Senior Director, Global Issues and Public Affairs Communications
About The Position
The Senior Director, Global Issues and Public Affairs Communications is a critical member of the Global Corporate Communications, Crisis and Issues team who works in a cross-functional environment with Global Public Policy (GPP), Legal, Federal Government Affairs (FGA), Value and Access (LVA), and Business Unit Corporate Affairs (BUCAs) to proactively design and lead communications strategies that shape policy environments at the international level and promote Lilly policy objectives. This position reports to the Head of Crisis and Issues Communications. The Senior Director designs and leads international public affairs communications campaigns — including media strategy, interested party engagement, third-party mobilization, paid media, and digital/social amplification — while advising internal collaborators to ensure communications strategy shapes and is shaped by policy goals from the outset. The ideal candidate brings clear judgment about how Lilly should lead policy conversations and when third-party voices might be more effective, along with superior writing skills and pharmaceutical industry knowledge.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 7+ years of communications experience.
- Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.
Nice To Haves
- Proven ability in managing and aligning large cross-functional teams and complex results; ability to influence without authority; ability to develop collaborations and good working relationships to secure alignment across all functions.
- Previous experience with or knowledge of drug development and commercialization.
- Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to lead strategy projects, engage others, and translate strategy into implementation tactics and capabilities.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across functional and geographic boundaries as well as across, up, and down the organizational ladder.
- Experience working with professional, advocacy, or communications outlets and similar collaborators.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute environment-shaping communications campaigns and activities for priority policy goals in partnership with GPP, Legal, FGA, LVA, and the BUCAs; proactively bring communications solutions and strategic options to these partners, demonstrating what is possible and building shared ownership of the communications approach.
- Collaborate closely with the International Business Unit communications lead to support proactive communications that influence positive policy outcomes and handle related media inquiries.
- Collaborate with partners within Global Corporate Communications to drive story opportunities and implement tactics.
- Coordinate with trade associations’ (e.g., PhRMA, BIO, IFPMA) public affairs teams to influence the strategic direction of their efforts and inform internal Lilly interested parties on the policy and political environment.
- Counsel various functions on communications strategies and tactics that can include earned and paid media, digital/social amplification, internal communications, advocacy partnerships, speaking opportunities for Lilly executives, and events or briefings.
- Pay attention the evolving global policy landscape in terms of international reference pricing, reimbursement policy, intellectual property protections, and compounding.
- Exercise strategic judgment on the intersection of proactive public affairs campaigns and issues management within the same policy area: assess when Lilly’s voice should be front and center, when it is more effective to operate through third-party surrogates or coalitions, and ensure these approaches are coordinated and reinforce each other.
- Partner with GPP to engage external policy influencers to provide POV.
- Develop proactive and reactive message documents, including talking points, standby statements, press releases, and FAQs.
- Develop advocacy communications materials, including issue backgrounders, fact sheets, and stakeholder letters.
- Draft and place op-eds on behalf of Lilly executives.
- Build relationships with key policy media.
- Work with Legal and Compliance functions to outline appropriate guardrails related to influencing the external environment.
- Evaluate and recommend new ideas to drive Lilly’s voice externally.
- Partner with and provide direction to external agencies and vendors, as needed.
- Flex to support other areas of the reputation management team, as needed.
Benefits
- company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
- company-sponsored 401(k)
- pension
- vacation benefits
- medical benefits
- dental benefits
- vision benefits
- prescription drug benefits
- flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
- life insurance
- 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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
