Jennifer Mauer

Jennifer Mauer is the current Head of Global Communications & Corporate Brand at Viatris. Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in Communications, with a focus on Corporate Communications. Prior to their current role, Jennifer was the VP, Head of Corporate Communications at Merck from November 2018 to September 2020. In this role, they were responsible for leading all communications regarding the company’s response to Covid pandemic, boosting engagement of staff, and partnering with the outgoing CEO on personal platform aligned with community involvement and healthcare disparity.

Jennifer consolidated agency support from 17 to 4 agencies, saving over $200K in rate card savings in 2019. Jennifer also defined an integrated reputation-first strategy for all Global Communications, eliminating siloes and achieving more cohesive and coordinated approach. In addition, they developed integrated processes to support business including project management process for company’s largest external events, critical to building partnerships internally and externally.

Jennifer also led the effort to reimagine corporate websites to be hosted within Merck versus previous external hosting; saved significant costs and enabled agile and aligned messaging. Jennifer also drove enterprise-wide change communications, specifically focused on spin off of women’s health, biosimilars, and legacy brand products.

Jennifer Mauer has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, a Master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Journalism from the University of Richmond. Jennifer also has a High School Diploma from The American School in Japan. Jennifer is a certified life coach from Coach U.

Some of their coworkers include Jeffrey Liu - Head of Global Compliance Operations, Anil Amin - Chief Business Development Officer, and Sanjeev Narula - CFO. Jennifer Mauer reports to Michael Goettler, CEO.