Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an Associate Director US Consumer Marketing, Oncology to work on our TKI and immunotherapy combination that is currently approved for use in the treatment of several cancers and has an active program in place to expand into many more. This position will be responsible for leading key elements of the consumer marketing strategy supporting current and expanding cancer indications for the franchise\xe2\x80\x99s fast growing book of business.

The position will report to a Director, US Consumer Marketing.

This position will require outstanding leadership in many areas, including strategy development, problem solving and launch excellence, as well as the ability to work successfully in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. This person will have the opportunity to impact business today, while simultaneously planning for future indications. This role also requires exceptional collaboration skills in working with a wide variety of internal and external partnership stakeholders, including our collaboration partners.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Strong leadership and team collaboration in developing and helping execute consumer marketing strategy for both existing and future indications

Closely collaborating among our company internal stakeholders and with external Collaboration Partners, to ensure consumer strategy is integrated and aligned with overall brand and franchise priorities

Lead positioning, strategy, market research, patient journey development, media planning and metrics across several tumors

Establish and lead new, innovative agile digital team

Leverage knowledge of the market dynamics and competitive set to make strong go-to-market recommendations and shifts

Strong understanding of the end-to-end patient journey, especially around treatment and post-treatment needs

Experience leading promotional and multi-channel media planning for all consumer channels for assigned tumors

Solid understanding of social and digital media to evaluate recommendations that align to target audience

Interpret consumer data, media measurement and analytics to ensure ongoing optimization and success against strategy and campaign goals

Engage with consumer promotions team to prioritize and ensure execution against brand plan

Collaboration with Health Care Provider (HCP), payor and global communication teams to ensure brand efforts are aligned

Successful promotional budget oversight as part of broader P&L

Key candidate attributes include, but are not limited to, the following:

Strong understanding of marketing fundamentals and integration across various channels

Aptitude to thrive in ambiguous situations, working outside existing processes or structures to overcome challenges

Exceptional executive and leadership presence

Analytic mindset, with the ability to distill metrics into learning/actions

Ability to influence without direct authority, drive alignment with cross-functional teams and build strong networks across large set of stakeholders

Desire to build partnerships, break down barriers and collaborate across the enterprise in a positive and effective way

Test and learn mindset to drive culture of innovation

Passion for and focus on the patient experience

Desire to help foster a strong team culture of inclusion, trust and empowerment

Commitment to applying agile values, principles, and practices

Education Minimum Requirements:

Required: Bachelor\'s degree

Preferred: Master\'s degree

Required Experience:

Minimum of 6 years Consumer Marketing or related experience

Experience in leading consumer brand strategy and implementation

Proven success in strategy development, implementation and measurement

Strong leadership, problem solving, teamwork, analytical, written/verbal communication and presentation skills

Strong understanding of integrated marketing across various channels

Strong collaborative skills

Ability to work within complex organizations and markets and lead sub-teams in support of key marketing strategy areas

Experience influencing without direct authority and working successfully with cross-functional teams

Preferred Experience:

A minimum of 4 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry

Oncology Marketing experience, ideally with a focus in consumer marketing

Product/Indication launch experience in the US market

Agile training and/or experience

Experience with combination and/or co-promote brands

Excels when addressing ambiguity, working outside existing processes and structures

This role will require approximately 25% travel, including some weekends.

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Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: Domestic

VISA Sponsorship: No

Travel Requirements: 25%

Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid

Shift: 1st - Day

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