Senior Director, Cardiometabolic Health Communications

Responsibilities

• Own the external communications strategy for all approved CMH products, including earned media, thought leadership, advocacy partnerships, and consumer campaigns.
• Lead consumer obesity communications and develop innovative integrated campaigns that engage diverse audiences.
• Develop and maintain brand narratives for Mounjaro, Zepbound, and Foundayo, ensuring consistency across all channels and geographies.
• Support new indication launches and label expansions as they come through regulatory review, owning the communications strategy from pre-approval in partnership with Scientific Innovation team through post-launch.
• Lead the global communications strategy for approved products, ensuring consistent messaging and coordinated execution across international affiliates.
• Partner with affiliates to provide materials, messaging frameworks, and strategic guidance — enabling local market execution while maintaining global narrative integrity.
• Coordinate with the Scientific Innovation team to ensure smooth handoff of global communications as products move from regulatory approval into commercialization.
• Lead communications strategy and execution for priority CMH medical meetings — including ADA, EASD, ACC, and AHA — in partnership with Scientific Innovation, and other cross-functional comms partners.
• Develop materials including press releases, media backgrounders, data summaries, and HCP-facing content timed to scientific presentations.
• Anticipate and lead communications challenges related to on-market products — including pricing and access, competitive dynamics, compounding, and safety.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
• 8+ years of communications experience with a strong background in consumer health, brand communications, and earned media.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

Preferred

• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing critical communications plans across traditional, digital, and social media.
• Experience supporting a business unit and developing deep understanding of brand, medical, and commercial objectives.
• Knowledge of diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic diseases is strongly preferred.
• Experience in global communications and coordinating with international affiliates.
• Strong issues management and crisis communications experience.
• PR agency management experience.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills.

Benefits

• Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).