Associate Director, Corporate External Affairs, External Innovation & Business Development

Waltham, MA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 16 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own CSL Behring's external innovation communications and thought leadership initiatives, driving reputation and partner-focused engagement across biotech and life sciences; partner with senior leaders to shape strategy, content and media programs.

  • Lead external innovation communications strategy and executive thought leadership
  • Build and amplify a differentiated partner-of-choice narrative with cross-functional leadership
  • Drive integrated campaigns and content across digital channels to engage researchers, investors and potential partners

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute CSL's external innovation and business development communications strategy
  • Build and amplify a differentiated "partner of choice" narrative across key therapeutic areas and innovation platforms
  • Partner with senior R&D, Search & Evaluation, Business Development and Commercial leaders to enhance strategic positioning and visibility
  • Lead executive thought leadership programs, including keynote presentations, speaking engagements, articles, media interviews and industry events
  • Drive proactive media relations strategies that position CSL leaders as trusted voices across biotechnology and scientific communities
  • Develop integrated digital, social media and content campaigns that increase engagement with target audiences, including innovators, investors and prospective partners
  • Create compelling content such as executive communications, partner success stories, scientific capability profiles, conference materials and website content
  • Maximise the impact of CSL's participation at major scientific, partnering and biotechnology conferences
  • Lead the enhancement of CSL's partnering and innovation digital presence, including partner-facing web content and experiences
  • Establish performance metrics and reporting to measure reputation, awareness, engagement and communications impact

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing or a related discipline
  • Advanced qualifications such as an MBA or Master\'s degree in Communications are advantageous
  • Demonstrated experience working within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare or related industries
  • 10+ years' experience in corporate communications, healthcare communications, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals or a related sector
  • Proven success supporting senior executives and scientific leaders in global organisations
  • Strong expertise in thought leadership, corporate reputation and executive communications
  • Established media relations experience, ideally within life sciences or healthcare
  • Experience designing and delivering integrated, multi-channel communications campaigns
  • Exceptional writing, storytelling and content development capabilities
  • Ability to translate complex scientific concepts into engaging and accessible narratives

Preferred

  • Advanced qualifications such as an MBA or Master\'s degree in Communications are advantageous
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CSL

CSL is a leading global biopharma company with a dynamic portfolio of lifesaving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia and immune deficiencies, vaccines to prevent influenza, and therapies in iron deficiency, dialysis and nephrology. Since our start in 1916, we have been driven by our promise to save lives using the latest technologies.Today, CSL – including our businesses, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus, and CSL Vifor – provides lifesaving products to patients in more than 100 countries and employs 29,000+ people. Our unique combination of commercial strength, R&D focus and operational excellence enables us to identify, develop and deliver innovations so our patients can live life to the fullest.See our community guidelines: https://bit.ly/3Bs17Ra

Founded in 1916
Carlton, Victoria, AUS
23K employees (629 in marketing)

Funding

Total Funding
$111M
Last Raise
$111M
Post IPO Equity, 22 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2004
    Post IPO Equity • $111M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
150.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.8%
Direct
33.6%
Referral
7.5%
Social
1.8%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~23.5K

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