Business Transformation Communications Manager

ZOLL Medical

Chelmsford, Massachusetts(remote)

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Acute Care, Best Practices, Business Support, Business Transformation, Communication Skills, Compensation and Benefits, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Support/Service, Follow Through, Healthcare Software, Hospital, Leadership, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Equipment, Medical Treatment, Military, Patient Care, Physical Demands, Project/Program Management, Public Safety, Pulmonary Disease, Risk Analysis, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Team Player, Transformational Communications, Ventilator, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
POSTED
30+ days ago
Acute Care Technology

At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.

The Acute Care Technology division of ZOLL Medical Corporation develops and delivers innovative lifesaving products and software solutions to EMS, hospital, public safety, and military customers globally. Products include AEDs, trauma kits, ventilators, temperature management solutions, and more. Our dedicated employees take pride in their commitment to improving patient outcomes while delivering world-class customer service.

At ZOLL, you won't just have a job. You'll have a career—and a purpose.

Join our team. It's a great time to be a part of ZOLL!

Job Type
Hybrid

Job Summary
The Business Transformation Communications Manager role supports the Business Transformation Office (BTO) by designing and executing structured communication and engagement strategies for the Business Transformation Office and its enterprise initiatives. This role collaborates with transformation workstreams and partners closely with project leads, project managers and executive sponsors to ensure initiatives are clearly communicated, reinforced, and adopted.

Essential Functions

  • Initiative Change Strategy & Activation

  • Develop structured communication and activation plans for enterprise initiatives

  • Translate complex changes into clear, actionable messaging.

  • Align communication timing with project milestones and rollout phases

  • Identify risks to adoption and adjust activation strategies accordingly

  • Reinforce enterprise priorities within each initiative’s messaging.

  • Partner with project teams and BTO leadership to shape initiative-specific messaging

  • Sponsor & Leadership Support

  • Partner with executive sponsors and Steering Committee to translate strategy to messaging

  • Prepare leadership talking points and engagement materials

  • Support leaders in clearly articulating expectations to their teams

  • Build confidence and clarity in how sponsors activate change

  • Cross-Initiative Insight & Strategic Framing

  • Surface patterns across initiatives (e.g., success, confusion, resistance, fatigue)

  • Provide insights to BTO leadership about adoption signals

  • Contribute to refining communication best practices and toolkits

  • Help shape reusable communication frameworks that scale with the BTO

  • Measurement, Reinforcement & Continuous Improvement

  • Track engagement metrics and stakeholder feedback

  • Refine messaging based on clarity gaps and adoption signals

  • Support post-launch reinforcement planning

  • Build templates and communication standards that strengthen future initiatives


Required/Preferred Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree required

  • 5+ years in communications, change communications, and/or transformation roles

  • Medical device/data industry experience preferred

  • Familiarity with change frameworks (Kotter, Prosci, etc.)

  • Certification in Kotter or Prosci preferred


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Experience supporting complex, cross-functional initiatives

  • Strong strategic writing and storytelling ability

  • Ability to influence without formal authority

  • Demonstrated experience interacting with executives and senior leaders

  • Strong relationship-building skills and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to build trust quickly and work effectively across functions and levels of the organization

  • Highly dependable and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through in fast-moving, high-visibility initiatives

  • Team-oriented approach, able to partner closely with project managers, sponsors, and functional leaders to move work forward in a coordinated way

  • Ability to learn quickly and adapt in new environments


Travel Requirements

  • As needed


Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

  • Standing - Occasionally

  • Walking - Occasionally

  • Sitting - Constantly

  • Talking - Occasionally

  • Hearing - Occasionally

  • Repetitive Motions - Frequently


ZOLL is a fast-growing company that operates in more than 140 countries around the world. Our employees are inspired by a commitment to make a difference in patients' lives, and our culture values innovation, self-motivation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Join us in our efforts to improve outcomes for underserved patients suffering from critical cardiopulmonary conditions and help save more lives.

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The annual salary for this position is:

$86,000.00 to $110,000.00

This position is eligible for an annual bonus in accordance with the company's bonus plan. Factors which may affect starting salary include geography, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Details of ZOLL's comprehensive benefits plans can be found at www.zollbenefits.com.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until this position is filled. For fully remote positions, compensation will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local wage laws, including minimum wage requirements, based on the employee’s primary work location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

ADA: The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

About the Company

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ZOLL Medical

ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation, and therapeutic temperature management, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, and lay rescuers treat victims in need of resuscitation and critical care.

The Asahi Kasei Group is a diversified group of companies led by holding company Asahi Kasei Corp., with operations in the chemicals and fibers, homes and construction materials, electronics, and health care business sectors. Its health care operations include devices and systems for critical care, dialysis, therapeutic apheresis, transfusion, and manufacture of biotherapeutics, as well as pharmaceuticals, diagnostic reagents, and nutritional products. With more than 25,000 employees around the world, the Asahi Kasei Group serves customers in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/asahi/en/.

COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1983
WEBSITE
http://www.zoll.com/