Associate Director, HCP Branded Strategy and Marketing, Rheumatology

Cambridge, MA (On-site)

$154K/yr – $243K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end brand and HCP engagement strategy, driving cross-functional initiatives from concept through measurement, with analytics-enabled optimization and budget/agency leadership.

  • Lead brand strategy and materials development
  • Collaborate across functions including Medical, Analytics, and Commercial
  • Use data to steer decisions and demonstrate ROI

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee end-to-end brand management, ensuring alignment with business objectives and HCP priorities.
  • Lead creation, development, and delivery of core brand materials including message development
  • Serve as the HCP branded strategy lead during annual planning cycles, collaborating with cross-functional teams and aligning objectives.
  • Partner with the Medical Commercial team on HCP advisory board to identify opportunities for improved HCP engagement and ensure alignment with field feedback.
  • Partner with Analytics and Insights team to turn insights into actionable growth strategies and executive-level reporting.
  • Foster a strong partnership with the medical team to ensure medical accuracy and compliance in promotional activities.
  • Evaluate performance through campaign measurement frameworks and optimize based on ROI, marketing mix model, and other analytics.
  • Manage the branded marketing budget and external agency relationships, ensuring efficiency and value.
  • Provide leadership and direction within cross-functional teams, effectively guiding initiatives and peers even when not in a formal management position.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • At least 5-10 years of marketing in the healthcare industry with increasing responsibilities in sales or related functions Healthcare related experience
  • Deep understanding of the brand/franchise, and how to effectively engage HCPs
  • Extensive experience in marketing strategy and tactic design
  • Experience leading cross-functional and agency teams and managing large budgets.
  • Strong strategic, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated leadership, business acumen and ability to manage multiple priorities, processes, timelines and expectations of multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Capable of leveraging data and analytics to distill insights and drive data-based decision making.
  • A demonstrated ability to process complex information and summarize it concisely in a professional manner and in a time sensitive environment is required.
  • Demonstrated comfort with emerging technologies, adaptability to new digital tools, and openness to adopting AI-enabled processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness for customers.

Preferred

  • MBA
  • Field sales experience
  • Prior pharma launch experience
  • Commercial experience in a rheumatology or immunology asset (e.g., Psoriatic Arthritis)
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