Director, Product and Pipeline Communications (Oncology and Neurology)
Corcept Therapeutics
August 23, 2026
On-site
Redwood City, CA
Marketing
Responsibilities:
- Partner with leaders to plan and execute strategic communications to raise visibility of products and pipeline.
- Develop and implement communications plans using earned media, sponsored content, social media, and owned media to engage and inform media, investors, employees, healthcare professionals, consumers, policymakers, advocacy partners, and other stakeholders.
- Manage content planning and execution for visibility on social channels.
- Engage advocacy organizations to increase disease-state awareness and highlight Corcept’s research for specific patient populations.
- Oversee media relations (proactive pitching, reactive responses to inquiries, coverage monitoring).
- Lead product and pipeline-focused internal communications initiatives.
- Manage executive communications and thought leadership for therapeutic areas.
- Lead cross-functional teams to ensure collaboration and timely, high-quality execution.
- Manage communications agencies and other external vendors.
- Model key principles: collaborating effectively, embracing possibilities, following the data, and leading by doing.
Preferred Skills/Qualifications/Technical Proficiencies:
- Strong relationship-building; translate complex business priorities into clear communications strategies.
- Exceptional strategic writing/editing; synthesize scientific/technical information into accessible language.
- Sound judgment and composure in sensitive, high-impact situations.
- Team player with ability to coach peers.
- Social media planning and impactful content creation experience.
- Experience supporting executive visibility (internal/external).
- Ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and adapt as needs evolve.
- Travel: 15–25%.
Preferred Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field (journalism, public relations, communications).
- Biopharma communications and/or healthcare agency experience strongly preferred.
- Minimum 12 years delivering high-impact communications strategies.
Application instructions:
- Please visit https://www.corcept.com/.
- Partner with leaders to plan and execute strategic communications to raise visibility of products and pipeline.
- Develop and implement communications plans using earned media, sponsored content, social media, and owned media to engage and inform media, investors, employees, healthcare professionals, consumers, policymakers, advocacy partners, and other stakeholders.
- Manage content planning and execution for visibility on social channels.
- Engage advocacy organizations to increase disease-state awareness and highlight Corcept’s research for specific patient populations.
- Oversee media relations (proactive pitching, reactive responses to inquiries, coverage monitoring).
- Lead product and pipeline-focused internal communications initiatives.
- Manage executive communications and thought leadership for therapeutic areas.
- Lead cross-functional teams to ensure collaboration and timely, high-quality execution.
- Manage communications agencies and other external vendors.
- Model key principles: collaborating effectively, embracing possibilities, following the data, and leading by doing.
Preferred Skills/Qualifications/Technical Proficiencies:
- Strong relationship-building; translate complex business priorities into clear communications strategies.
- Exceptional strategic writing/editing; synthesize scientific/technical information into accessible language.
- Sound judgment and composure in sensitive, high-impact situations.
- Team player with ability to coach peers.
- Social media planning and impactful content creation experience.
- Experience supporting executive visibility (internal/external).
- Ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and adapt as needs evolve.
- Travel: 15–25%.
Preferred Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field (journalism, public relations, communications).
- Biopharma communications and/or healthcare agency experience strongly preferred.
- Minimum 12 years delivering high-impact communications strategies.
Application instructions:
- Please visit https://www.corcept.com/.