Director, Head of Corporate Communications

About Celea Therapeutics
Celea Therapeutics is dedicated to advancing transformative treatments for people with serious respiratory diseases. Drawn from the Latin word for “sky,” our name reflects our mission to rise above the status quo and deliver therapies that change lives. Our lead program, deupirfenidone (LYT-100), is currently in Phase 3 clinical development with active candidate enrollment, representing a potential new standard of care for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other fibrotic lung diseases.
Rising above the status quo takes a team as strong as its science, and we hire and work by five values: accountability — owning outcomes and acting like owners; transparency — talking straight and building trust; collaboration — achieving together what no one could alone; innovation — challenging accepted ideas and taking smart risks; and passion — bringing energy and heart to the mission.
As Celea prepares for its next stage of clinical, corporate, and capital markets growth, we are seeking a strategic, hands-on Director, Head of Communications to build and execute an integrated external communications program. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role will serve as the company’s day-to-day owner for corporate communications and the operating cadence required for the company.
This is a Director-level individual contributor role designed for someone who can think like a function head while personally writing, coordinating, organizing, and executing the work. In the near term, you will focus on strengthening Celea’s corporate narrative, supporting communications around clinical and corporate milestones, preparing external facing content, and creating practical processes that help Celea communicate clearly, consistently, and compliantly across multiple external audience segments. Over time, you will help scale the communications infrastructure needed to support the company’s public presence (electronic, in print and web presence), financing activities, medical and industry conferences, and milestone-driven engagement with key stakeholders.
The ideal candidate combines biotechnology communications judgment, excellent writing, disciplined project management, and comfort working in a lean environment where external agency partners, legal counsel, finance, clinical, medical affairs, and executive leaders must stay tightly aligned.
Key Responsibilities
Own Celea’s integrated communications workplan, ensuring external messaging is clear, consistent, scientifically credible, regulatorily appropriate, and aligned with company strategy.
Develop, write, and maintain core corporate external-facing materials, including the corporate deck, external presentation, conference materials, press releases, executive talking points, Q&A documents, website updates, and social media content.
Partner with executive leadership, Finance, Legal, Clinical, Medical Affairs, and external advisors to support corporate objectives, including conference planning together with medical affairs, Q&A preparation, and company communications processes.
Partner with Leadership and HR on internal communications, providing strategic messaging and communications support for employee announcements, program rollouts, company news and other key organizational updates.
Translate complex clinical, scientific, regulatory, and commercial information into balanced, accurate, audience-appropriate messaging for, healthcare stakeholders, media, prospective employees, patients, and caregivers.
Lead proactive and reactive communications around corporate, clinical, financing, conference, and business milestones, balancing planned news flow with opportunistic visibility opportunities between major events.
Coordinate media relations and thought leadership activities, including media lists, inbound inquiries, executive preparation, earned media opportunities, and compliant amplification of scientific congress activity and