Associate Director, Crisis & Issues Communications, Media
MSD
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington DC • District of Columbia, New Jersey, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $126,500 - $199,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Support the execution of communications strategies that support our Company's policy and advocacy priorities across U.S. State, Federal, and enterprise levels.
- Translate complex health policy and legislative issues into concise, engaging communications for internal and external audiences.
- Develop, manage and execute communications plans to mitigate various issues across the enterprise.
- Develop high-quality messaging frameworks, Q&As, press materials, and communications toolkits to support key objectives and thought leadership efforts.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and amplification of our Company's public policy positions across channels and audiences.
- Support proactive media engagement to advance our Company's perspective on public policy and healthcare innovation.
- Develop relationships with reporters, editors, and policy media outlets to support storytelling opportunities and manage inquiries.
- Contribute to strategic counsel and content development support for senior leaders on policy-related topics and stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in policy communications, public affairs, or related roles, ideally within the healthcare or pharmaceutical sector.
- Experience working on Capitol Hill, and an understanding of the legislative and regulatory process.
- Demonstrated experience with integrated communications strategies around complex policy issues.
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills with the ability to translate complexity into clarity.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative and operate with a high degree of ownership.
- High emotional intelligence, discretion, and professional maturity.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to anticipate needs and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
policy communicationspublic affairscommunications strategieswritingeditingstorytellingproject managementstakeholder engagementmedia engagementlegislative process
Soft skills
proactiveself-motivatedhigh emotional intelligencediscretionprofessional maturityorganizational skillsinitiativeownershipanticipation of needsability to deliver results