Director, Corporate Affairs, Cardiovascular Communications

Location: Northern

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** Job Description**## Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re 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 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.
** Corporate Affairs Director, Cardiovascular** **(CV) Communications
**** What you will do
** Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Reporting to the Senior Director, Cardiovascular (CV) Communications, the  Corporate Affairs Director, Cardiovascular (CV) Communications will be an autonomous strategic leader for Amgen’s cardiovascular portfolio. This role will independently own the development and execution of global and U.S. communications strategies that support Repatha and prepare the organization for future cardiovascular launches, including olpasiran.

The Director will turn scientific data, business priorities and stakeholder insights into clear, integrated communications that advance Amgen’s leadership in cardiovascular disease. Working in close partnership with the Senior Director, this leader will set and deliver priorities for their portfolio, provide thoughtful counsel, and bring teams together to drive high-quality work  ideal candidate is a highly experienced, unflappable communications leader who can run the day-to-day with confidence while quickly mobilizing around high-stakes needs.

This position can be based remotely within the U.S.; however, the successful candidate must be willing to travel to the company’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks, CA.Obesity communications are not directly part of this role and are led by a separate team at Amgen.
** Responsibilities
* ** Independently lead the strategy and execution of global and U.S. communications for assigned cardiovascular priorities, including Repatha and launch readiness for olpasiran.
* Develop integrated, insight-led plans that connect scientific, business and reputation objectives across earned media, digital and social, advocacy, executive and limited internal communications.
* Serve as a strategic communications counselor to business partners, bringing sound judgment and clear recommendations on opportunities, risks and stakeholder engagement.
* Own the day-to-day leadership of the portfolio, triaging deliverables, while maintaining focus on the highest-value strategic priorities.
* Work with cross-functional teams and partners across Commercial, Medical, Value & Access, Government Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs.
* Translate complex clinical, scientific and business information into credible, audience-relevant communications for patients, healthcare professionals, media, advocacy organizations, employees and other stakeholders.
* Use data, analytics, social listening and audience insights to sharpen strategy, optimize execution and demonstrate impact.
* Anticipate emerging…