Associate Director, Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Data Communications

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis seeks an Associate Director, R&D Cardiometabolic Health Communications to lead data communications, narrative strategy, and milestone planning across the CMH pipeline, spanning preclinical through regulatory milestones.

You will partner with medical affairs, R&D, and TA leaders to shape publications, media relations, executive communications, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring messaging is scientifically accurate, strategically aligned with the enterprise

Qualifications

• Experience leading data communications in pharma/biotech contexts.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, strategic narratives.
• Proven track record shaping communications around clinical milestones.

Responsibilities

• Develop data communications strategy for CMH pipeline across stages.
• Lead congress strategy for cardiometabolic data presentations.
• Partner with medical affairs to align publications strategy and disclosures.
• Advise senior R&D and TA leaders for media interviews and executive engagements.

Skills

Data communications

Narrative strategy

Congress strategy

Executive communications

Media relations

Stakeholder engagement

Public speaking

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Company Overview

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We are looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Responsibilities

The Associate Director, R&D Cardiometabolic Health Communications is the dedicated communications lead for Lilly's cardiometabolic health pipeline, accountable for core deliverables: data congress strategy and milestone data communications. This role is embedded with LRL counterparts in cardiometabolic health and maintains a dotted-line relationship with the Cardiometabolic Health TA communications lead. Lilly's cardiometabolic portfolio is one of the most expansive in the industry, spanning incretins, cardiovascular disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and related conditions. This therapeutic area sits at the center of Lilly's growth story and public narrative. Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Data Storytelling Communications, the Associate Director leads communications across the scientific lifecycle for cardiometabolic health assets, from pre-clinical through first regulatory approval, ensuring every data moment is strategically planned, narratively connected to the enterprise science story, and executed with the quality and ambition that reflects Lilly's position as the world's most valuable healthcare company. This is a trusted advisor to senior R&D and TA leaders.

Specific Responsibilities Include

• DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NARRATIVE STRATEGY: Develop and own the early, mid- and late-stage communications strategy and positioning for the cardiometabolic health pipeline. Architect narratives before milestones land, ensuring Lilly shapes how the science is understood rather than reacting to it. Connect every data readout to the broader Lilly enterprise science story.
• CONGRESS STRATEGY: Follow early Congress playbooks to show up with Lilly’s CMH data where and how it matters.

PUBLICATIONS STRATEGY

Partner with medical affairs and R&D to align publications strategy with communications objectives. Ensure peer-reviewed data disclosures reinforce the corporate narrative and are supported by proactive media and stakeholder engagement.

• EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND COUNSEL: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior cardiometabolic health R&D and TA leaders. Prepare executives for media interviews, scientific congresses, and other high-stakes engagements. Develop executive visibility strategies and supporting materials.
• MEDIA RELATIONS: Develop and execute proactive media strategy for cardiometabolic health pipeline milestones. Build and maintain relationships with key journalists covering the therapeutic area. Manage reactive media inquiries in partnership with the broader media relations team.