Executive Director, Product Communications & Engagement – MariTide

Career Category

Corporate Services

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you are a part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

At Amgen, our mission is to serve patients by transforming the promise of science into life-changing medicines. Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will lead the Corporate Affairs product communications strategy for MariTide, translating the Obesity & Related Conditions Corporate Affairs vision into integrated communications that support launch readiness, commercialization, lifecycle management, and future indication expansion. Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Corporate Affairs, you will serve as the Corporate Affairs lead for MariTide, ensuring product communications, content, digital, and executive communications work together as one cohesive strategy. You will partner closely with Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Market Access, Enterprise Communications, and other cross-functional leaders to align Corporate Affairs priorities with business objectives while preserving the function's trusted role in scientific communications, disease education, stakeholder engagement, and reputation.

Key Responsibilities

Product Communications Leadership

• Lead the Corporate Affairs product communications strategy for MariTide across launch readiness, commercialization, lifecycle management, and future indication expansion

• Develop differentiated product narratives grounded in science, patient insights and unmet need that reinforce MariTide's value and long-term impact

• Translate the broader Corporate Affairs strategy into integrated communications plans that engage patients, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders

• Provide strategic counsel to senior leaders on product communications opportunities, risks, and reputation

Communications Governance & Cross-Functional Integration

• Lead integrated communications planning for MariTide, establishing priorities and ensuring alignment across Corporate Affairs and cross-functional partners.

• Represent Corporate Affairs within cross-functional launch planning and governance forums

• Partner with Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Advocacy, Market Access, and Enterprise Communications to ensure coordinated execution around key product milestones

• Identify opportunities to amplify scientific, regulatory, and commercial milestones through strategic Corporate Affairs communications

Content, Digital & Engagement Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Product Communications, Content and Digital Communications organization

• Lead the teams responsible for editorial strategy, executive thought leadership, internal product communications, owned channels, patient storytelling, scientific storytelling, and digital engagement

• Drive an integrated content ecosystem across earned, owned and digital channels while leveraging analytics, audience insights, and emerging technologies to optimize impact

• Coach and develop direct reports while fostering a collaborative, high-performing and innovative team culture

Strategic Partnership with Media Relations

• Partner closely with the Senior Director, Global Media Relations to ensure product communications strategy informs earned media engagement, executive visibility, thought leadership and issues preparedness

• Ensure seamless coordination between product communications and media relations to deliver a consistent external narrative for MariTide across all stakeholder audiences

Leadership

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