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Director of Corporate Affairs - Media Relations

Employer
Amgen
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA, US
Start date
Jul 11, 2019

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Discipline
Marketing, Public Relations
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Beach, Best Places to Work

Job Details

Amgen is seeking a Director of Corporate Affairs - Media Relations to be based at our corporate campus located in Thousand Oaks, California. The Director will report directly to the Executive Director of Corporate Affairs - Media Relations.

The Director of Corporate Affairs - Media Relations will be responsible for building media strategies and planning and placing compelling stories about Amgen's science, therapeutic areas, corporate initiatives and philanthropy to help build and protect Amgen's reputation. To achieve their goals, they will collaborate with numerous cross-functional partners to identify and deliver compelling narratives.

Key responsibilities of the Director of Corporate Affairs - Media Relations will include:
  • Builds and executes enterprise-wide media strategies
  • Coordinates with R&D, Operations, product and other Amgen communicators to build compelling media storylines, editorial and syndication calendars
  • Develops positive relationships with short and long-lead consumer outlets
  • Proactively pitches targeted stories to generate favorable press coverage with business, health, trade and consumer press and long-lead coverage spanning a variety of topics of key importance to Amgen
  • Anticipates and dedicatedly prepares company spokespeople and third-party spokespersons (where appropriate) for issues or events; including media training spokespeople
  • Coordinates interviews for key Amgen spokespeople
  • Builds and executes strategies to mitigate issues in the media
  • Researches and tracks media trends and emerging earned traditional and digital outlets
  • Develops training materials and standard methodologies for broader Corporate Affairs team
  • Manages and directs public relations agency partners to assure maximum impact and assistance in reaching desired communications goals and objectives


Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of Corporate Affairs experience

OR

Master's degree and 7 years of Corporate Affairs experience

OR

Bachelor's degree and 9 years of Corporate Affairs experience

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of related experience and/or 7+ years in Biopharma communication
  • Bachelor's Degree in public relations, communication or journalism
  • 5+ years of media / journalist experience in maintaining relationships, ability to pitch and highly effective at identifying "big picture" stories that are of interest to top-tier publications
  • Experience working in-house on the communication activities of a major biotech or pharma company, including in support of the Operations organization
  • Ability to interface and influence behaviors and outcomes at all levels, including Senior Executives
  • Proven experience developing/implementing strategic communication plans with foresight in anticipating and solving complex communication issues
  • Superior verbal and writing communication skills including the ability to understand and translate complex R&D language
  • High emotional intelligence coupled with refined interpersonal and relationship management skills; enthusiastic, team player and self-starter; serious commitment to hard work and excellence
  • Strong project management and facilitation skills
  • Strategic thinker with ability to think quickly, analytically and creatively to accommodate a dynamic environment.to develop actionable programs that address business objectives


Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.

Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

Company

We are all different, yet we have this in common: our mission to serve patients. This sense of shared purpose is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. It guides us as we continue to launch new medicines and reach millions of patients worldwide.

We live the mission.

We win together.

We thrive on continual challenge.

Our team of 22,000+ scientists and professionals worldwide bring distinct perspectives and experiences to all we do. We leverage our global talent to achieve together—to research, manufacture and deliver ever-better products and greater depth to our mission.

At Amgen, there is a strong correlation between our high level of diversity and performance. Because addressing issues with a wider range of perspectives and approaches leads to more creative problem-solving. Together, we’re transforming the promise of science and biotechnology into therapies that have the power to restore health.

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Company info
Website
Phone
805-447-1000
Location
Corporate Headquarters
One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks
California
91320-1799
United States

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