Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.) is seeking a Director of Marketing Excellence to develop and implement a marketing excellence strategy for their CNS portfolio. The role involves defining marketing competencies, establishing learning programs, and collaborating with various teams to enhance marketing capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Identify core marketing competencies needed for the future, develop and implement structured learning programs for all marketers and key BU personnel including but not limited to insights generation, segmentation, strategic brand planning, customer engagement planning, omnichannel execution, marketing analytics, access and affordability, digital, and more
- Develop consistent CNS BU approach to strategic brand planning across functions. Provide frameworks, tools, and guidance to brand teams to help facilitate the annual brand planning process and deliver effective integrated strategic and tactical plans to executive leadership
- In partnership with CNS Marketing and BU leadership, develop a 2-3 year roadmap that will build marketing engagement capabilities needed to address changing customer needs, technology shifts, and the evolving product portfolio
- Establish and refine marketing best practices, tools, and frameworks to improve planning, program execution, and operational efficiency
- Work with commercial operations, medical, market access, finance, legal, compliance, and COE teams to ensure marketing approaches and processes align with organizational goals and industry best practices
- Lead effort to build a marketing career development program by defining functional competencies, career paths, business acumen, and mentorship programs in collaboration with HR and senior BU leadership
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in marketing, sales, operations, and/or learning and capability development in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare industry
- Deep subject matter expertise in marketing best practices, core technical marketing competencies, brand planning and tactical execution, and omnichannel engagement
- Strong knowledge of marketing analytics and insights generation practices, including promotional mix optimization
- Experience developing and delivering marketing development, learning, and training programs
- Project management and process improvement expertise
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across teams
- Proven ability to work in a matrixed environment, managing multiple stakeholders
- MBA preferred
- 3+ years in brand marketing role(s) is required, with role as either an HCP and/or Consumer lead highly preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
- Company provided basic life
- Accidental death & dismemberment
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan assistance
- A generous 401(k) match
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid leave programs
- Other company provided benefits
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