Field Communications Senior Manager

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$128K/yr – $192K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own internal field communications strategy and execution, aligning cross-functional partners, content planning, readership analysis, and risk mitigation to accelerate pipeline launches.

  • Lead cross-functional communication projects
  • Analyze readership and optimize content
  • Represent field insights in strategic planning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create high-impact communication and messaging to support kidney field business goals.
  • Proactively identify opportunities for communication optimization through regular field rides, team observations, and performance analysis to enhance field efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Work with cross-functional partners to identify, build, and maintain best internal channels to drive communication within the field (i.e. intranet, SharePoint, Teams channels, etc.)
  • Plan, write, and post content for applicable communication channels.
  • Analyze readership to identify what’s working and not; recommend and deploy adjustments accordingly.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to business partners and field teams, ensuring that field feedback is incorporated into strategic planning and decision-making.
  • Lead selects cross-functional projects that enhance field effectiveness, drive business acceleration, and support the successful execution of pipeline launches.
  • Utilize reports, processes, dashboards, and internal information and represent it in ways that will be attractive, helpful, and information to the field audience.
  • Partner cross-functionally with marketing, training, internal comms, and other teams to share recommendations based on field insights to improve or increase utilization of content developed for field teams.
  • Proactively identify and address risks, recommend alternative plans, and influence decision-making to ensure the field is positioned for success.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a similar area of focus.
  • Typically requires 5+ years of progressive experience in marketing, field leadership, commercial operations, management consulting, or program management within pharma or biotech.
  • Strong background in internal communications, field engagement, and commercial strategy.
  • Experience with brand strategy, pipeline product strategy, and launch planning preferred.

Preferred

  • Professional certifications in leadership, project management (e.g., PMP), or advanced communication strategies (e.g., APR) are highly desirable
  • Experience with brand strategy, pipeline product strategy, and launch planning preferred.

Benefits

  • From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases and has made significant advancements in multiple chronic, life-shortening genetic diseases — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, and acute pain — and continues to progress clinical and research programs in these diseases. We also have a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where we have deep insight into causal human biology, including acute and neuropathic pain, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, IgA nephropathy, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, type 1 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Our global headquarters is in Boston, and we have research and development (R&D) sites and commercial offices worldwide.Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. We have also earned a spot on TIME Most Influential Companies, TIME Best Inventions, and Fast Company Most Innovative Companies lists. Our research and medicines have received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the Prix Galien, the Scrip Award and the Breakthrough Prize awards.Read our community guidelines: https://www.vrtx.com/vertexs-community-guidelines/

Founded in 1989
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6.1K employees (282 in marketing)
83% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$128K/yr – $192K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$657.3M
Last Raise
$1.1M
Post IPO Secondary, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Post IPO Secondary • $1.1M
  • May 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $50M
  • Dec 2009
    Post IPO Equity • $443M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
340.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$44.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.6%
Direct
38.5%
Referral
22.7%
Social
1%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.2K
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Field Communications Senior Manager

Vertex Pharmaceuticals · Boston, MA · Hybrid