Executive Director - Corporate Communications

Organon • Jersey City, NJ

3d

About The Position

Organon is seeking a seasoned, enterprise-minded communications leader to serve as Executive Director, Corporate Communications. Reporting to the Head of Communications, this leader is accountable for corporate reputation strategy and execution across internal and external audiences, including enterprise narrative, media relations, stakeholder engagement, and market-facing reputation. Executive Communications, Internal Communications, and Digital Communications report into this leader, who will oversee a high-performing team to drive integrated communications.

Requirements

• B.A. degree
• Fifteen plus years of progressive experience in corporate communications within healthcare, life sciences, or a similarly complex and regulated industry, including leadership responsibility.
• Proven track record leading enterprise‑level corporate reputation strategy, including stewardship of narrative, reputation protection, crisis readiness, and executive visibility.
• Deep expertise in integrated communications, spanning media relations, digital and social platforms, internal communications, change communications, and executive communications — with demonstrated success unifying these into a cohesive enterprise strategy.
• Extensive experience navigating high‑visibility business, regulatory, scientific, and corporate milestone moments, ensuring accurate, timely, risk‑aware positioning across all channels.
• Demonstrated excellence as a senior spokesperson, including managing complex or sensitive media inquiries, issues response, and high‑stakes external engagements.
• Experienced leader of high‑performing teams, including coaching, capability‑building, talent development, and establishing operational rhythm and governance across multiple communications disciplines.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling abilities, with a proven ability to simplify complex science, strategy, and business concepts for diverse internal and external audiences.
• Experience overseeing editorial strategy, message platforms, and thought leadership, including developing content for executives, external publications, and owned channels.
• Strong command of digital media analytics, insight‑driven planning, and modern communications tools to guide content strategy and measure impact across channels.
• Demonstrated success leading crisis and issues management, including rapid assessment, response strategy, cross-functional coordination, and media/digital activation.
• Operational excellence, including budget oversight, agency management, process governance, and establishing communications systems that scale.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment, exercising sound judgment, discretion, and agility under changing conditions and tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Brand Building, Corporate Identity & Reputation Management Serve as the enterprise steward of Organon’s corporate reputation, driving an integrated strategy that protects, strengthens, and amplifies the Organon narrative across internal and external audiences.
• Build and evolve Organon’s corporate identity and reputation platform, ensuring consistency in voice, narrative, and positioning across all channels and markets.
• Lead the strategic planning and orchestration of milestone, news, and high‑visibility moments, ensuring communications are timely, accurate, risk‑aware, and aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Anticipate reputational risks and opportunities; develop proactive and reactive strategies to navigate sensitive or high‑impact moments that may influence Organon’s standing with employees, media, partners, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Markets and Regional Communications to ensure the global corporate narrative is consistently reflected, while supporting localized execution that enhances Organon’s reputation on the ground.
• Oversee development of enterprise-level thought leadership, corporate storytelling, signature content, and channel strategy that elevate Organon’s leadership.
• Lead Organon’s integrated external communications ecosystem — spanning media relations, digital channels, social platforms, corporate web presence, and owned storytelling — ensuring all external touchpoints reinforce and protect the company’s corporate reputation.
• Set the enterprise editorial agenda and overarching content strategy, ensuring message discipline, clarity, and alignment across paid, earned, shared, and owned channels.
• Navigate complex news cycles, milestone moments, regulatory environments, and high‑visibility announcements with strategic foresight, ensuring Organon is consistently positioned accurately, responsibly, and advantageously in the public domain.
• Oversee development of message platforms, holding statements, executive talking points, thought leadership content, and digital narratives that communicate Organon’s strategy, purpose, scientific impact, and transformation.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with priority journalists, digital opinion leaders, influencers, and media outlets to elevate Organon’s voice and leadership in women’s health and broader healthcare.
• Direct social media risk assessment, escalation protocols, community management guidance, and real‑time monitoring to anticipate reputational threats and activate rapid-response strategies when needed.
• Guide and govern storytelling across internal and external channels in partnership with the internal communications team reporting into this role, ensuring all content ladders up to a unified, enterprise reputation strategy.
• Collaborate with Regional and Market Communications to ensure global messages are adapted appropriately for local context while preserving the integrity of Organon’s corporate positioning.
• Leverage analytics, insights, and performance data to continuously strengthen message resonance, narrative consistency, and channel effectiveness across the entire communications ecosystem.
• Lead and develop the Executive Communications and Internal Communications teams, ensuring their work is strategically connected and reinforcing a cohesive, enterprise-wide reputation strategy.
• Set clear priorities and operating rhythms for the internal team, ensuring integrated planning, alignment, and flawless execution across enterprise, functional, external, and internal communication moments.
• Drive seamless coordination across all communication touchpoints—internal, external, media, digital, leadership platforms—to ensure that messaging is consistent, timely, and strengthens Organon’s corporate identity and reputation.
• Serve as a senior advisor to leaders across the business, offering strategic counsel on change communications, transformation efforts, organizational updates, and issues that impact culture, engagement, and external perception.
• Build a high‑performance culture within the communications function where creativity, accountability, agility, and data‑driven decision‑making guide how the team operates.
• Oversee governance, channel strategy, editorial planning, and messaging frameworks that unify internal and external communications around a single, enterprise reputation strategy.
• Partner cross-functionally (HR, Strategy, Policy, Markets, Legal, ESG, Business leaders) to ensure communication strategies support business transformation, maintain trust, and advance Organon’s corporate brand.

Benefits

• Benefits offered in the U.S. include a retirement savings plan, paid vacation and holiday time, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

What This Job Offers

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