Head of Strategic Marketing Chemistry

Burlington, MA (On-site)

$216K/yr – $404K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive global strategic marketing for life sciences products, shaping the long-term growth plan, portfolio, pricing, and cross-functional execution.

  • Own global marketing strategy and portfolio development.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in strategic marketing or 5+ years in management consulting in life sciences.
  • Standout: proven global leadership across cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Drive global strategic marketing for life sciences products, shaping the long-term growth plan, portfolio, pricing, and cross-functional execution.

  • Global Marketing Strategy: Develop and lead global marketing strategies to drive growth and profitability. Create short and long term plans, conduct market sizing, competitive analysis, customer VOC, and value modeling.
  • Innovation Initiatives: Collaborate with R&D and field leads on market-driven innovation and roadmap development.
  • Value Proposition: Create compelling, differentiated value propositions tailored to target markets and customers.
  • Pricing Management: Develop pricing strategies informed by competitive analysis and value modeling.
  • Activation Support: Collaborate with marketing communications and regional teams to execute activation plans and content development.
  • Business Cases: Support development of business cases for commercialization opportunities and partnerships.
  • Business Planning: Oversee business planning and execution to guide strategic planning for the business unit.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree and Masters’ Degree.
  • 10+ years of proven experience in Strategic Marketing or 5+ years in Management Consulting in life sciences or biotechnology.
  • 5+ years’ leadership experience with global teams.
  • Strong leadership with track record of building high-impact teams in matrix environments.
  • Strategic thinker who aligns long-term marketing with business objectives.
  • Deep understanding of market dynamics and customer insights for opportunity/threat identification.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with stakeholder engagement.
  • Proficient in data analysis and strategic planning tools to inform decisions.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clear direction in dynamic settings.
  • Experience leading across a complex, international network of stakeholders (Commercial, R&D, Quality, Operations).
  • Ability to travel internationally (up to 20%).

Preferred

  • PhD in Scientific, Technology, Engineering or relevant discipline preferred.
  • Experience in commercial area is an added advantage.

Benefits

  • Health insurance, PTO, retirement contributions, and other perquisites.
  • Inclusive culture emphasizing diverse backgrounds and opportunities for growth.
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MilliporeSigma

Together with our colleagues, customers and stakeholders, we impact life and health with science. Before researchers can make scientific breakthroughs, they must have access to state-of-the-art tools, services and expertise to perform experiments and engineer new products. That’s where we come in. We offer one of the broadest portfolios in the industry for scientists, best-in-class products for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, and a fully integrated service organization to support CDMO and contract testing across traditional and novel modalities. Our vision is a world where our innovative products, services and digital offerings help create solutions for people globally and a sustainable future for generations to come.The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operates as MilliporeSigma in the US and Canada. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is a global science and technology company with around 60,000 employees in more than 66 countries. Intended only for US/CA visitors.

Founded in 1951
Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
11K employees (286 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$358.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
72.6%
Direct
22.4%
Referral
3.8%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
228 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
8.8 years

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