Associate Director, Marketing (Rare Disease)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$170K/yr – $190K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the lifecycle and evidence strategy for a rare-disease therapy, coordinating cross‑functional plans from new indications to post‑approval studies.

  • Lifecycle Strategy: Define evidence needs and alignment across Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Market Access, and commercial teams.
  • Evidence & IRE/Phase IV: Prioritize studies and RWE plans to support label expansion and payer narratives.
  • KOL & Real‑world Input: Synthesize insights from key opinion leaders to shape priorities and messaging.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support development of an integrated lifecycle strategy for a rare disease therapy, including new indications and additional evidence to broaden utility within current population
  • Lead market assessments and prioritization of new indications and evidence generation investments based on sound strategic and financial rationale.
  • Partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, and Market Access around the design of potential Phase IV studies, RWE initiatives, and additional clinical studies to support label expansion; provide commercial perspective aligned with brand strategy to guide decision making
  • Partner with Market Access to strengthen the payer value proposition, ensuring evidence generation reinforces payer narratives and aligns with access strategy.
  • Partner with Medical Affairs to shape the KOL engagement strategy that informs evidence generation and lifecycle planning.
  • Synthesize insights from KOLs to guide strategic priorities and refine the integrated lifecycle strategy.
  • Ensure consistent pull‑through of brand messaging within current indication by partnering with peer to peer and omnichannel teams to align content, tone, and strategic intent
  • Support advisory boards and insight‑gathering activities to ensure brand strategy and messaging reflects real‑world clinical practice and emerging mindset.
  • Support development of strategic marketing plans to achieve business objectives, including participation in strategy development and messaging evolution for HCP and patient audiences.
  • Ensure timely understanding, measurement and evaluation of brand performance and work collaboratively within the marketing team to modify tactical plans as needed.
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Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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We're a growth-oriented biopharmaceutical company improving patient lives by developing and commercializing advanced products across a range of therapies.

Founded in 2005
Chicago, Illinois, USA
445 employees (21 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.1%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
7.1%
Social
8.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~445

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
19 (4% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$548.5M
Last Raise
$200M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $200M
  • Jan 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $30M
  • Mar 2021
    Post IPO Equity • $27M

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