Manager of Media Strategy, Patient

Irvine, CA (Remote)

$121K/yr – $171K/yrManager8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end media strategy and activation for THV campaigns, turning business goals into channel plans, budgets, and guardrails that guide agencies and in-house teams.

  • Media strategy ownership: align goals, channels, and investment with business objectives.
  • Activation and optimization: ensure in-flight plans deliver and adjust with data-driven guardrails.
  • Cross-functional leadership: partner with THV and agency teams to translate priorities into clear media direction.

Job Description

Lead media strategy for consumer and patient campaigns, establishing media goals, channel roles, and investment approach, while guiding tactical considerations in partnership with media agency. Drive translating business objectives into actionable media strategies and executional plans, providing clear strategic direction and guardrails while leveraging agency expertise, tools, and platforms. Oversee campaign activation, ensuring plans are delivered in line with strategic intent and business priorities. Lead ongoing optimization discussions, providing final decision-making on key investment shifts and in-flight adjustments. Continuously evaluate and evolve media plans based on performance insights, business shifts, and opportunities surfaced through agency and internal teams. Build strong, trust-based relationships with cross-functional partners across the THV business unit through consistent collaboration and media expertise. Serve as a strategic advisor to marketing stakeholders, translating business priorities into clear media direction and recommendations. Provide guidance on tradeoffs, priorities, and investment strategies to ensure alignment with business goals. Contribute to the development of media POVs and best practices, informed by campaign learnings and agency insights. Champion a test-and-learn approach, supporting clear hypotheses, measurement frameworks, and decision-making on scaling successful initiatives. Support development and refinement of audience segmentation, sizing, and targeting strategies grounded in business objectives and available data. Partner with agency to translate audience frameworks into actionable, platform-ready targeting approaches. Ensure audience strategies are consistently applied across channels and campaigns. Contribute to channel selection and investment allocation decisions based on audience insights, objectives, and performance trends. Identify opportunities to expand reach, improve targeting precision, and unlock new audience growth segments. Oversee in-market campaign performance and partner with agency on optimization strategies. Monitor budget pacing, delivery, and performance to ensure plans deliver in full and meet KPIs. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness throughout the campaign lifecycle. Support implementation of measurement frameworks aligned to business and audience objectives in close collaboration with ELS THV Analytics team. Analyze campaign leading and lagging performance indicators and synthesize insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
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Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Through breakthrough technologies, world-class evidence and partnerships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, our employees are inspired by our patient-focused culture to deliver life-changing innovations to those who need them most. We thrive on discovery and expanding the boundaries of medical technology, serving patients in 100+ countries, with the help of our employees in areas including Clinical Affairs, Quality Engineering, Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Sales & Marketing, corporate functions and more. Contact UsWe want to hear from you and engage in meaningful discussions. However, please note that we are not equipped to provide customer, candidate, or technical support through this platform. If you require assistance from those teams, please find their contact information here: https://www.edwards.com/aboutus/contactusIf you’re a patient in need of medical advice, please contact your healthcare provider directly. We reserve the right to remove any comments that are off-topic, repetitive, or include hate speech, profanity, or offensive language. Additionally, we will not engage in discussions about competitor products, off-label use of Edwards products, or unsubstantiated/misleading claims that could cause harm.All Terms and Conditions of LinkedIn apply. For the Edwards Lifesciences privacy policy, visit https://www.edwards.com/legal/privacypolicy.

Founded in 1958
Irvine, California, USA
14K employees (641 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend
70% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
205.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$22.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
57.5%
Direct
34%
Referral
6.1%
Social
1.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
435 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
5.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
11

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