Senior Director, Public Affairs

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Senior Director, Public Affairs

About The Job

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

About The Job
The Sr. Director, Public Affairs is a critical member of the Global Corporate Communications team and will work in a cross-functional environment with Global Public Policy (GPP), Legal, Federal Government Affairs (FGA), Value and Access (LVA) and therapeutics area leads. The focus of this role is to deploy communications strategies to craft a policy environment at the federal level that promotes Lilly policy objectives. The ideal candidate will have experience crafting and launching public affairs campaigns that include media strategy, partner engagement, external mobilization, paid media and digital/social amplification. Outstanding writing skills and pharmaceutical industry knowledge are a must. This position will report into the Associate Vice President, Public Affairs with dotted lines to the Senior Vice President and Head of Global Public Policy and the Vice President and Head of U.S. Public Policy.

Have you had success developing and driving public affairs communication campaigns that required media strategy, digital/social savvy, paid targeting, partner outreach and coalition building? Your skills and experiences would be appreciated and valued here. Apply today and join Team Lilly!

Primary Responsibilities

• Drive high-stakes public affairs campaigns in coordination with Policy, Legal, Government Affairs, Regulatory Affairs and other corporate affairs teams. 
• Develop rapid response and amplification systems that can be leveraged across issues.
•  Build relationships with relevant third parties (patient advocacy, consumer groups, think tanks) who are engaged in debates relevant to Lilly, in coordination with the Advocacy team.
• Deploy bold communications strategies to shape environment favorable to achieving policy and regulatory goals.
• Partner with Corporate Communications Issues Management team to inform them on policy issues and objectives.
• Provide strategic communications counsel to business partners.
• Coordinate with industry associations’ public affairs teams (e.g., PhRMA, BIO) as needed. 
• Engage with the different corporate functions on communication strategies and tactics, which may encompass earned and paid media, digital and social media amplification, internal communications, advocacy groups, speaking engagements for Lilly executives, and events or briefings. 
• Stay on top of the evolving policy landscape in terms of drug pricing, intellectual property, patient affordability, reimbursement and innovation. 
• Develop proactive and reactive message documents, including talking points, standby statements, press release and FAQs. 
• Develop advocacy communications materials, including issue backgrounders, fact sheets, op-eds and partner letters.
• Drive media strategy and build relationships with key policy media. 
• Work jointly with business partners to lead media inquiries and partner with extended communications team on story prospects.
•   Evaluate and recommend fresh perspectives to drive Lilly’s voice externally.
• Partner with and provide direction to external agencies and vendors, as needed.
• Flex to support other areas of the team, as needed. 

Requirements

• Brings a strong policy mindset with ability to understand complex regulatory and legislative issues.
•  Proven creative and strategic communications skill.
• Understanding of biopharmaceutical industry, supply chain dynamics, public policies impacting industry and partner/advocacy landscape. 
• Corporate external communications, public affairs and partner engagement experience. 
• Understanding of if/when/how to use Lilly’s thought leadership to advance policy objectives.
• Experience deploying media strategies and shown success interacting with reporters. 
• Ability to work quickly and with effectively in a prompt manner. 
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across a matrixed organization, establishing strong working relationships. 
• Superb verbal and written communication skills. 
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 
• Highly organized, problem solver with capability to lead multiple tasks. 
• Ability to be a flexible teammate, act quickly and meet due dates with the highest ethical and business standards. 
• Professional presence capable of handling ad-hoc issues, performing with a sense of immediacy. 
• Meticulous attention to detail, with ability to grasp and focus on the big picture.
• Project management capabilities that include process development and improvement, communications of standard processes, and measurement. 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• 10+ years of communications experience. 
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Shown ability in leading, running and coordinating large cross-functions and sophisticated results; ability to influence without authority; ability to develop collaborations and good working relationships to secure teamwork across all functions. 
• Previous experience with or knowledge of drug development and commercialization. 
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to lead strategy projects, engage others and translate strategy into implementation tactics and capabilities. 
• Established capability to influence others and lead without authority. 
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across functional and geographic boundaries as well as across, up, and down the interpersonal ladder.
• Experience working with professional, advocacy, communications outlets or similar collaborators. 

Location

• Washington DC. Hybrid work schedule allowed. 

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

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Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$165,000 - $242,000

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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