AstraZeneca
Global Senior Marketing Director, COPD
US - Gaithersburg - MD · Director
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About the role
- This role is a pivotal leadership opportunity within one of BBU's top launches and a key contributor to our 2030 ambition.
- You bring a strategic mindset, cross cultural communication strength, and the ability to simplify complexity-amplifying brand strategy and shaping a high performance, patient focused culture across global and country teams.
- Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives-an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development, socialization, and continuous refinement of the global brand strategy, value proposition, and positioning for COPD; translate strategy into clear priorities, success metrics, and launch plans aligned with enterprise objectives.
- Design, pilot, and scale signature initiatives to accelerate adoption and sustain growth.
- Build strong, trust based partnerships with T8 markets, the Global Launch Lead, and Regional Leads; drive alignment and readiness, ensuring local execution is informed by insights and grounded in common guardrails.
- Define segmentation, targeting, and omnichannel strategy (including C360 and next best action frameworks) to optimize HCP and patient engagement and measure impact across touchpoints.
- Brand Strategy and Launch Excellence: Lead the development, socialization, and continuous refinement of the global brand strategy, value proposition, and positioning for COPD; translate strategy into clear priorities, success metrics, and launch plans aligned with enterprise objectives.
- Signature Initiatives: Design, pilot, and scale signature initiatives to accelerate adoption and sustain growth.
- Market and Regional Partnership: Build strong, trust based partnerships with T8 markets, the Global Launch Lead, and Regional Leads; drive alignment and readiness, ensuring local execution is informed by insights and grounded in common guardrails.
- Go to Market and Omnichannel: Define segmentation, targeting, and omnichannel strategy (including C360 and next best action frameworks) to optimize HCP and patient engagement and measure impact across touchpoints.
- Agency and Budget Management: Select and lead strategic agency partners; oversee budget planning, investment allocation, and ROI optimization.
- Performance Management: Establish KPIs and leading indicators; drive disciplined performance reviews and course correct quickly to deliver in year and long term objectives.
Requirements
- Master's degree is desired.
- Proven track record engaging external stakeholders (e.g., KEEs, prescribers, payers) and converting insights into actionable strategies.
Nice to have
- Direct experience launching medicines in one or more of the US, Japan, or China
- respiratory or immunology experience a plus.
- Bachelor's degree is required with business degree or scien tific expertise as preferred.
- Preferred: Direct experience launching medicines in one or more of the US, Japan, or China
Skills
- Strong strategic thinking, decision making, and problem solving, with the ability to simplify complexity and set clear choices.
- Bias for action with a track record of translating ideas into measurable outcomes.
- Robust analytical, organizational, and communication skills (written and verbal).
- Comfortable operating amid ambiguity and managing multiple priorities in a fast paced, highly cross functional environment.
- Special Skills/Abilities:
Compensation
- The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $231,988.80 to $347,983.20.
Benefits
- offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.
- Integrate clinical, real world, competitive, and market access insights to guide strategy; partner with medical, HEOR, and market access to shape evidence generation and value communication.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination.
- Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.
- If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
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