drive clarity and connection.
Internal Communications: Work with HR teams to inform, inspire, and engage employees across geographies through compelling internal communication channels (e.g. intranet, internal newsletters, events).
Own the Internal Communications App: Run and continuously improve the division’s internal mobile app as a key communications platform—curating content, optimising user engagement, and ensuring timely updates across teams.
External Communications: Manage external comms for the division in partnership with the Corporate Communications and Investor Relations teams; support visibility of the Supply Chain business in external channels.
Social & Digital Channels: Oversee divisional content calendars and social media activity, ensuring alignment with brand and tone; collaborate with divisional Marketing Directors and group-wide marcomms professionals.
Measurement & Reporting: Use analytics to track campaign performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and refine communications approach over time.
Brand Consistency: Ensure all communications reflect our tone of voice, values, and visual identity.

Key Skills & Experiences

3–5 years’ experience in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field, ideally in a complex, fast-moving business environment.
Proven experience developing and delivering communications strategies, ideally including experience with change management or transformation projects.
Experience running or contributing to digital communication platforms such as internal mobile apps, intranet systems, or employee engagement tools.
Outstanding writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging content.
Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
Strong project management capabilities: able to balance multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
Familiarity with social media, CMS platforms, digital communication tools, and performance analytics.
A self-starter with initiative, curiosity, and energy—a team player who thrives on making things happen.
Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, or a related discipline.

Uniphar – Who we are

With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.

Supply Chain & Retail

Supply Chain Services provides both pre-wholesale and wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical, healthcare, and animal health products to pharmacies and hospitals nationwide. The business supports a diverse customer base through the provision of strong service levels coupled with innovative commercial initiatives. In addition, the business provides services and supports that help independent community pharmacies to compete more effectively in an increasingly difficult environment and runs a network of Uniphar-owned pharmacies under the Life, Allcare, McCauleys, and Hickeys symbol brands.

Pharma – On Demand

The On-Demand business is a specialist medical supply business that sources and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and consumable supplies to healthcare professionals in over 160 countries worldwide. We have offices in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA and New Zealand. The company’s main divisions encompass everything from International Sales through Sales to NGO’s and Charities, Clinical Trials Supply, Imported (Unlicensed Medicines), Sexual Health Supplies, and the storage and distribution of medical products and devices for third parties.

Click here to find out more: About Us - Who we are | Uniphar

Culture at Uniphar

Uniphar is a combination of many businesses, each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars that unpin and support our culture. We have a people-first approach - we do the right thing. We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience are embodied in our way of working. We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate. Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people, and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This diversity fuels our business and culture.

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Sustainably running our business ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy is a fundamental part of our decision-making process.

How we’d like to work together

The role will be based out of our Greenogue, Dublin Office. There will be an element of hybrid working available, but this role may also involve travel to our global sites. It is important to note that we do not expect this job to be a ‘9 to 5’ type position. In return for your flexibility, you will be joining an environment that understands how intertwined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it.

If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Communications Manager

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