Sr. Manager/Associate Director Patient Advocacy & Communications

Full-time - Mid Level

San Diego, CA

About the position

The Sr. Manager/Associate Director Patient Advocacy and Communications for neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray) will report to the Senior Director, PR & Advocacy. The successful candidate is responsible for patient advocacy programs & project management, and support with external communications.

Responsibilities

• Executes overall vision and strategy as it relates to patient advocacy, including supporting partnerships/educational initiatives with advocacy groups.
• Assists with the development of internal and external communications materials like key messages, website content and social media content for a corporate, KOL and patient/caregiver audience.
• Collaborates with the internal cross-functional team to support the execution of the overall strategic and tactical plan for building awareness and adoption of products.
• Ensures tactical plans and decisions are aligned to achieve corporate and brand objectives.
• Works cross-functionally with marketing, market access, medical, and legal teams.
• Mitigates areas of risk by monitoring key issues and trends and assists with developing strategies to protect and enhance corporate goodwill and reputation.
• Builds and maintains collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships with key patient advocacy and professional medical associations.
• Acts as an ambassador for the patient perspective, ensuring a patient-centric mindset and relevant engagement.
• Collaborates with Marketing and Regulatory teams on content review and supports education about neffy™, including partnerships with spokespersons, social media influencers, etc.
• Ensures compliant and transparent stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in health, communications, business, or marketing preferred.
• Advanced degree MS/MBA/MA preferred.
• 5+ years patient advocacy experience including at least 2 years of pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Detail-oriented, self-initiating, well-organized, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven ability to prioritize, exhibit sound decision-making, possess learning agility and build strong relationships.
• Excellent verbal communication skills; proven ability drafting key messages, articles, educational materials, visual presentations, digital communication assets, etc.
• A strong portfolio and a proven track record of delivering high-quality content in the pharmaceutical industry.
• A self-starter with strong organization skills who is comfortable with defining goals, success factors, and key metrics for programs, and delivering against them in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Highly collaborative with the affinity to build relationships across teams, including vendors, business managers, and external partners.
• Able to travel up to 15% to attend advocacy meetings and medical conferences.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation & benefits package.
• Salary range of $160,000 to $200,000.
• Eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Equity.
• 401k matching.
• 100% employer paid Medical, Dental & Vision for employees.