Responsibilities

• Develop and lead Immunic's global patient advocacy strategy, starting with the multiple sclerosis community, and build trusted relationships with patient organizations, leaders, and caregivers.
• Establish systematic approaches (advisory boards, listening initiatives, research) for incorporating the patient voice into clinical, medical, access, and commercial strategy.
• Provide strategic leadership over corporate communications, including reputation, media relations, executive and internal communications, digital/social, and issues management.
• Develop and evolve Immunic's corporate narrative and messaging, and oversee integrated communications around clinical data, regulatory milestones, and corporate developments.
• Serve as senior communications advisor to the CEO, President & COO, and executive team, supporting executive positioning and high-profile external engagement.
• Build an integrated approach connecting corporate storytelling with authentic patient experiences across all communications channels and materials.
• Represent Immunic externally with patient organizations, industry associations, and policymakers, and monitor policy issues affecting MS patients and the company.
• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team, bringing external and patient perspectives into enterprise strategy and major milestone planning.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Patient Advocacy & Corporate Communications organization, including talent, budgets, agencies, and performance metrics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in communications, public affairs, business, healthcare, or life sciences preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, patient advocacy, or corporate communications.
• Deep, demonstrated expertise spanning both patient advocacy and corporate communications, with the breadth to lead an integrated function.
• Strong understanding of drug development, regulatory, and commercialization milestones, and the ability to translate complex science into compelling narratives.
• Proven experience advising CEOs and senior executives on sensitive, high-profile communications and stakeholder matters.
• Demonstrated success building functions, teams, and operating models within a growing organization, including managing agencies and budgets.
• Experience in multiple sclerosis, neuroscience, immunology, or specialty therapeutics strongly preferred, with existing MS advocacy community relationships highly desirable.

Preferred

• existing MS advocacy community relationships highly desirable