Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior day-to-day client lead and trusted strategic advisor for a flagship pharmaceutical account, providing counsel on corporate communications, media relations, community engagement initiatives, announcements, and reputation-building initiatives.
• Develop and oversee comprehensive and innovative integrated communications strategies, programs, campaign recommendations, and budgets that align with client business objectives and support key corporate and brand priorities.
• Oversee multiple projects and workstreams from planning through execution, anticipating challenges, troubleshooting issues, proposing solutions, and ensuring deadlines are met and budgets are effectively managed.
• Lead and evolve proactive earned media programs, including patient and community storytelling, local media outreach surrounding events, and strategic announcements.
• Oversee the planning and execution of high-profile community events, stakeholder and patient advocacy group engagements, and targeted healthcare professional forums, ensuring alignment with broader communications and business objectives .
• Provide thoughtful client counsel and recommendations that reflect an understanding of client priorities, the healthcare landscape, and communications best practices.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of the client’s business, including competitors, product landscapes, public opinion and market trends, influencers, media dynamics, policy developments, and other factors that may affect communications strategy.
• Apply innovative thinking to generate new approaches, alternative strategies, and creative program ideas.
• Identify potential issues early, elevate challenges with recommended solutions, and know when to seek additional senior counsel.
• Ensure strong quality control across client materials, reviewing for accuracy, strategic alignment, clarity, and polish, while ensuring high-quality, error-free work is delivered on time.

Requirements

• 8 -10 years of experience in public relations, strategic communications or corporate affairs, with significant pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare communications experience.
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex client relationships and integrated communications programs.
• Deep expertise in earned media strategy and corporate reputation management.
• Experience managing conferences, events , stakeholder engagements and high-profile communications initiatives.
• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and client counseling skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, lead teams and drive projects from strategy through execution.
• Experience managing budgets, account profitability and resource planning.
• Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated commitment to mentoring and developing talent.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications , Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing or a related field.

Benefits

• You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity.
• You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.
• Monthly allowance for cell phone , office equipment, etc.
• Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/ paternity leave
• Transit benefits
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• Workplace flexibility
• On-site and off-site social gatherings