Director, Integrated Marketing & Communications, Research

Alzheimer's Association • Chicago, IL

5d • $135,000 - $155,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Advances the Alzheimer's Association mission and strategic priorities by supporting integrated marketing and communications for the Association's professional-facing research, science, and care portfolio. Focuses primarily on engaging clinicians, researchers, and scientific stakeholders, with limited patient-facing communications as appropriate. Plays a key role in the development and execution of integrated marketing and communications plans that support priority initiatives and drive measurable outcomes. Supports existing professional programs and platforms, while contributing to the launch and adoption of new products and services. Operates in a highly matrixed environment, translating complex scientific and medical information into clear, effective communications for professional audiences, and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution in partnership with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong background in health, medical, or scientific communications, with demonstrated experience engaging clinician and researcher audiences.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, with experience developing clear, accurate, and compelling copy for clinicians, researchers, and professional audiences across channels.
• Knowledge of the health care ecosystem, including clinical practice, research environments, and professional education.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to balance long-term planning and near-term execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and wearing multiple hats while maintaining focus on priorities and outcomes.
• Proven ability to lead and influence in a matrixed organization, working effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including executives, field staff, and external partners.
• Strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Commitment to ethics, integrity, collaboration, and mission-driven work.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in marketing, communications, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in health, medical, or scientific marketing and communications, preferably supporting clinician, researcher, or other professional audiences.
• Demonstrated experience working with peer-reviewed research, clinical trials, registries, clinical guidelines, pharmaceuticals or other scientific content.
• Experience supporting professional programs, platforms, products, or services in health care, research, or nonprofit settings.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization

Nice To Haves

• Experience collaborating with agencies or working in an agency environment strongly preferred.
• experience collaborating with external agencies, journals, professional societies, or vendors strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the strategic partner for medical affairs marketing and communications to drive pillar-specific objectives and the Association's brand in ways that advance our mission.
• Leads and develops cross-organizational, integrated marketing and communications plans to advance the organization's mission and support priority initiatives as mutually agreed upon by Research & Medical Affairs and the relevant internal business partners.
• Plans align to an overarching annual marketing and communications plan (or plans) and focused plans for priority initiatives as mutually agreed upon by Concern & Awareness and the relevant internal business partners.
• Ensures integration across all pillars and an aggressive proactive approach to drive nationwide, regional, and community initiatives to support research and health care stakeholders and reach the people who need us most in the era of treatment.
• Develops and implements a collaborative approach to planning and execution that brings together the various functions of Concern & Awareness, other marketing and communications functions across the organization, and the business leads and other relevant stakeholders.
• Leverages all of the resources of Concern & Awareness, provides expert counsel to leadership, staff and volunteers for integrated marketing and communications on key priorities and issues.
• Aligns integrated marketing and communications objectives to support business outcomes and key performance indicators to help achieve pillars' strategic plan objectives, with Concern & Awareness objectives also built into other pillars' plans.
• Works closely with the Integrated Marketing and Communications team's leadership to develop and continually evolve planning processes, tools, and templates to drive outcomes; ensure integration, collaboration, and cohesiveness of the various plans while maintaining simplicity and efficiency.
• Upholds and drives the organization's and the division's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and reducing and heading off health inequities.
• Ensures exemplary stewardship and effective use of resources to drive the greatest impact for the greatest number of people.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing.
• They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.
• Full time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.

What This Job Offers

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