Associate Director, Solid Tumor Marketing
Job Description
Jazz Pharmaceuticals is hiring an Associate Director to help shape solid tumor brand direction and competitive positioning in an increasingly active oncology landscape. This onsite role in Palo Alto, CA partners closely with Brand leadership while owning the non-personal promotion and omnichannel marketing roadmap for HCP engagement. You will collaborate with CX and omnichannel teams, lead integrated digital initiatives, and manage agency partners and budgets.
For US-based candidates, the base pay range is $161,600.00 - $242,400.00 per year. The role may also include eligibility for a discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation and discretionary equity grants under Jazz’s long-term equity plan. Benefits eligibility includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation.
Responsibilities
- Act as a strategic partner to the Brand Lead, co-creating brand strategic priorities, messaging architecture, and market positioning.
- Translate commercial objectives into high-impact customer engagement plans across critical HCP touchpoints, with a particular focus on NPP.
- Own the end-to-end development, rollout, and optimization of the HCP NPP/omnichannel strategic roadmap in collaboration with CX teams.
- Lead integrated, best-in-class HCP digital marketing initiatives including Paid Search, Programmatic, Social, Customer Programs, AI, Websites, and HCP CRM.
- Develop and review promotional tactics from concept through final approval.
- Manage marketing budget activities, including work orders, accrual processes, and applicable forecast lines, coordinating with cross-functional partners such as commercial services and finance.
- Oversee key vendors, serving as point of contact for the primary media agency, and define scopes of work, budgets, accountability metrics, and performance benchmarks.
- Build relationships with functional partners including Field Sales, PMRC & Commercial Ops to support cross-functional execution of brand strategy.
- Demonstrate rapid comprehension of complex markets, disease states, competitive landscapes, and relevant market and managed care dynamics.
- Ensure strategic and tactical plans align with compliance and regulatory guidelines and company policies.
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of marketing or related commercial experience; preferably within biotech or pharmaceutical.
- Oncology experience is strongly preferred.
- Omnichannel proficiency is strongly preferred.
- Strong initiative and track record of delivering results.
- Communication skills, including the ability to present to large audiences.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with proven cross-functional collaboration and leadership.
- Good judgment supported by analytical, problem-solving, data-driven decision making, strategic thinking, planning, and project management with attention to detail.
- Approximately 20-30% travel required.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree required (life sciences or related discipline a plus).
- Graduate degree preferred.