Associate Director, External Communications

At Genmab, we are dedicated to building extra[not]ordinary® futures, together, by developing antibody products and groundbreaking, knock-your-socks-off KYSO antibody medicines® that change lives and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. We strive to create, champion and maintain a global workplace where individuals’ unique contributions are valued and drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our patients, care partners, families and employees.

Our people are compassionate, candid, and purposeful, and our business is innovative and rooted in science. We believe that being proudly authentic and determined to be our best is essential to fulfilling our purpose. Yes, our work is incredibly serious and impactful, but we have big ambitions, bring a ton of care to pursuing them, and have a lot of fun while doing so.

Does this inspire you and feel like a fit? Then we would love to have you join us!

The Role

We are looking for an Associate Director, Communications & Corporate Affairs, to strengthen our global R&D and portfolio communications capabilities and our overall Communications & Corporate Affairs (C&CA) team as Genmab continues its rapid growth and transformation. The Associate Director will be charged with supporting the development and drive the execution of Genmab’s strategic communications efforts for our Research, Development and Technical Operations (RDT) organization. The role will execute communications plans to announce global data and regulatory milestones for the investigational and on-market medicines in our proprietary portfolio liaising and guiding country communicators. This role will require strong collaboration with our co-development and co-commercialization partners and cross-functional teams to build communications strategy, messaging and positioning, and tactics. The role acts as a global communications business partner and strategic counselor on global internal, external and digital communications and corporate affairs matters. This role is based in the Genmab Princeton, NJ, offices, reports to the Senior Director, RDT and Portfolio Communications, and requires strong science and marketing communications expertise in the life sciences industry and excellent skills in crafting communications materials to key target audiences.

The key objectives of the role are to:

• Support Genmab with the development of focused global strategic communications programs for its proprietary portfolio of investigational and on-market medicines, with a focus on promising early-stage bispecific and ADC antibody therapies in its pipeline, increasing the understanding and value behind Genmab’s innovative next-generation therapies.
• Develop and execute product communications plans to support brand strategy, clinical development programs, regulatory milestones, and pre-launch activities.
• Act as strategic communications advisor and point of contact with co-development and co-commercialization partner and global cross-functional internal brand and clinical development teams.
• Support development and execution of RDT communications activities and projects aimed at telling the Genmab RDT story and enhancing the reputation of Genmab.
• Partner with global Communications & Corporate Affairs colleagues to find synergies and efficiencies to contribute to and enhance our global content strategy across the enterprise; collaborate with investor relations to support communications around quarterly earnings and other investor/analyst events, including continuous updates to Genmab.com content, such as the Pipeline and Technology Platform sections, among others.
• A strong digital mindset and cross-functional collaboration is required to achieve success. This position will need to be able to collaborate with company partners and cross-functional colleagues to drive communications strategy and implement day-to-day initiatives.
• Shape and further build the Genmab story by bringing to life the scientific innovation and medical value of our innovative medicines through clear messaging that supports the brand’s objectives; raise awareness of the medical need; support internal engagement/pull through.

Responsibilities

• Execute strategic global communications for Genmab’s portfolio of investigational bispecific antibody medicines and on-market medicines.
• Collaborate with the Development, Medical, Commercial and Alliance Management teams to plan and execute comprehensive communications activities announcing data presentations/publications, clinical trial outcomes, regulatory pre- and filings and pre-approval milestones.
• Support RDT communications activities and projects.
• Manage PR agency partners, sometimes in collaboration with co-commercialization partners.
• Align with Communications & Corporate