Eli Lilly and Company · 3 days ago
Associate Vice President - Scientific Innovation Communications
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$232K/yr - $341K/yr
10+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Associate Vice President - Scientific Innovation Communications is responsible for developing and delivering global external communications to promote Lilly's scientific innovation story, enhancing visibility and understanding of the company's commitment to innovative medicines.
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Responsibilities
The Associate Vice President - Discovery and Innovation Communications is responsible for developing and delivering global external communications to promote Lilly's scientific innovation story in support of Lilly's corporate narrative
This role will leverage strategic communications to enhance visibility and understanding of the company's commitment to discovering and advancing innovative medicines with external stakeholders working with Lilly's R&D leadership team
Reporting to the Global Chief Communications Officer, this role will lead a team of strategic communicators within the Lilly Corporate Affairs department
The Advisor will strategically look across the work of the Therapeutic Area Communications leads and identify areas that cut across therapeutic areas
Where cross-TA narratives and themes emerge, this person will own and lead those integrated communications narratives
As a member of the Global Communications Leadership Team (GCLT), accountable for ensuring integration within Global Communications and continuous improvement across the function
Critical to the role’s success will be close collaboration with counterparts in Content, Creative and Digital Channel communications, Enterprise communications, Public Affairs communications and BUCA communications
Strategically analyze the work across Therapeutic Area Communications leads to identify cross-cutting themes, narratives, and opportunities
Own and lead the development and execution of integrated communications narratives that span multiple therapeutic areas
Support the development and lead implementation of a comprehensive discovery and innovation communications strategy that drives home a critical component of the Lilly narrative, including scientific milestones and technology advancements
Serve as a trusted advisor to Chief Scientific Officer and other R&D executives while collaborating closely with colleagues across global communications to support an enterprise focus
Coach and develop a team of communications professionals who will implement communications initiatives to support global communications objectives
Monitor the effectiveness of external suppliers of public relations activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
Minimum of 10 years of diverse communications experience within corporate or public relations agency environments
Preferred
Strong media relations and issues management
Pharmaceutical or healthcare experience and expertise
Experience managing teams and cross-company initiatives
Ability to identify patterns and connections across diverse therapeutic areas and synthesize cross-cutting narratives
Strategic thinking to connect dots across multiple TA communications strategies and identify enterprise-level stories
Ability to think strategically and broadly, focus on key priorities and translate strategy into action
Proven ability to effectively counsel senior management on communications strategies and ideas in verbal and written formats
Benefits
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
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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