Lead development of overall Vafseo brand strategy and message
Manage day-to-day brand operations, ensuring timely execution of campaigns and materials across integrated promotional programs (personal promotion, non-personal promotion, peer-to-peer programs and Key Medical Expert engagement)
Partner with Commercial Analytics to generate customer and performance insights and lead the translation of those insights and field feedback into clear strategic priorities and actionable marketing programs
Partner with key stakeholders across Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, Regulatory, Legal and Compliance to deliver high-quality, compliant promotional and educational content
Effectively lead agencies to achieve high quality deliverables within time and budget scopes
Champion strategic project initiatives to drive future brand growth and operational efficiencies, including AI-enabled solutions
Define KPIs to measure marketing performance, ROI, brand impact and contribution to prescription growth; regularly report outcomes and optimization recommendations to leadership.
Manage budget to corporate targets
Contribute to a collaborative, mission-driven culture focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for patients
Effectively build, lead, coach and manage teams supporting achievement of business objectives and employee development

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required, MBA is a plus
Minimum of 10 years in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry and 8+ years of proven experience in brand marketing
People management experience

Nice To Have

Experience in nephrology is a plus
Experience in developing and executing personal, non-personal and peer-to-peer marketing
Proven ability to influence without authority and partner with cross-functional teams in the development and delivery of brand strategic imperatives
Proven project and vendor management skills including budget management, planning, prioritization, objective setting, and logistics execution
Strong written and presentation skills
Ability to travel up to 20% to attend sales meetings, customer visits and relevant medical congresses within the U.S.

Benefits

health care
vision
dental
retirement
PTO

Akebia Therapeutics

3.4 Glassdoor

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. is a growing biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for people living with kidney disease. Please review our social media guidelines at: https://akebia.com/social-media-guidelines/

Founded in 2007

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

273 employees (10 in marketing)

www.akebia.com

62% recommend to a friend

90% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors

9.1K

Traffic Source Mix

42.4%

Direct

43.2%

Referral

5.8%

Social

7.3%

Paid

1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~273

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size

9 (3% of company)

Funding

Total Funding

$442.5M

Last Raise

$37M

Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

Jan 2024
Post IPO Debt • $37M
May 2020
Post IPO Equity • $151.8M
Nov 2019
Post IPO Debt • $100M

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Responsibilities

Lead development of overall Vafseo brand strategy and message
Manage day-to-day brand operations, ensuring timely execution of campaigns and materials across integrated promotional programs (personal promotion, non-personal promotion, peer-to-peer programs and Key Medical Expert engagement)
Partner with Commercial Analytics to generate customer and performance insights and lead the translation of those insights and field feedback into clear strategic priorities and actionable marketing programs
Partner with key stakeholders across Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, Regulatory, Legal and Compliance to deliver high-quality, compliant promotional and educational content
Effectively lead agencies to achieve high quality deliverables within time and budget scopes
Champion strategic project initiatives to drive future brand growth and operational efficiencies, including AI-enabled solutions
Define KPIs to measure marketing performance, ROI, brand impact and contribution to prescription growth; regularly report outcomes and optimization recommendations to leadership.
Manage budget to corporate targets
Contribute to a collaborative, mission-driven culture focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for patients
Effectively build, lead, coach and manage teams supporting achievement of business objectives and employee development

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required, MBA is a plus
Minimum of 10 years in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry and 8+ years of proven experience in brand marketing
People management experience

Nice To Have

Experience in nephrology is a plus
Experience in developing and executing personal, non-personal and peer-to-peer marketing
Proven ability to influence without authority and partner with cross-functional teams in the development and delivery of brand strategic imperatives
Proven project and vendor management skills including budget management, planning, prioritization, objective setting, and logistics execution
Strong written and presentation skills
Ability to travel up to 20% to attend sales meetings, customer visits and relevant medical congresses within the U.S.

Benefits

health care
vision
dental
retirement
PTO