Director of Corporate Affairs, Neuropsychiatry Franchise
Biogen
August 21, 2026
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Corporate Functions
What You'll Do
- Develop and execute integrated, multi-channel communications strategies aligned with franchise priorities and company objectives.
- Serve as communications lead for a medicine for postpartum depression (PPD), supporting commercial priorities, data milestones, awareness initiatives, and lifecycle management.
- Provide strategic counsel on messaging, stakeholder engagement, media relations, issues management, and reputation-building.
- Partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal, and Corporate Affairs to ensure coordinated and compliant execution.
- Drive external media relations to advance visibility of ZURZUVAE and the Neuropsychiatry franchise with patients, HCPs, consumers, and other stakeholders.
- Lead alliance strategies to ensure coordinated communications planning, aligned messaging, and effective external engagement.
- Create and execute consumer- and physician-focused campaigns with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and defined KPIs.
- Shape stakeholder engagement and relationships with patient advocacy organizations, women’s health groups, HCP organizations, and digital influencers/opinion leaders.
- Represent the company in alliance partnerships; align strategy, engagement activities, programming, and budget planning.
- Partner with Government Affairs, Public Policy, Market Access, and Patient Advocacy to identify and address policy/access issues affecting treatment access.
- Manage agency partners, external consultants, budgets, and performance measurement frameworks.
Who You Are / Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 10+ years of pharmaceutical/biotechnology/healthcare/life sciences communications; experience with commercialized products.
- Experience in neuropsychiatry, women’s health, or specialty pharmaceuticals preferred.
- Expertise in product communications, strategic storytelling, and multi-channel campaign development.
- Proven consumer and HCP communications success with measurable outcomes.
- Ability to translate clinical/scientific/medical information into compelling communications.
- Strong experience engaging patient advocacy and other external stakeholders.
- Alliance/co-promotion/partnership experience strongly preferred.
- Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and agency management skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance; fitness & wellness programs; short- and long-term disability; paid vacation (minimum 15 days) and end-of-year shutdown; paid holidays; sick time; paid maternity and parental leave; 401(k) with match; employee stock purchase plan; tuition reimbursement (up to $10,000/year); Employee Resource Groups participation.
- Develop and execute integrated, multi-channel communications strategies aligned with franchise priorities and company objectives.
- Serve as communications lead for a medicine for postpartum depression (PPD), supporting commercial priorities, data milestones, awareness initiatives, and lifecycle management.
- Provide strategic counsel on messaging, stakeholder engagement, media relations, issues management, and reputation-building.
- Partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal, and Corporate Affairs to ensure coordinated and compliant execution.
- Drive external media relations to advance visibility of ZURZUVAE and the Neuropsychiatry franchise with patients, HCPs, consumers, and other stakeholders.
- Lead alliance strategies to ensure coordinated communications planning, aligned messaging, and effective external engagement.
- Create and execute consumer- and physician-focused campaigns with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and defined KPIs.
- Shape stakeholder engagement and relationships with patient advocacy organizations, women’s health groups, HCP organizations, and digital influencers/opinion leaders.
- Represent the company in alliance partnerships; align strategy, engagement activities, programming, and budget planning.
- Partner with Government Affairs, Public Policy, Market Access, and Patient Advocacy to identify and address policy/access issues affecting treatment access.
- Manage agency partners, external consultants, budgets, and performance measurement frameworks.
Who You Are / Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 10+ years of pharmaceutical/biotechnology/healthcare/life sciences communications; experience with commercialized products.
- Experience in neuropsychiatry, women’s health, or specialty pharmaceuticals preferred.
- Expertise in product communications, strategic storytelling, and multi-channel campaign development.
- Proven consumer and HCP communications success with measurable outcomes.
- Ability to translate clinical/scientific/medical information into compelling communications.
- Strong experience engaging patient advocacy and other external stakeholders.
- Alliance/co-promotion/partnership experience strongly preferred.
- Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and agency management skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance; fitness & wellness programs; short- and long-term disability; paid vacation (minimum 15 days) and end-of-year shutdown; paid holidays; sick time; paid maternity and parental leave; 401(k) with match; employee stock purchase plan; tuition reimbursement (up to $10,000/year); Employee Resource Groups participation.