Associate Director, Patient Support Experience & Engagement Lead - US Marketing Immunology

North Wales, PA (Hybrid)

$142K/yr – $224K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end PSP content and experience, drive portal design and cross-functional collaboration, and lead readiness for patient and provider touchpoints within an Agile U.S. marketing environment.

  • Lead content strategy across patient and provider touchpoints
  • Own healthcare provider portal design and requirements
  • Coordinate cross-functional review and launch readiness

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end PSP content, messaging, branding, and experience strategy across patient and healthcare provider touchpoints, ensuring a clear and consistent support experience across the Immunology portfolio
  • Lead the development and ongoing evolution of PSP materials, including PSP branding, patient and HCP messaging and program collateral, website and digital content, and other approved patient-support communications; coordinate with program and operational partners to ensure approved content is consistently reflected across touchpoints
  • Maintain an end-to-end view of the patient and provider communication journey and identify opportunities to improve clarity, consistency, channel coordination, and effectiveness
  • Partner with HCP, Consumer, and Payer Marketing, Sales Leadership, Legal, Medical, Compliance, Privacy, MLR reviewers, and agency partners to manage content strategy, development, review, and approval while preserving a patient- and provider-centered experience
  • Own brand-side strategic decisions for the healthcare provider portal, including portal scope, business requirements, design priorities, and feature prioritization in alignment with the broader PSP strategy
  • Translate HCP and program needs into detailed portal design requirements, including desired features, workflow and routing needs, user experience principles, content requirements, and business rules, partnering with Digital, technology, Patient Access, and implementation teams through design and build
  • Actively engage throughout portal design and development to ensure approved requirements are reflected in the experience and that portal decisions remain aligned with enrollment, hub, field reimbursement, and other PSP capabilities
  • Facilitate market and cross-functional input as portal design progresses, resolve or elevate key business decisions, and support launch readiness for the HCP portal
  • Support field readiness by partnering with field leadership and global Learning & Development to ensure training content, tools, and messaging accurately reflect approved PSP services and customer needs
  • Use launch learnings, patient and provider feedback, content/channel performance, and program insights to recommend ongoing enhancements to PSP content, messaging, branding, and portal experience

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology or healthcare industry, including experience with marketing, patient support, patient experience, content development, digital experience, or related areas
  • Experience in patient support, launch readiness, content development, digital experience, or omnichannel marketing strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to translate patient, provider, market, and operational insights into clear strategic requirements and recommendations
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing without direct authority in a matrixed organization
  • Strong communication, problem-solving, strategic planning, and stakeholder-management skills
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking with the ability to balance patient experience, business objectives, compliance requirements, and operational feasibility
  • Demonstrates high degree of integrity and ethics
  • Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity; growth mindset
  • Adaptability, Agile Methodology, Business Decisions, Channel Marketing Strategy, Communication, Content Strategy, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience (CX), Decision Making, Digital Engagement, HCP Experience, Market Access, Marketing, Marketing Budget Management, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Omnichannel Engagement, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Patient Support, Pharmaceutical Industry, Strategic Thinking
  • Adaptability, Adaptability, Advertising Campaign Development, Agile Methodology, Clinical Care, Clinical Pathways, Communication, Corporate Ethics, Creative Campaign Development, Decision Making, Digital Analytics, Ethical Standards, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Managing Ambiguity, Marketing Budget Management, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Market Research, Patient Advocacy, Patient Care, Patient Engagement, Patient Management, Patient Support, People Leadership, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Sales

Preferred

  • Awareness and understanding of U.S. commercial, legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance considerations applicable to patient support programs
  • Understanding of and/or experience directly working within the Immunology market
  • Familiarity with biologic therapies and/or complex specialty patient support programs
  • Experience supporting product launch readiness and lifecycle evolution of patient support programs
  • Experience with patient support content strategy, patient/HCP messaging, branding, content development, and integration of digital and non-digital channels
  • Experience with healthcare provider portals or other digital products, including business requirements, feature prioritization, user experience design, and cross-functional build processes
  • Experience with CRM-enabled journeys, patient-support websites, content ecosystems, or other patient/provider engagement experiences
  • Experience with agency and vendor management and familiarity with MLR review processes

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.

Salaries

Posted range

$142K/yr – $224K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
19

Funding

Total Funding
$74M
Last Raise
$56M
Series B, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2020
    Series B • $56M
  • Mar 2020
    Venture Round • $3M
  • Jan 2017
    Series A • $15M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
683.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.9%
Direct
40.8%
Referral
9.4%
Social
4.9%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~127