Assoc. Dir., Specialty & Pharma Communications

Rahway, NJ (Hybrid)

$129K/yr – $203K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-functional communications for pharma products, balancing regulatory review with stakeholder storytelling to protect reputation and support portfolio progress.

  • Strategic Collaboration: align campaigns with corporate priorities across employees, healthcare professionals, investors, payers, and advocates.
  • Media & Partnerships: oversee traditional and social programs while pursuing external partnerships to boost disease awareness and pipeline visibility.
  • Operations & Governance: manage agency work, budgets, and global scalability of the communications plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to develop integrated communication strategies and campaigns aligned with the overarching corporate and franchise priorities.
  • Co-develop campaigns and ongoing news flow to continually reinforce the value of our company's medicines among employees, the public, scientific liaisons, investors, healthcare professionals, payers, and advocacy partners.
  • Stay current on trends in consumer engagement, digital activation and media and pop culture around the world to engage in new approaches to reach consumers on important disease awareness initiatives.
  • Monitor the competitive landscape, ecosystem and media environment to identify emerging issues relevant to assigned therapeutic areas and opportunities to position our emerging pipeline and portfolio.
  • Support communications around expansion of current product portfolio and new product launches.
  • Manage public relations agency and related program budgets to implement best-in-class communications plans.
  • Manage high volume of materials (press releases, social media content, core response documents, etc.) through medical and legal review process, developing strong and collaborative relationships with review boards.
  • Identify opportunities for partnerships with key external organizations and experts in support of business and reputational goals.

Requirements

  • Minimum five years’ experience in communications or public relations; healthcare and pharmaceutical experience (agency or in-house) strongly preferred.
  • Background in pharmaceutical product communications – including managing communications for a high volume of data and regulatory milestones ‒ highly desirable.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills across various mediums/channels (e.g., digital, print, video) for U.S. and global audiences.
  • Ability to work successfully across teams and reporting structures in a matrix environment.
  • Strong project management skills with proven success managing and executing major projects.
  • Keen eye for detail, with demonstrated experience managing a high volume of communications through a medical/legal review board.
  • Team player, collaborative spirit, ability to succeed in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
  • Skilled at leading traditional and social media and global communications programs.
  • Excellent budget management skills, demonstrated ability to work across multiple agencies.
  • Minimum of a BA required.
  • Ability to work across multiple teams and reporting structures in a matrix environment.
  • Strong project management skills with proven success managing and executing major projects.

Preferred

  • Current Employees apply HERE
  • Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
  • US And Puerto Rico Residents Only

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
683.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.9%
Direct
40.8%
Referral
9.4%
Social
4.9%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~127

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
10

Funding

Total Funding
$74M
Last Raise
$56M
Series B, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2020
    Series B • $56M
  • Mar 2020
    Venture Round • $3M
  • Jan 2017
    Series A • $15M