Position: director of external communications
Reports to: senior vice president, smi
Location: united states - remote
Summary:
Aimmune is seeking a director of external communications who will be a key business leader within the organization with a focus on: maintaining a positive reputation of aimmune therapeutics; building and enhancing the awareness of the company through clear, compelling messaging delivered in a timely and impactful manner across a variety of channels and audiences; relationship building across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including among the food allergy community; ensuring ambassadorship among employees, and aligning the organization to consider external opportunities in a more integrated fashionThe director of external communications will also be responsible for the delivery of product communications across media channels, and should have experience and knowledge of rules and regulations across global markets as it relates to both corporate and product communications.
The successful candidate will lead the development and flawless execution of aimmune’s global strategic communications toward a variety of healthcare, consumer/patient, advocacy, and other audiences by leveraging multiple platforms that include social and digital communications, and traditional media relations, in a manner that coalesces and complements the best thinking of various internal stakeholders.
Specific responsibilities: overall managemen t:
Lead the company’s external communication efforts which aim to coordinate and align messaging across the global organization, with an eye towards ongoing updates, progress and impact to the aimmune leadership team (alt) on a quarterly basis.
Develop and maintain a robust and dynamic corporate calendar to align alt calendars with significant external events across geographies.
Partner with internal communications director to align activities to ensure consistency throughout the organization.
Partner with nestle health science communications team to ensure consistent messaging and strategic alignment.
Manage global corporate communications p&l
Partner and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to incorporate organizational business needs into comprehensive, multi-faceted communication plans that support the company, disease state, medicine and pipeline.
Develop compelling, compliant materials and content, including messages, press releases, q&as, etc., with attention to clarity, succinctness, and resonance among key audiences, work in partnership with colleagues in legal, regulatory and medical to ensure efficient approval of all content.
Manage/oversee all aspects of daily media relations activities, including outreach, news/press releases/key messages/q&as, monitoring, reports/analyses, recommendations and acting as a company spokesperson.
Serve as trusted communications advisor to leaders across organization to proactively provide sound counsel and recommendations.
Manage agency partner relationships responsibly, efficiently, and respectfully, ensuring on-time and on-budget execution.
Social and digital communications:
Oversee company’s website, including content management, and ensure website serves core business communications needs as company evolves.
Oversee all aspects (e.g., strategy, content, analytics, compliance, etc.) of existing and future social channels and platforms, i.e., twitter, linkedin, facebook, etc.
Qualifications / requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required
8-10+ years of global healthcare communications experience, with a biotech or pharmaceutical company or healthcare agency; product experience required
Experience with consumer media relations
Global experience mandatory
Impeccable written and oral communications skills
Project management skills, including planning timelines and budgets
Ability and desire to work within a nimble, yet highly disciplined, cross-functional, complex, and dynamic organizational structure in order to drive company priorities while operating within full compliance with u.s., global country-specific regulations
Strong team player with the ability to work independently and proactively with urgency, accountability, and intellectual curiosity, and be flexible to change and, at times, ambiguity, while exercising sound business judgement at all times.
Possess the leadership skills to act as a highly visible ambassador to his/her peers and senior leaders during a period of evolution of the company and its culture.
Expertise with word, powerpoint, outlook and excel
Proven experience managing corporate social media channels, particularly twitter and linkedin; creating effective and compliant content for them; and using related tools to optimize and monitor them
Experience in managing agencies on time and on budget
Fundamental understanding of human biology and drug development/clinical trials
Appreciation of regulatory compliance and guidelines
Ability to travel and work off-hours upon occasion (<15% of the time)
Special skills / knowledge:
Expert knowledge of social media landscape, conventions, and emerging developments
Ability to think creatively, both in conceptual/visual approaches and in problem solving
Excellent judgement while working independently and raising issues appropriately
Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to achieve outstanding results while operating with a sense of urgency
Ability to adapt quickly and adjust priorities or plans to accommodate a changing environment or objectives; comfort with uncertainty
Strong interpersonal skills and effective collaboration across organization levels and functions, both internally and externally
Familiarity with visual branding; skills in design programs a plus
Superior attention to detail; expert proofreader with familiarity with style guides
Experience with fact-checking and verifying sources
Motivation to improve and document systems and processes to build for future growth
About aimmune therapeutics, inc.
Aimmune therapeutics, inc., a nestlé health science company, is a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing treatments for potentially life-threatening food allergies and food digestion & absorptionAimmune has one fda-approved medicine for peanut allergy and other investigational therapies in development to treat other food allergiesIn the area of food digestion and absorption, we offer treatments for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (epi), a disorder where the pancreas does not make enough enzymes due to cystic fibrosis or other conditionsFor more information, please visit www.aimmune.com.
Aimmune is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
