Senior Director - Neuroscience Communications
Eli Lilly and Company
June 30, 2026
Remote friendly (Indianapolis, IN)
United States
Marketing
Role Summary
- Sr. Director, Neuroscience Communications responsible for building and delivering integrated communications strategies across the neuroscience portfolio and pipeline (US primary market, meaningful global reach).
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the overarching neuroscience communications narrative across media, patients, HCPs, and the public.
- Ensure brand narrative credibility for approved Alzheimer’s treatment and future pipeline assets; ground stories in science and keep consistency across audiences.
- Shape scientific narrative architecture with the Scientific Communications & Innovation team.
- Develop external stakeholder understanding ahead of clinical data releases and regulatory events.
- Support senior Neuroscience leaders’ visibility and thought leadership.
- Build and deliver integrated global communications strategies for the portfolio and pipeline.
- Coordinate brand/treatment communications with marketing and cross-functional teams.
- Lead/regulate rigorous external narratives for clinical data releases and regulatory communications; translate strategy into briefs for Earned Media, Content, Digital, and Consumer COE functions.
- Serve as trusted adviser to senior NBU leadership in high-stakes situations.
- Anticipate and prepare for issues affecting the neuroscience portfolio and reputation; develop issues frameworks, holding statements, and rapid-response playbooks; coordinate with Legal, Regulatory, Government Affairs, and COE.
- Provide day-to-day COE partnership: brief, align, and hold COE functions accountable to global strategy.
- Coordinate global strategy pull-through with Sr. Director, International Neurology & AD Communications; direct PR agencies of record.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, public relations, or related field.
- 6+ years professional experience in pharmaceutical/biotech/healthcare communications (corporate, agency, or journalism).
- US full-time work authorization required; Lilly does not sponsor visas.
Additional Skills & Preferences
- Experience with external communications for clinical data releases, regulatory submissions, or product approvals.
- Experience leading a communications team/function.
- Track record delivering multi-channel, multi-audience plans with measurable outcomes.
- Ability to advise senior leaders and produce executive content; credible in high-stakes settings.
- Experience building proactive issue/crisis response frameworks across Legal/Regulatory/Government Affairs.
- Exceptional writing/storytelling across press materials, executive messaging, briefings, speeches, digital content, and narrative frameworks; non-negotiable.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; can shift priorities quickly.
Benefits (explicitly stated)
- Eligible for company bonus (depending on company/individual performance).
- Comprehensive benefits: 401(k), pension, vacation, medical/dental/vision/prescription, flexible benefits (e.g., dependent day care FSA), life insurance/death benefits, certain time off/leave, well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance, fitness, clubs).
Work Location
- Indy-based; hybrid work schedule.
- Sr. Director, Neuroscience Communications responsible for building and delivering integrated communications strategies across the neuroscience portfolio and pipeline (US primary market, meaningful global reach).
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the overarching neuroscience communications narrative across media, patients, HCPs, and the public.
- Ensure brand narrative credibility for approved Alzheimer’s treatment and future pipeline assets; ground stories in science and keep consistency across audiences.
- Shape scientific narrative architecture with the Scientific Communications & Innovation team.
- Develop external stakeholder understanding ahead of clinical data releases and regulatory events.
- Support senior Neuroscience leaders’ visibility and thought leadership.
- Build and deliver integrated global communications strategies for the portfolio and pipeline.
- Coordinate brand/treatment communications with marketing and cross-functional teams.
- Lead/regulate rigorous external narratives for clinical data releases and regulatory communications; translate strategy into briefs for Earned Media, Content, Digital, and Consumer COE functions.
- Serve as trusted adviser to senior NBU leadership in high-stakes situations.
- Anticipate and prepare for issues affecting the neuroscience portfolio and reputation; develop issues frameworks, holding statements, and rapid-response playbooks; coordinate with Legal, Regulatory, Government Affairs, and COE.
- Provide day-to-day COE partnership: brief, align, and hold COE functions accountable to global strategy.
- Coordinate global strategy pull-through with Sr. Director, International Neurology & AD Communications; direct PR agencies of record.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, public relations, or related field.
- 6+ years professional experience in pharmaceutical/biotech/healthcare communications (corporate, agency, or journalism).
- US full-time work authorization required; Lilly does not sponsor visas.
Additional Skills & Preferences
- Experience with external communications for clinical data releases, regulatory submissions, or product approvals.
- Experience leading a communications team/function.
- Track record delivering multi-channel, multi-audience plans with measurable outcomes.
- Ability to advise senior leaders and produce executive content; credible in high-stakes settings.
- Experience building proactive issue/crisis response frameworks across Legal/Regulatory/Government Affairs.
- Exceptional writing/storytelling across press materials, executive messaging, briefings, speeches, digital content, and narrative frameworks; non-negotiable.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; can shift priorities quickly.
Benefits (explicitly stated)
- Eligible for company bonus (depending on company/individual performance).
- Comprehensive benefits: 401(k), pension, vacation, medical/dental/vision/prescription, flexible benefits (e.g., dependent day care FSA), life insurance/death benefits, certain time off/leave, well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance, fitness, clubs).
Work Location
- Indy-based; hybrid work schedule.