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Director, Consumer Marketing

Acadia Pharmaceuticals

San Diego, CA
Full Time
Director
194k-244k
16 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Director of E-Commerce and Digital Marketing at Acadia Pharmaceuticals leads the strategy, development, and execution of innovative online marketing programs to maximize brand presence, elevate the consumer experience, and drive engagement across disease education and branded initiatives. This role oversees website strategy, digital content, SEO/SEM, medical education, and patient advocacy engagement, ensuring programs are impactful and compliant. The position involves translating insights into strategies, cultivating partnerships, managing external agencies, and shaping the company's online presence to connect with patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals within a biopharma environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Leads the digital marketing strategy for consumer disease education and branded tactics.
  • Represents consumer, marketing, and merchandising point of view to identify new business/content opportunities and effectiveness of programs.
  • Manages the research, analysis, and monitoring of financial, technological and demographic factors, and designs marketing plans to capitalize on market opportunities.
  • Plans and implements marketing materials through online presence and oversight of creative agencies.
  • Leads and manages medical education activities such as webinars, peer to peer programs and patient/caregiver education seminars.
  • Manages patient advocacy societies and develops innovative engagement strategies.
  • Manages e-marketing strategies, disease awareness website and product website to optimize online marketing tools and programs.
  • Leads the strategy of search engine optimization (SEO)/search engine marketing (SEM) activities to drive engagement.
  • Monitors progress of plans and makes adjustments as necessary following in-depth analytics and ROI analysis.
  • Develops patient/caregiver brand plans and budget.
  • Ensures all medical legal review (MLR) processes are followed and programs are compliant with legal guidance and corporate policies.
  • Develops strong external relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and leadership within patient advocacy societies.
  • Directs advertising tactics primarily utilizing digital and print media.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related; MBA highly preferred with emphasis on Brand Management, Consumer Marketing or Consumer Market Research.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience and advancement within pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
  • At least 6 years in a leadership role.
  • Recent blockbuster brand experience, launch experience or major new indication launch experience.
  • Strong biopharma brand management and multi-channel digital expertise.
  • Experience forming online content partnerships, measuring web usage/trends, and managing vendor relationships.
  • Experience building and developing a team.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Experience negotiating with business partners or management and influencing senior leaders.
  • Proficiency in creating and communicating a clear vision among team members.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Nice to Have

  • Neurology therapeutic experience.
  • Previous experience in a product manager role.

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive base salary, bonus, new hire and ongoing equity packages.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Employer-paid life, disability, business travel and EAP coverage.
  • 401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1:1 up to 5%.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in.
  • 15+ vacation days.
  • 13-15 paid holidays, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st.
  • 10 days of paid sick time.
  • Paid parental leave benefit.
  • Tuition assistance.

Working at Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and innovative company. They encourage applicants from non-traditional backgrounds and emphasize equal employment opportunities regardless of race, gender, disability, or other protected characteristics. The company values a collaborative, dynamic, and mission-driven work environment that advances breakthroughs in neuroscience to improve lives.

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Job Details

Posted AtAug 26, 2025
Job CategoryDigital Marketing
Salary194k-244k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceDirector

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About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Website

acadia-pharm.com

Location

San Diego, CA

Industry

Research and Development in Nanotechnology

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