Senior Director, CMH Communications

Core Responsibilities

• Own the external communications strategy for all approved CMH products, including earned media, thought leadership, advocacy partnerships, and consumer campaigns.
• Lead consumer obesity communications and develop innovative integrated campaigns that engage diverse audiences.
• Develop and maintain brand narratives for Mounjaro, Zepbound, and Foundayo, ensuring consistency across all channels and geographies.
• Support new indication launches and label expansions as they come through regulatory review, owning the communications strategy from pre-approval in partnership with Scientific Innovation team through post-launch.
• Lead global communications strategy for approved products, ensuring consistent messaging and coordinated execution across international affiliates.
• Partner with affiliates to provide materials, messaging frameworks, and strategic guidance—enabling local market execution while maintaining global narrative integrity.
• Coordinate with the Scientific Innovation team to ensure smooth handoff of global communications as products move from regulatory approval into commercialization.
• Lead communications strategy and execution for priority CMH medical meetings—including ADA, EASD, ACC, and AHA—in partnership with Scientific Innovation, and other cross-functional comms partners.
• Develop materials including press releases, media backgrounders, data summaries, and HCP-facing content timed to scientific presentations.
• Anticipate and lead communications challenges related to on-market products— including pricing and access, competitive dynamics, compounding, and safety.
• Partner with Issues and Crisis Communications Team and Enterprise Communications to maintain and develop relationships with A-list media; serve as spokesperson and support internal spokespeople with counsel and media preparation.
• Oversee on-market PR agency relationships, ensuring high-quality output and strategic alignment.
• Operate as an active and flexible member of the broader CMH Communications team and Global Corporate Communications team contributing to pipeline, internal, and enterprise projects as the workload demands.
• Partner closely with marketing, medical affairs, regulatory, legal, and investor relations teams to align communications with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
• 8+ years of communications experience with a strong background in consumer health, brand communications, and earned media.