Senior Director, Marketing

Seal Beach, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level12+ years expOther

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the PROVENGE brand in the U.S., aligning cross-functional teams to drive patient identification, referrals, and center activation while navigating a complex oncology landscape.

  • Brand & Strategy: lead annual and long-range planning with evidence-based messaging and differentiated customer engagement.
  • Omnichannel Execution: design integrated campaigns across HCP, patient, caregiver, and referral audiences to increase treatment adoption.
  • Market & Access Insight: monitor treatment landscape, competitive dynamics, and site-of-care considerations to inform growth and risk mitigation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and lead the U.S. PROVENGE brand strategy, including annual planning, long-range strategic planning, and lifecycle management initiatives.
  • Develop and execute growth strategies focused on increasing patient identification, physician referrals, treatment center utilization, and market penetration.
  • Continuously evaluate the prostate cancer treatment landscape, competitive dynamics, clinical advances, and evolving treatment pathways to identify opportunities and risks.
  • Strengthen PROVENGE's positioning as a foundational immunotherapy option through compelling value propositions, evidence-based messaging, and differentiated customer engagement strategies.
  • Identify opportunities to optimize the patient journey and reduce barriers to treatment initiation.
  • Serve as the commercial brand leader and trusted advisor to Executive Leadership on market trends, business performance, and growth opportunities.
  • Lead development and execution of integrated omnichannel marketing campaigns across HCP, patient, caregiver, and referral audiences.
  • Design innovative programs that drive awareness, education, consideration, referral activity, and treatment adoption.
  • Develop segmentation, targeting, and engagement strategies for urologists, medical oncologists, advanced practice providers, and treatment centers.
  • Lead patient-focused initiatives that improve awareness of PROVENGE and facilitate timely treatment discussions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of progressive pharmaceutical, biotechnology, oncology, or specialty healthcare marketing experience.
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience with demonstrated success building and developing high-performing teams.
  • Deep experience leading brand strategy and commercial execution for specialty, oncology, biologic, or highly complex therapeutic products.
  • Demonstrated success driving revenue growth, customer adoption, and market expansion through innovative commercial strategies.
  • Experience leading cross-functional brand planning and enterprise-level strategic initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of physician marketing, patient engagement, omnichannel marketing, customer segmentation, and healthcare analytics.
  • Experience managing significant commercial budgets and evaluating marketing effectiveness through data-driven performance measures.
  • Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive organizational alignment.
  • Thorough understanding of FDA promotional regulations, pharmaceutical compliance, and promotional review processes.

Preferred

  • Oncology, urology, immunotherapy, cell therapy, or precision medicine experience.
  • Experience commercializing provider-administered therapies requiring complex site-of-care coordination.
  • Experience in prostate cancer or other specialty oncology markets.
  • Experience leading market development initiatives involving both referring physicians and administering treatment centers.
  • Track record of successfully launching or revitalizing specialty pharmaceutical or biologic brands.
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Dendreon is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company and pioneer in the development of immunotherapy. Dendreon’s flagship product, PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T), was the first FDA-approved immunotherapy made from a patient’s own immune cells. More than 40,000 men with advanced prostate cancer have been prescribed PROVENGE in the U.S. since 2010. Dendreon also is evaluating the use of PROVENGE in early-stage prostate cancer, with the hope of curing more men of the disease. Dendreon is headquartered in Seal Beach, California. Notice of Fraudulent Activity for Job ApplicantsPlease be aware of the potential for scams from individuals, organizations and internet sites that claim to represent Dendreon Pharmaceuticals in recruitment activities. We strongly recommend that you verify all communications you receive about positions at Dendreon. Any communications from Dendreon would come from an email address that ends in “@dendreon.com”. Dendreon will never ask candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the recruitment or offer process. Dendreon conducts a formal recruitment process for all authorized positions posted and does not conduct interviews via social media, or other third-party sites or chat services. If you are unsure about a posting or email you receive, please contact us at askhr@dendreon.com. If you believe you are a victim of fraud, please contact your local law enforcement.

Founded in 1992
Seal Beach, California, USA
613 employees
43% recommend to a friend

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Monthly Visitors
17.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.6%
Direct
54.9%
Referral
6.2%
Social
10.5%
Paid
1.5%

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