Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing internal and external communications strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Leading corporate messaging, media relations, press releases, announcements and stakeholder updates.
• Driving compliant digital, social media and website communications across UK/IE channels.
• Partnering across Medical, Regulatory, Legal, HR, Commercial, Market Access and leadership teams.
• Monitoring stakeholder sentiment, industry trends and media coverage to identify risks and opportunities.
• Support executive communications, managing agency partnerships
• Defining success metrics for campaigns and contributing to issues and crisis management.
• A key part of the role will be maintaining LEOs’ patient focus through co-creation of patient case studies and close collaboration with marketing and medical colleagues.

Requirements

• Degree-level education, preferably in science, communications, marketing or equivalent by experience.
• Experience in corporate and internal communications within the pharmaceutical industry.
• The ability to translate complex scientific and business information into compelling, compliant communications.
• Proven project management experience across digital and non-digital communications.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and/or agencies to deliver successful campaigns.
• Proven experience in healthcare communications, with an emphasis on patient engagement and patient activation. Demonstrated success in building and maintaining partnerships with Patient Advocacy Groups (PAGs) is also a needed.
• Deep understanding of ABPI requirements, social media compliance and content management systems.
• Experience using AI as an enabler, working with web metrics and digital analytics, and planning programmes across owned, earned and paid channels will be highly valuable.