Senior Director, Field Marketing - USCAN

San Diego, CA (On-site)

$225K/yr – $337K/yrSenior Level18+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the USCAN Field Marketing strategy and regional activation, partnering with Commercial leadership and Global Marketing to drive demand, pipeline, and commercial growth across markets while leading budget, organization evolution, and stakeholder alignment.

  • Own integrated regional Field Marketing activation across events, digital channels, ABM, and customer programs
  • Align with Commercial, Sales, and Global Marketing to drive pipeline and growth
  • Manage budget, resources, and performance insights to optimize investment and outcomes

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set and direct the USCAN Field Marketing strategy and operating plan, translating global commercial and marketing priorities into regional and sub-regional strategies that address market opportunities and business priorities.
  • Establish the operating model and priorities for regional and sub-regional Field Marketing activation, ensuring resources and investments are aligned to the highest-value customer, segment, market, portfolio, and commercial opportunities.
  • Serve as the senior Field Marketing partner to USCAN Commercial leadership and Sales, shaping commercial strategy and aligning Field Marketing priorities with customer needs, growth opportunities, revenue planning, and field execution.
  • Partner with Global Marketing to translate enterprise strategies, product launches, portfolio priorities, and core campaigns into relevant USCAN activation, while bringing customer, market, and field insights back into global planning and governance.
  • Establish accountability for Field Marketing contribution to demand generation, pipeline creation and acceleration, customer acquisition, conversion, adoption, and commercial impact; use performance insights to optimize strategy, programs, and investment.
  • Direct the strategy for integrated customer engagement across major industry events, regional and sub-regional programs, digital activation, account-based marketing, customer programs, and other field channels.
  • Guide development of value propositions, messaging, sales enablement, and channel strategies that support regional segment priorities, customer engagement, and commercial growth.
  • Lead market characterization and monitor business performance, funnel health, customer dynamics, and competitive signals to inform strategic planning, investment decisions, forecasts, and adjustments to the Field Marketing plan.
  • Ensure the voice of the customer and voice of the field inform portfolio planning, product and solution strategy, and the evolution of marketing priorities and activation.
  • Build and sustain strategic engagement with influential customers, investigators, sites, and Key Opinion Leaders through the Field Marketing organization to deepen market insight and advance regional priorities.

Requirements

  • Typically requires Bachelor's or Master's degree in genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, or equivalent is required.
  • Typically requires 18 years of experience in marketing and/or sales/commercial roles in the life sciences, healthcare, or medical technology field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Must be able to travel domestically up to 25% of the time to support team collaboration, attend key business meetings, and engage with stakeholders at various locations.

Benefits

  • We offer a wide range of benefits as innovative as our work, including access to genomics sequencing, family planning, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits, and paid time off.

Illumina

3.5 Glassdoor

At Illumina, our goal is to apply innovative technologies and revolutionary assays to the analysis of genetic variation and function, making studies possible that were not even imaginable just a few years ago. These studies will help make the realization of personalized medicine possible. With such rapid advances in technology taking place, it is mission critical to have solutions that are not only innovative, but flexible, scalable, and complete with industry-leading support and service. As a global company that places high value on collaborative interactions, rapid delivery of solutions, and prioritizing the needs of its customers, we strive to meet this challenge. Illumina’s innovative, array-based solutions for DNA, RNA, and protein analysis serve as tools for disease research, drug development, and the development of molecular tests in the clinic.

Founded in 1998
San Diego, California, USA
9.3K employees (329 in marketing)
62% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$225K/yr – $337K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Field Marketing median pay in the United States

$103K/yr

Most pay falls between $78K and $143K. Based on 1,062 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
247 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
5.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$1.3B
Last Raise
$500M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $500M
  • Jan 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $750M
  • Jan 2000
    Series Unknown • $28M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
828K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$27.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.3%
Direct
42.2%
Referral
9.4%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9.3K

Senior Director, Field Marketing - USCAN

Illumina · San Diego, CA · On-site