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Director, R&D BD Communications

Employer
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Location
Cambridge, MA, United States
Start date
Jun 21, 2019

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Discipline
Marketing, Marketing/Corporate Communications
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Genetown

Job Details

Director, R&D and BD Communications

Company Profile:

Ipsen is a leadingbiopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient lives throughinnovative medicines inoncology,neuroscience andrare diseases. We take pride in our culture, which is rooted in collaboration, to deliver results for our core customer - the patient. This level of involvement by cross-functional teams promotes a strong sense of unity and pulls together all colleagues locally and across our key geographies, which span 115 countries across North America, Europe and Asia.

Position Overview:

This position is integral to all aspects of the corporate communications function, charged with the development and execution of communications plans in support of Ipsen's global R&D and Business Development activities. Responsible for the development and execution of external and internal communications strategies, plans and tactics to help raise the profile of Ipsen as a leading scientific organization and partner of choice.

Primary responsibilities include driving understanding and appreciation of Ipsen R&D expertise and strategy, our business development team and strategy, and our increasing presence in oncology, neurosciences and rare diseases. This is a hands-on and highly visible role engaging with senior leadership that requires strong communications counsel and execution of those programs. Cross-functional collaboration is required to achieve success. This position will need to be able to both drive strategy and implement day-to-day initiatives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop strategy and lead day-to-day external and internal communications activities to position Ipsen's R&D and BD activities within the biotech and scientific communities, including the development of innovative and integrated communications plans and programs that include the right combination of traditional, social and digital media channels

• Build Ipsen's presence within the local Cambridge and broader biotech communities as a partnering/licensing partner of choice

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with influential media that reach key stakeholders including patients, caregivers, healthcare providers and investors; conduct proactive outreach to journalists, arrange interviews, prepare executive spokespersons, act as a company spokesperson and direct the work of public relations agency

• Direct content creation including press releases, key message and Q&A documents, media pitches and briefing materials; develop strategy and content for Business Development and R&D sections of Ipsen.com

• Act as a strategic communications advisor to the Executive Vice President of R&D and Executive Vice President Business Development and other members of the R&D and BD teams

• Develop and present creative and measurable communications programs to internal stakeholders to ensure organizational alignment of key strategies, target audiences, messaging and key performance indicators

• Monitor expenditures and ensure overall spend is within approved budget allocations

• Manage budget - providing recommendations for appropriate allocation across functions

• Develop metrics and KPIs to measure program success

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree, Journalism or Mass Communications degree a plus

• Pharmaceutical experience is ideal

• Position includes approximately 20% local and international travel

• Minimum 15 years of experience in communications, writing and/or content creation; experience in business writing or writing for corporate audiences a must

• Excellent communication, writing and editing skills

• Exceptional project and time management skills with ability to lead and manage multiple projects from conception to completion, execute projects to set goals and gather metrics to measure success

• Adept at storytelling and editing raw content with a narrative eye, with keen understanding how to create content and tell stories for various channels

Ipsen Biopharma / Bioscience, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

IPSEN is an equal opportunity employer that strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company

Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) is a global, biopharmaceutical group focused on innovation and specialty care. The group develops and commercializes innovative medicines in three key therapeutic areas - Oncology, Neuroscience and Rare Diseases. At Ipsen, we focus our resources, investments and energy on discovering, developing and commercializing new therapeutic options to provide hope for patients whose lives are challenged by difficult-to-treat diseases. Ipsen's North American operations and headquarters are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where our fully integrated biopharmaceutical team across External Innovation and Partnering, Research & Development (R&D), Manufacturing and Commercial collaborate. Cambridge is home to Ipsen's third global hub, in addition to R&D centers in Paris-Saclay in France and Oxford in the United Kingdom. With additional offices in Basking Ridge, N.J. and Mississauga, Ontario, Ipsen employs approximately 600 people in North America. For more information on Ipsen in North America, please visit www.ipsenus.com or www.ipsen.ca.

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Phone
617-679-8500
Location
1 Main Street
Unit 700
Cambridge
MA
02142
United States

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