Director, US Patient Marketing

South San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$225K/yr – $263K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end patient media strategy and performance, turning data and insights into clear recommendations for brand investments and cross-channel optimization.

  • Define audience strategies and unified measurement linking digital engagement to patient outcomes
  • Lead KPI design, dashboards, and performance reporting for media and patient outcomes
  • Lead testing, optimization, and adoption of emerging marketing technologies with IT and analytics partners

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end patient media strategy to ensure consistent reach, frequency, and storytelling across platforms.
  • Manage all media planning, buying, optimization, performance measurement, including audience targeting, as well as associated budget.
  • Define audience strategies using claims-based data, behavioral insights, contextual targeting, and first-party data.
  • Own all marketing and media metrics, measurement frameworks, and performance optimization
  • Lead design and governance of KPIs across media, ensuring consistent definitions and reporting standards.
  • Develop and maintain a unified measurement framework connecting digital engagement to patient outcomes.
  • Own dashboards and performance reporting for patient.
  • Partner with Commercial Analytics and Data Science teams to integrate media, CRM, web, and claims-based data.
  • Develop and lead testing frameworks
  • Translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for brand strategy and investment decisions.

Requirements

  • Minimum 4+ years of U.S. pharmaceutical brand marketing experience.
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience managing/leading pharmaceutical patient media
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Analytics, Statistics, Communications, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare marketing.
  • Mature metrics governance and performance measurement framework.
  • 2+ years of hands-on patient media experience in a pharmaceutical or healthcare setting.
  • Strong background in media analytics, attribution, testing, and performance optimization.
  • Experience working in highly regulated industries with MLR review processes.
  • Strong alignment between media investment and patient engagement outcomes.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

  • MBA or advanced degree.
  • Experience launching or supporting specialty, cardiovascular, or complex pharmaceutical brands.
  • Experience building omnichannel measurement frameworks
  • Experience working with IT/data engineering teams on marketing technology infrastructure.
  • Experience in black box, REMs, rare disease and/or specialty pharma is a plus.

Benefits

  • comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off.
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Cytokinetics

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Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which muscle performance is compromised and/or declining. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance, we are developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact muscle function and contractility. Proud to be a San Francisco Business Times Best Place to Work in 2021 and 2022, a Great Place to Work-Certified company in 2022 and a part of Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area in 2022 and Fortune's Best Workplaces in BioPharma in 2022.

Founded in 1998
South San Francisco, California, USA
726 employees (36 in marketing)
48% recommend to a friend
83% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
14.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.1%
Direct
40.2%
Referral
5.6%
Social
1.2%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~727

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
36 (5% of company)
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$2.4B
Last Raise
$650M
Post IPO Debt, 6 months ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $650M
  • May 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $50M
  • May 2024
    Post IPO Equity • $550M

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