Associate Vice President - Scientific Innovation Communications

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life‑changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first.

We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

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

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 10 years of diverse communications experience within corporate or public relations agency environments

• 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

• Travel (domestic) is expected

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