Senior Director, Pipeline Marketing Lead

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$223K/yr – $268K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the core commercialization engine for pipeline assets with clear ownership of launch strategy, cross-functional governance, and evidence-based decision making.

  • Launch Strategy: Shape market, positioning, segmentation, and customer engagement across the lifecycle.
  • Cross-Functional Launch Governance: Define readiness milestones, KPIs, and unified execution plans across commercial, medical, regulatory, and access teams.
  • Analytics and Stakeholder Alignment: Lead forecasting, competitive intelligence, and executive-grade briefings to prioritize assets and inform strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Launch Excellence: Lead integrated commercialization via market shaping, positioning, segmentation, targeting, and customer engagement planning.
  • Launch readiness: Develop and operationalize launch readiness milestones, governance processes, KPIs, and cross-functional execution plans.
  • Cross-functional insights: Partner with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Market Access to embed commercial insights into development and access strategies.
  • Forecasting and market intelligence: Lead forecasting, market assessments, competitive intelligence, and opportunity sizing to inform prioritization.
  • Omnichannel engagement: Drive pre-launch and launch engagement strategies for HCPs, patients, caregivers, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders.
  • Brand and experience: Establish strategic brand positioning, value proposition, messaging platforms, and customer experience strategies for pipeline products.
  • Cross-functional launch planning: Lead launch planning meetings and ensure alignment across commercial, medical, finance, supply chain, legal, and compliance teams.
  • Business development support: Provide commercial assessments, market analyses, and launch feasibility perspectives for potential assets.
  • Executive storytelling: Develop executive-level presentations and updates for senior leadership, commercial management, and Board meetings.
  • Launch metrics and analytics: Partner with Commercial Operations and Analytics to develop launch metrics, dashboards, and performance tracking capabilities.
  • Agency and partnerships: Lead agency and external partner relationships to ensure strategic alignment and high-quality execution.
  • Compliance and governance: Ensure all promotional and launch activities comply with corporate policies, FDA regulations, and review requirements.
  • Talent development: Mentor and develop marketing talent while fostering a high-performance, accountable culture.
  • Growth opportunities: Identify innovative commercial opportunities and future capabilities to accelerate growth and differentiation.

Requirements

  • MBA from an accredited college or university in marketing, strategy, or related field required.
  • Minimum of 12+ years of U.S. pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience with at least 8+ years in strategic marketing, launch planning, or pipeline commercialization roles.
  • Demonstrated experience leading pre-launch and launch strategy development for specialty, rare disease, or endocrine products preferred.
  • Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization, including market access, patient services, medical engagement, and omnichannel marketing strategies.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders across matrixed organizations.
  • Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and financial acumen with experience leveraging complex data to drive decisions.
  • Experience developing executive-level business cases, forecasts, and Board-ready strategic presentations.
  • Demonstrated understanding of FDA regulations and promotional compliance requirements.
  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to inspire teams and drive accountability in a fast-paced environment.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • High proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and commercial analytics platforms.
  • Competencies: Strategic Leadership, Commercial Excellence, Launch Readiness, Innovation, Collaboration, Organizational Agility, Executive Communication, Accountability, and Results Orientation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package that includes paid time off benefits, health, vision, and dental insurance options, 401(k) retirement benefits and more for eligible employees.
  • Employees eligible for equity or long-term incentive awards; field sales eligible for quarterly commission; non-sales eligible for an annual bonus.
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Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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We're a growth-oriented biopharmaceutical company improving patient lives by developing and commercializing advanced products across a range of therapies.

Founded in 2005
Chicago, Illinois, USA
445 employees (21 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.1%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
7.1%
Social
8.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~445

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
19 (4% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$548.5M
Last Raise
$200M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $200M
  • Jan 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $30M
  • Mar 2021
    Post IPO Equity • $27M

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