Senior Specialist, Corporate Communications

Scorpion Therapeutics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k with match

Paid time off

Stock options

Career development

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics in New York seeks a Senior Specialist, Corporate Communications to drive the strategy, development, and execution of a broad communications portfolio across internal and external channels. You will craft messaging for press, social media, and thought leadership, and support data/regulatory newsflow and corporate events.

Key responsibilities include supporting quarterly earnings materials, managing intranet updates and employee engagement initiatives, and leading multiple

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in corporate communications, PR, or pharma/biotech communications.
• Experience with biotech/pharma and/or life sciences clients or agencies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, Canva and social media analytics.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review corporate messaging across external and internal channels.
• Support investor relations materials and earnings communications.
• Lead intranet updates, townhalls, and employee engagement efforts.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Exceptional writing

Project management

Strategic communications

Relationship building

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Teams

Canva

Newswire

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Specialist, Corporate Communications supports the strategy, development, and execution of a broad communications portfolio across internal and external channels.

Essential Functions

• External Corporate Communications: Draft/review/secure approval of messaging and materials (press releases, social posts, bylined articles/Q&A, thought leadership, multimedia, factsheets, website content). Support corporate/data/regulatory newsflow. Manage day-to-day corporate website updates. Collaborate on brand messaging/imagery for meetings, booths/sponsorships, patient advocacy, and corporate events. Work with PR and website vendor partners. Handle ad-hoc requests (materials development, benchmarking, performance metrics, media monitoring, social listening).
• Investor Relations/Financial Communications: Support quarterly earnings materials (press release, script, Q&A, deck, live call). Support financial communications (investor outreach notes, banking conference presentations). Assist with corporate presentation updates. Maintain IR database entries for Street meetings. Liaise with IR vendor partners. Handle ad-hoc benchmarking/research.
• Internal Communications: Manage intranet updates; draft and review intranet posts. Create graphics and publish intranet posts. Support townhalls/internal events. Contribute to employee engagement initiatives.
• Project Leadership: Manage multiple projects with minimal supervision; join/lead calls; coordinate with cross-functional teams for timely delivery.

Necessary Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional writing/editing; project management/organization; relationship building; strategic communications understanding; professionalism with senior leaders; resourcefulness; familiarity with communications analytics.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, English, or related field (preferred).

Experience Requirements

• 5–8 years in corporate/internal communications, PR, media, or financial communications (biotech/pharma and/or life science/healthcare clients/agencies).
• Late-stage and/or commercial biopharmaceutical communications (preferred).
• Experience with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, website/intranet, Canva/graphic design, newswire, and social media.

Compensation & Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision
• life/AD&D
• short/long-term disability
• FSAs/HSA
• EAP
• pet insurance
• 401k with match and discretionary stock options
• paid time off/sick time/paid holidays
• career development/training