Manager, Corporate Communications (m/f/d)

• Serve as the regional liaison between Corporate Communications and local business leadership, building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Provide insight into regional market conditions, customer priorities, competitive activity, technology trends, and business objectives.
• Align local communications strategies and programs with regional and corporate business goals, identifying opportunities to support growth, customer engagement, and reputation.
• Expertise across public relations, marketing communications, and content development.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, with experience creating content for a variety of channels and audiences, including articles, speeches, presentations, press releases, websites, videos, and sales collateral.
• Established relationships with media, industry organizations, analysts, and other key influencers.
• Proven success developing and executing strategic communications and marketing plans, including messaging, measurement, events, and brand-building initiatives.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and research skills, with the ability to translate insights into effective communications.
• Proven event planning experience, with a hands-on, can-do attitude and a willingness to personally drive execution.
• Exceptional collaboration and stakeholder management skills in a global, matrixed environment.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and strategic guidance to the European Corporate Communications organization.
• Advise on customer engagement strategies, market trends, business priorities, and communications planning.
• Review and strengthen communications programs, messaging frameworks, and stakeholder engagement approaches.
• Champion the professional growth of communications personnel through coaching, development opportunities, and sharing of best practices.

Requirements:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in communications, marketing communications or a related field.
• 10+ years of marketing communications experience, preferably in the semiconductor-test industry.
• Strong technical understanding of semiconductors and related technologies, a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English and German.
• Proven project management skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Detail-oriented.
• Strong organizational, communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Lead with INTEGRITY – be an excellent role model and contribute positively to Advantest's culture.
• Can travel up to 30% annually.