Communications Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Advanced medical or scientific degree required: MD, PharmD, or PhD.
• 12+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech Medical Affairs experience, including 7+ years in Medical Communications
• Experienced leadership in building and leading a communications team.
• Demonstrated success in product launch planning and execution.
• Experience in publications, congress planning, medical education, and omni-channel content strategy.
• Established track record of KOL and society engagement as well as scientific collaboration.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks governing medical communications (e.g., FDA, OIG, PhRMA, and international equivalents).
• Travel: Up to 20% domestic travel, Valid US driver’s license required, ability to travel without restrictions.

Nice To Haves

• Proven strength in project management, consistently delivering multiple workstreams on time and with quality.
• Highly effective communicator with excellent presentation, writing, and interpersonal skills.
• Results-driven, proactive problem solver with experience in conflict resolution and vendor management.
• Proven ability to establish and manage a Medical Information function, including vendor oversight and call center management (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of disease-state and product-specific materials (e.g., slide decks, digital tools, publication extenders) in collaboration with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure the Scientific Communication Platform aligns with Medical Communications objectives through cross-functional collaboration.
• Drive the omni-channel scientific communications strategy in alignment with Medical Affairs and corporate objectives.
• Develop and implement publication plans to support scientific visibility and credibility.
• Stay current on evolving medical communications trends, best practices, and channels to deliver impactful and compliant programs.
• Oversee the development of standard and custom responses to unsolicited requests, ensuring all content is scientifically accurate, balanced, and compliant.
• Create and maintain internal Medical Information resources (e.g., FAQs, technical response documents) to support field-based and internal colleagues.
• Lead publication strategy and execution for clinical and nonclinical data, including manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations.
• Partner with investigators, authors, and internal SMEs to ensure timely, high-quality publications in alignment with data generation milestones.
• Oversee external medical writing vendors and publication agencies to deliver compliant and impactful publications.
• Track and report progress against publication plan to internal stakeholders.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• time off
• 401K
• participating in Mineralys incentive plans are contingent on achievement of personal and company performance.