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Associate Director, Marketing Strategy

Novartis

East Hanover, NJ
Full Time
Director
146k-270k
about 2 months ago

Job Description

About the Role

Novartis has an incredible opportunity for a talented individual to join our team as an Associate Director, Marketing Strategy. As The Associate Director, Marketing Strategy you will be responsible for defining the HCP and Patient marketing strategy in ITP. This individual will support the Marketer Director, including the delivery of key strategic analyses and outputs to inform customer experience planning and execution within the Integrated Marketing & Customer Experience, US Organization. This individual will report directly into the Director of Marketing Strategy, partnering closely with other strategic partners, to ensure that the HCP and Patient Marketing Strategy and concepts are effectively orchestrated into campaigns, tactics and experiences. The Marketer will be responsible for identifying, testing, and validating creative concepts and messaging architecture, and creating the lead assets for HCPs and patients. This role will identify, share and embed best practices across the Marketing Strategy IMO to improve impact and create communities of practice on effective and impactful marketing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work effectively with the ED Marketing Strategy and Director Marketing Strategy SPOC to develop a cohesive and integrated brand marketing strategy and campaign grounded in customer insight for this launch brand
  • Establish brand-specific Patient domain expertise, and create engaging brand centered content and concepts for adaption into personalized and tailored experiences
  • Share and embed knowledge on best practices to engage HCPs and Patients and change behavior across the full brand lifecycle
  • Implement best in class digital marketing strategies that align to brand goals and maximize business results
  • Ensure digital plans are appropriately implemented and optimized
  • Foster a high performing team that proactively and effectively interfaces across key functions to achieve the product strategies and objectives
  • Support and deliver an integrated plan for the brand to achieve the Product strategy and objectives; define resourcing required and managing the allocated budget for HCP/Patient, collaborating effectively across strategic partners including CXP&O, NPS, Access, Patient Advocacy, Customer Engagement, and Insights and Decision Sciences (IDS)
  • Drive excellence in developing the lead asset for HCP/Patient through domain expertise to enable adaptation across the end-end experience, partnering closely with the Customer Experience Planning and Optimization team (CXP&O)
  • Provide input and work closely with our HCP/Patient agency (AoR) for brand marketing and partner with Operations to maximize agency relationship(s)
  • Collaborate with Product and Global teams on integrated plan and lead asset(s), as appropriate

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in related field is required; Master of Science and/or MBA preferred
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial Marketing with multi-functional experience in Pharmaceutical or Healthcare
  • Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience of leveraging data, analytics, and customer insights to drive personalization at scale in the US Market
  • Experience in supporting high performing brands in highly competitive categories within the US; recent launch experience for blockbuster specialty treatments preferred
  • Strong cross-functional leadership and ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders and teams including Product, Communications, Legal, Regulatory, Compliance and Global
  • Strong experience in digital, non-personal promotion, media, and social
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas and information to a range of audiences and stakeholders
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities and deadlines

Nice to Have

  • Rare disease, Non-malignant Hematology or other specialty therapeutic area experience
  • Experience in digital strategies and capabilities development

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in related field
  • Master of Science and/or MBA (preferred)

Benefits & Perks

  • The salary for this position is expected to range between $145,600 and $270,400 per year
  • Performance-based cash incentive and eligibility for annual equity awards
  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match
  • Generous time off including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves

Working at Novartis

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 22, 2025
Job CategoryMarketing
Salary146k-270k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeOnsite
ExperienceDirector

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About Novartis

Website

novartis.com

Location

East Hanover, NJ

Industry

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

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