Corcept Therapeutics

Director, Product and Pipeline Communications (Oncology and Neurology)

Corcept Therapeutics$238K — $281K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in journalism, public relations, or communications
  • Minimum 12 years in high-impact communications roles
  • Experience in biopharma communications or healthcare agency setting preferred
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills with an ability to simplify technical details
  • Proficient in social media strategy and content creation
  • Confident relationship builder across organizational boundaries
  • Ability to manage ambiguity and adapt to changing business needs

Responsibilities

  • Partner with organizational leaders to strategize communications initiatives
  • Craft and execute outreach plans using media and social platforms
  • Plan and manage content visibility for Corcept's products on social media
  • Engage with advocacy groups to increase awareness of research efforts
  • Oversee proactive media relations and handle inquiries
  • Lead internal communications focused on products and pipelines
  • Manage executive communications and thought leadership efforts

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence product awareness and corporate reputation
  • Engage with diverse external stakeholders including media, investors, and healthcare professionals
  • Leadership role with cross-functional collaboration
  • Work in an environment focused on discovering treatments for serious medical needs
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a biopharma context
Full Job Description
The Director of Product and Pipeline Communications will drive product communications initiatives and activities for Corcept's oncology and neurology portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate Communications, the Director of Product and Pipeline Communications will drive initiatives that support increased product awareness and bolster Corcept's corporate reputation, developing approaches to communication that improve engagement with external stakeholders and meet the evolving business needs of the organization.

Responsibilities:
  • Partner with leaders throughout the organization to plan and execute strategic communications activities to raise visibility of our products and pipeline
  • Develop and implement communications plans leveraging earned media, sponsored content, social media and owned media channels to engage and inform media, investors, employees, healthcare professionals, consumers, policymakers, advocacy partners and other external stakeholders
  • Manage content planning and execution to drive visibility of Corcept's products, leadership and activities on social channels
  • Engage advocacy organizations to support increased disease state awareness and drive awareness of Corcept's research efforts for specific patient populations
  • Oversee media relations: proactive pitching, reactive responses to media inquiries, coverage monitoring and other interactions with media
  • Own product and pipeline-focused internal communications initiatives
  • Manage executive communications and thought leadership initiatives for therapeutic areas
  • Demonstrate strong leadership across cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and driving high-quality, timely execution
  • Manage communications agency and other external vendors
  • Model Corcept's key principles: collaborating effectively, embracing possibilities, following the data, and leading by doing

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
  • Confident in building effective working relationships, inside and outside of Corcept
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex business priorities into clear and effective communications strategies
  • Exceptional strategic writing and editing skills, with the ability to synthesize scientific and technical information into accessible language for a broad range of audiences
  • Sound judgment and composure in managing sensitive or high-impact situations
  • Team player; able to provide effective coaching and guidance to peers and other team members
  • Social media experience with planning strategies and creating impactful content
  • Experience supporting executive visibility across internal and external channels
  • Proven ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and adapt approaches as business needs evolve
  • Requires 15-25% travel

Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in related field, including journalism, public relations, communications
  • Past experience working in biopharma communications and/or healthcare agency experience is strongly preferred
  • Minimum 12 years in roles delivering high-impact communications strategies

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this headquarters-based position is $238,900 - $281,100; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

For information on how Corcept collects, uses, discloses, protects, and otherwise processes personal information and an explanation of the rights and choices available to you with respect to your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Notice link.

Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

Please visit our website at: https://www.corcept.com/

About Corcept Therapeutics

Corcept Therapeutics is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders. The company's lead product, Korlym, is a cortisol receptor blocker that modulates the effects of cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland. Korlym is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance. The company is also developing other cortisol modulators, including CORT125134, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome and solid-tumor cancers. Corcept Therapeutics was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Learn more about Corcept Therapeutics
Size
238 employees
Market Cap
$2.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$106 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+35.1%
Revenue
$353.8 million
NASDAQ

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