VP, Scientific Communications – Marketing

City of Hope

Vice President leading scientific communications and marketing for City of Hope’s commercialization organization. Focusing on strategic partnerships and industry collaboration in life sciences.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110 - $183 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute the communications and marketing strategy for City of Hope’s commercialization organization, ensuring consistent and compelling messaging across all external audiences.
Translate complex scientific, clinical, and translational innovations into clear, partner-ready narratives for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, investor, entrepreneurial, and foundation stakeholders.
Lead the strategy, development, launch, and maintenance of City of Hope’s innovation and commercialization website, highlighting partnership opportunities, licensing assets, accelerator programs, and scientific capabilities.
Create and oversee high-impact marketing materials including executive presentations, pitch decks, one-pagers, scientific content, digital campaigns, newsletters, and business development collateral.
Drive communications and marketing initiatives for Hope Catalyst, promoting programs, success stories, innovation opportunities, and engagement with investors, mentors, entrepreneurs, and industry partners.
Partner with Business Development and Licensing teams to develop partnering packages, investor materials, conference assets, non-confidential summaries, and industry outreach campaigns that support transaction generation.
Support thought leadership, scientific events, innovation forums, investor showcases, and industry conferences through strategic messaging, speaker preparation, promotional campaigns, and post-event communications.
Build and strengthen the commercialization organization’s brand by positioning City of Hope as a scientifically exceptional, commercially sophisticated, and highly collaborative innovation partner.
Develop compelling content strategies that highlight breakthrough discoveries, commercialization successes, licensing opportunities, startup creation, strategic partnerships, and patient-impact stories.
Collaborate across Communications, Legal, Compliance, Government Affairs, Philanthropy, Business Development, Licensing, Intellectual Property, and scientific leadership teams to ensure alignment, accuracy, and institutional consistency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Communications, Marketing, Business, Healthcare, or a related field required.
Advanced degree in Science, Medicine, Business, Communications, or Public Health preferred.
15+ years of experience in scientific communications, life sciences marketing, biotechnology, pharmaceutical communications, healthcare innovation, commercialization, business development support, or strategic communications.
Proven success developing scientific, technical, and commercial communications for life sciences, healthcare, biotech, pharmaceutical, or academic medical center audiences.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex scientific and clinical concepts into compelling and market-ready messaging.
Experience creating executive presentations, pitch decks, website content, marketing campaigns, one-pagers, newsletters, and strategic communications materials.
Strong understanding of commercialization, technology transfer, licensing, strategic partnerships, innovation, translational research, or business development.
Experience managing communications across scientific, clinical, legal, compliance, executive, and operational stakeholders.
Ability to engage effectively with industry partners, investors, entrepreneurs, foundations, and strategic collaborators.
Exceptional writing, storytelling, editing, project management, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Prior experience supporting commercialization, venture creation, accelerator programs, licensing, or business development in an academic medical center, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or innovation-driven environment preferred.
Familiarity with oncology, cell therapy, diagnostics, precision medicine, biologics, data platforms, or related therapeutic areas is highly desirable.
Ability to travel 30–40% as needed.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

Executive PresentationsPitch DecksWebsite Content DevelopmentMarketing CampaignsOne-PagersNewslettersStrategic Communications MaterialsTranslational ResearchCommercializationLicensing

Soft Skills

Exceptional WritingStorytellingEditingStakeholder ManagementPresentation Skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Life SciencesCommunicationsMarketingBusinessHealthcare