Associate Director, Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Data Communications

Eli Lilly and Company • Us, IN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. Company Overview: 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 are looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, science, public relations, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of communications experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare environments
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
• Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of the cardiometabolic landscape, including GLP-1 receptor agonists, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular outcomes, and MASH.
• Familiarity with the competitive dynamics in this rapidly evolving space.
• Demonstrated experience in cardiometabolic health or closely related therapeutic area communications
• Proven experience with clinical data communications, congress strategy, and media relations
• Experience providing strategic communications counsel to senior executives
• Exceptional ability to translate complex scientific and clinical data into compelling narratives for diverse audiences, including media, investors, policymakers, and patients
• Demonstrated ability to architect proactive narratives around data milestones rather than responding reactively
• Strong media relations skills with experience engaging top-tier science, health, and business journalists
• Experience with publication planning and medical affairs collaboration
• Proven judgment in high-pressure situations with significant reputational implications
• Proactive, anticipatory mindset with the discipline to prepare for emerging issues and competitive dynamics
• Track record of communications work that drove measurable business outcomes
• Strong executive presence and credibility with senior stakeholders across R&D, commercial, and corporate functions

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the early, mid- and late-stage communications strategy and positioning for the cardiometabolic health pipeline.
• Architect narratives before milestones land, ensuring Lilly shapes how the science is understood rather than reacting to it.
• Connect every data readout to the broader Lilly enterprise science story.
• Follow early Congress playbooks to show up with Lilly’s CMH data where and how it matters.
• Partner with medical affairs and R&D to align publications strategy with communications objectives.
• Ensure peer-reviewed data disclosures reinforce the corporate narrative and are supported by proactive media and stakeholder engagement.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior cardiometabolic health R&D and TA leaders.
• Prepare executives for media interviews, scientific congresses, and other high-stakes engagements.
• Develop executive visibility strategies and supporting materials.
• Develop and execute proactive media strategy for cardiometabolic health pipeline milestones.
• Build and maintain relationships with key journalists covering the therapeutic area.
• Manage reactive media inquiries in partnership with the broader media relations team.
• Partner with fellow TA leads, the Emerging and Portfolio Science team, and the Global Consumer Science Communications and Scientific Storytelling Communications pillars to ensure narratives are integrated.
• Contribute to the enterprise data release playbook and unified congress presence.
• Develop messaging frameworks, scenario plans, and rapid-response protocols for competitive and reputational issues specific to the therapeutic area.
• Serve as a trusted expert for issues navigation within the communications function.
• Partner across communications to execute plans.
• Manage agency partners and external resources effectively.

Benefits

• company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level