Associate Director, Employee Value & Workforce Communications

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Own the global and U.S. compensation and benefits communications strategy — developing campaigns that help employees understand and value what Lilly offers, covering programs including Annual Compensation Review (ACR), benefits enrollment, and Lilly stock programs.
• Maintain and evolve a multi-quarter communications roadmap and editorial calendar — aligning compensation and benefits communications to enterprise workforce engagement priorities and sequencing messages to avoid employee overload.
• Frame compensation and benefits communications through an EVP lens — ensuring every communication reinforces Lilly’s commitment to its people and helps employees, at every stage of their career, connect the full value of what they receive to why Lilly is a place worth staying, growing, and investing in.
• Stay current on compensation, benefits, and workforce trends and evolving employee expectations — proactively informing communications planning and ensuring Lilly’s EVP narrative remains competitive and compelling.
• Draft and coordinate high-impact employee communications — ensuring consistency with the enterprise narrative, benefits policies, and legal requirements, and modeling the quality standard for the team.
• Coordinate content reviews and approvals with subject matter experts across HR, Legal, and other partners to ensure accuracy and appropriate delivery.
• Deliver communications across multiple channels — selecting the right format and channel for each audience and moment, whether employees have been with Lilly 20 years or 20 days.
• Serve as the primary communications practitioner for M&A internal communications — owning execution from pre-announcement through workforce transition, deal close, and the integration of acquired employees into TEAM Lilly.
• Develop M&A communications that address employee questions about pay, benefits, and continuity during transitions — translating complex topics into clear, compassionate messaging that strengthens Lilly’s commitment to the people joining its workforce.
• Career Development: Own the editorial calendar for high-priority global and U.S. compensation and benefits communications — ensuring content is current, accessible, and consistently maintained across internal channels including LillyNow.
• Contribute to team-wide editorial standards, process development, and guidelines as a senior communications team member.
• Serve as a flexible communications resource across the Workforce Engagement function — deploying against emerging priorities, filling critical capability gaps, and leading work where the business demands it.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field.
• 7 years of experience in internal communications, corporate communications, or HR communications.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Demonstrated experience developing communications for compensation, benefits, or workforce transition programs.
• Experience supporting or leading communications for M&A activity, organizational change, or workforce transitions.
• Experience managing complex, multi-audience editorial calendars and global communications campaigns.
• Pharmaceutical, life sciences, or healthcare industry experience preferred.
• EVP Storytelling: Understands that compensation and benefits communications are an expression of Lilly’s employer value proposition — able to translate program details into compelling narratives that help employees understand, appreciate, and feel the full value of working at Lilly.
• Compensation & Benefits Fluency: Solid understanding of compensation structures, benefits program design, open enrollment processes, and how these programs fit into a broader employer value proposition — able to engage credibly with HR partners and translate program complexity into clear, human-centered employee communications.
• M&A Communications Discipline: Proven ability to manage sensitive, time-critical communications with accuracy, discretion, and composure — from pre-announcement preparation through workforce integration, with a consistent focus on what employees most need to hear and when.
• Editorial Judgment: Able to hold quality, tone, and strategic intent across a broad portfolio — including policy-governed, legally sensitive, and high-visibility employee communications — without losing the human voice that makes EVP communications land.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to manage cross-functional reviews and approvals with accuracy and efficiency — building credibility with HR, Legal, Finance, and Business Development partners.
• Composure Under Pressure: Solutions-oriented in high-stakes, time-sensitive situations — able to deliver accurate, high-quality communications on compressed timelines without sacrificing rigor or the employee-first perspective.
• Channel Fluency: Proficiency with internal communications platforms including LillyNow, SharePoint/intranet, Viva Engage, LillyTV, and enterprise email — with the judgment to match channel to audience and moment.