Director, Marketing

North Wales, PA (Hybrid)

$191K/yr – $300K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own the U.S. HCP strategy and omnichannel engagement, expand PrEP adoption across existing and new provider segments, and translate insights into actionable commercial plans and education.

  • Lead US HCP strategy and omnichannel execution
  • Expand PrEP engagement across existing and new provider segments
  • Translate insights into strategy, education, and congress planning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of the U.S. HCP strategy, including segmentation, targeting, positioning, messaging, customer journeys, and omnichannel engagement.
  • Expand PrEP engagement among both existing prescribers and new provider segments, including OB/GYN, Community Health Centers, Sexual Health Clinics, Urgent Care, and Pharmacists where appropriate.
  • Identify barriers and opportunities across the provider journey to increase PrEP recommendation, initiation, and persistence.
  • Translate customer insights, trends, market research, and analytics into actionable commercial strategies.
  • Lead the commercial scientific engagement strategy in partnership with Medical Affairs.
  • Translate emerging clinical evidence, guidelines, and real-world data into relevant HCP education and engagement strategies.
  • Oversee development of disease-state education, peer-to-peer initiatives, speaker programs, and educational resources that improve provider confidence and capability.
  • Support identification of evidence-generation opportunities and customer learning priorities.
  • Ensure scientific and educational strategies are aligned with evolving HIV prevention practices and customer needs.
  • Lead commercial strategy and planning for major HIV, infectious disease, preventive medicine, and specialty congresses.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required. Masters/MBA equivalent preferred.
  • 10+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or related commercial experience. 5+ years of HCP marketing, scientific engagement, medical education, or commercial strategy experience.
  • Demonstrated success developing HCP & KOL strategy and driving provider behavior change. Experience leading congress planning, scientific engagement, or medical education initiatives.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills.
  • Product launch leadership.
  • Demonstrated people management, including building and motivating high performing teams.
  • An inclusive and action-oriented leadership approach, with a strong willingness to think outside the box.
  • Familiarity with pharmaceutical regulatory, legal, compliance, and promotional review requirements.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a high-visibility, fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
  • Proven ability to identify opportunities, remove barriers, and deliver outcomes with limited oversight.

Preferred

  • HIV, PrEP, Infectious Disease, Vaccine, or Public Health experience.
  • Experience working closely with Medical Affairs and Evidence Generation teams.
  • Experience developing HCP strategies that support multicultural populations and advance health fairness.
  • Expertise in omnichannel marketing, customer experience design, and analytics-driven decision making.
  • Experience leading in an agile marketing model.
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