Senior Director, Corporate Communications

Editas Medicine•Cambridge, MA

About The Position

The Senior Director, Corporate Communications will set and lead Editas Medicine’s communications and corporate positioning strategy, shape the company’s investment thesis and corporate narrative, and build trusted relationships with media, investors, analysts, employees, and other influential stakeholders. This enterprise leadership role partners closely with senior leaders across the organization to ensure communications are strategically aligned, accurate, compliant, and effective in shaping how external stakeholders understand the company. The role aims to strengthen corporate reputation, investor understanding, and long-term shareholder value creation. The ideal candidate is an experienced biotechnology communications leader with strategic judgment, executive presence, and the ability to execute hands-on. The role oversees integrated corporate, product and pipeline, executive, digital, media relations, and reputation-management communications; advises executive leaders; leads communications for significant corporate and development milestones; manages media and internal communications; and provides oversight of external communications partners.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive communications leadership experience within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences organizations, including significant experience leading corporate communications and product or pipeline communications functions.
Demonstrated success developing and executing communications strategies that support corporate reputation, pipeline advancement, regulatory milestones, and business objectives.
Experience serving as a trusted advisor to CEOs, executive teams, and senior leaders in high-growth or high-stakes biotechnology environments.
Experience working in a publicly traded or investor-facing life sciences company.
Deep understanding of the biotechnology industry, drug development process, regulatory environment, healthcare stakeholder landscape, and communications considerations.
Strong command of capital markets, institutional investor decision making, disclosure requirements, public-company communications, and valuation.
Proven experience managing high-profile communications initiatives, issues-management situations, crisis preparedness, and corporate reputation challenges through significant milestones, periods of change, or complex reputational issues.
Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex scientific, regulatory, and business information into clear and compelling narratives.
Strong executive presence, sound business judgment, strategic thinking, and ability to influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, matrixed biotechnology environment while balancing strategic leadership with operational excellence and hands-on execution.

Nice To Haves

Established relationships across healthcare, biotechnology, business, and financial media.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead an integrated communications strategy encompassing corporate communications, product and pipeline communications, executive communications, digital communications, media relations, and reputation management.
Oversee corporate presentations and press releases for corporate announcements.
Partner with senior leaders to define, strengthen, and consistently articulate the company’s corporate narrative, investment thesis, and competitive positioning to external and internal stakeholders.
Advise the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and other executive leaders on positioning, messaging, thought leadership, media engagement, and employee communications.
Lead communications planning and execution for major corporate milestones, including clinical data presentations, regulatory events, scientific congresses, financing activities, business development activities, and other significant announcements.
Build and protect the company’s reputation through proactive issues preparedness, reputational risk assessment, and rapid-response communications.
Oversee media relations strategy, cultivate relationships with healthcare, biotechnology, business, and financial media, and position the company as a credible voice within cardiovascular and other therapeutic-area communities.
Partner with the People Team to lead internal communications that strengthen employee engagement, reinforce culture, and align employees around corporate priorities, business growth, and development milestones.
Oversee the company’s digital communications ecosystem, including its corporate website, social media channels, and emerging communications platforms.
Lead and provide strategic oversight to external communications agencies, public relations partners, creative partners, and consultants.
Counsel and prepare executive leadership for media interactions, major announcements, earnings calls, investor presentations, and other high-stakes external engagements.
Partner with Legal, Business Development, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, and Investor Relations teams to develop, refine, and execute accurate, compliant, coordinated, and strategically effective communications strategies, messaging, and content.