Director, HPV Global Vaccines, HCP Strategy & Activation

Rahway, NJ (Hybrid)

$191K/yr – $300K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

You will own global HCP strategy and activation, translating insights into priorities, coordinating cross-functional teams, and building scalable tools to enable markets.

  • Own global HCP strategy across priority audiences and channels.
  • Lead campaign evolution and delivery with markets and regions.
  • Build and scale global tools, playbooks, and accelerators.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the HCP strategy across priority audiences and channels.
  • Translate insights into clear strategic choices, quarterly and annual priorities, and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead global HCP activation strategies, ensuring strong integration across awareness, relevance, urgency, and conversion objectives.
  • Enable markets to execute omnichannel activation effectively.
  • Leverage our Company's marketing framework to ensure strategic direction and consistency on segmentation and personas, content and channel strategy, and alignment of resources and tactics to the customer experience plan.
  • Lead campaign evolution and delivery in partnership with key markets and regions, informed by customer and market insights.
  • Support expansion of vaccination initiatives in eligible countries, prioritizing new national immunization program introductions and cohort expansions.
  • Partner closely with Global Policy and our Manufacturing Division on near-term business planning activities.
  • Convene and partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Policy, Market Access, Medical, Outcomes Research, and Communications, to support aligned prioritization and a consistent customer experience.
  • Build and scale global tools, playbooks, and accelerators that enable markets to execute with speed, consistency, and confidence.

Requirements

  • BA/BS
  • MBA or MS/MA
  • Minimum of seven (7) years of brand marketing experience.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, or related healthcare industries.
  • Strong leadership and collaboration skills, including influencing with and without authority and working across cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated success in global marketing or commercial strategy roles.
  • Strategic and innovative thinker with a continuous learning orientation and commitment to excellence.
  • Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and overcome complex business challenges.
  • Ability to process, integrate, and communicate large amounts of information, including utilizing analytics to support data-driven decisions.

Preferred

  • Global, regional, and/or country-level marketing experience.
  • Vaccine commercial experience, preferably in sales and marketing.
  • Demonstrated success competing in multiple geographic markets and developing new markets and channels.
  • Knowledge of digital platforms used for customer analytics and customer engagement.
  • Experience providing commercial input into business readiness reviews, market research initiatives, and agency partner management.

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.
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