AD, Marketing Strategy - Direct to Consumer - Breast Cancer

East Hanover, NJ (On-site)

$153K/yr – $283K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize end-to-end oncology marketing programs across paid, owned, and earned channels, coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver emotionally resonant patient experiences.

  • Lead omnichannel strategy and cross-functional collaboration to advance brand objectives.
  • Guide budgeting, planning, and agency partnerships to ensure efficient resource use and clear patient impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute U.S. DTC marketing strategies and campaigns supporting women living with early and metastatic breast cancer.
  • Drive the growth and optimization of key consumer engagement channels, including social, digital, and paid media platforms.
  • Contribute to creative development and content strategy, helping deliver distinctive, emotionally resonant patient experiences.
  • Lead website content updates and enhancements across consumer-facing digital properties.
  • Support omnichannel campaign execution and performance optimization across paid, owned, and earned channels.
  • Manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables to ensure seamless execution of marketing initiatives.
  • Support planning and execution for key oncology milestones and events, including ASCO, SABCS, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
  • Partner with agency teams on briefs, creative development, review cycles, and deliverable management.
  • Contribute to budget planning, forecasting, and operational management to ensure efficient use of resources.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners—including HCP Marketing, Content Lab, CXP&O, Patient Services, Communications, Medical, Legal, and Regulatory—to advance brand objectives and deliver a connected customer experience.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience within marketing, omnichannel, brand strategy, communications, or related disciplines
  • Strong project management and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Experience with internal systems, processes and platforms like FUSE, MER360 and MIST
  • Understanding of the rules and regulations that govern our industry, including direct to consumer marketing rules
  • Understanding of artificial intelligence and interest in learning more, finding ways to apply this medium to make us stronger as a team
  • Ability to work collaboratively, independently, communicate effectively, and navigate a fast-paced, highly regulated environment
  • Curiosity, creativity, and willingness to contribute ideas that elevate creative rigor and brand distinctiveness
  • Interest in oncology, patient behavior, and high-impact health communications

Benefits

  • US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits.
  • generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.
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Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide. Find out more at https://www.novartis.com See our community guidelines: https://go.novartis.social/3Nboxki

Founded in 1996
Münchenstein, Basel-Country, CHE
82K employees (4,325 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$51.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.7%
Direct
34.2%
Referral
9.6%
Social
5.5%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~82.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3,475 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
19 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

Funding

Total Funding
$2.5B
Last Raise
$2.5B
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $2.5B
  • Feb 2018
    Grant • $6.5M

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