Global Associate Marketing Director, R&I

Gaithersburg, MD (Hybrid)

$229K/yr – $344K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the global promotional strategy, align cross‑functional tactics and campaigns with markets, and lead digital/AI-enabled initiatives to boost brand impact and launch readiness.

  • Own the global promotional strategy and tactical execution
  • Coordinate across markets, alliances, and cross-functional teams to ensure aligned delivery

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and refine the brand’s promotional strategy to increase global impact, bringing innovative approaches and opportunities to achieve a bold, transformative ambition.
  • Lead the implementation of prioritized tactics within the GSP and operational plan, ensuring timely execution, clear accountability, and alignment with brand objectives across markets.
  • Craft and implement persuasive promotional materials and campaigns in alignment with the overarching brand strategy, with an emphasis on innovative thinking and flawless execution.
  • Serve as a lead for digital innovation and AI implementation, identifying and applying AI tools and techniques to enhance marketing effectiveness, content development, customer engagement, executional efficiency, and insight generation across the omni-channel ecosystem.
  • Analyze business performance and formulate strategic insights to leverage business drivers, optimize brand performance, and identify transformative pathways.
  • For key strategic initiatives, lead the creation, rollout, and optimization of new marketing materials and tactics, ensuring they are embedded effectively into the GSP and broader operational planning process.
  • Collaborate with markets to identify best practices, uncover needs and trends, and improve consistency of brand strategy execution through omni-channel tactics.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with enterprise cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution and tracking of marketing activities and tactics.
  • Work closely with alliance partners and internal stakeholders to support strong alliance management, ensuring strategic alignment, effective governance, coordinated execution, and delivery against shared brand priorities.
  • Partner with relevant cross-functional teams, including commercial, medical, sales, market development, advocacy, and supply colleagues, to ensure brand plans are informed by market needs, evidence generation, and operational realities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, marketing, or the sciences .
  • 5+ years of pharmaceutical commercial experience, including a robust understanding of the US market .
  • Proven track record in developing and executing brand strategies and materials founded on insights and value propositions.
  • Demonstrated experience in translating strategy into clear tactical implementation through brand plans, operational plans, and cross-functional delivery.
  • Experience applying digital and AI-enabled tools to improve marketing effectiveness, execution, planning, or customer engagement.
  • Demonstrated experience in financial competence and budget management.
  • Experience in the respiratory and/or immunology therapeutic area.
  • Experience engaging with external customers, such as key opinion leaders .
  • Proven ability to strategically lead personal and non-personal tactic development and execution.
  • Skilled in managing multiple projects across functional areas, working independently when appropriate, collaborating within teams, and serving as a sub-team lead when needed.

Preferred

  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Proven leadership and influencing skills to drive strategy adoption and execution.
  • Proven leadership skills and the ability to collaborate in a matrix environment.
  • Familiarity with applying AI tools and techniques to enhance marketing efficiency, content generation, insight development, and omni-channel execution.
  • Experience contributing to or supporting alliance governance and partner coordination in a global or cross-market setting.
  • Experience integrating commercial priorities with operational planning and supply-related considerations to enable effective execution.

Benefits

  • Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
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42%
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