Director, Marketing Growth Disorders
Ascendis Pharma
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Princeton • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $220,000 - $235,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop and drive the rare conditions marketing strategy aligned to brand objectives and customer insights
- Implement initiatives that maintain a detailed understanding of key patient and provider needs with a long-range approach to brand planning
- Lead, mentor, and develop direct reports
- Lead the deep insight generation and analytical understanding of business drivers and performance
- Effectively partner with all key stakeholders in the US and globally to ensure successful design and execution of brand plans and disease education
- Lead strategic development, execution, and implementation of promotional materials and programs – both branded and unbranded.
- Manage agency partners to ensure strategic alignment, quality, and on-time delivery.
- Cultivate and appropriately leverage strong external relationships such as thought leaders, key customers, and patient advocacy organizations within the rare growth disorder communities
- Closely monitor competitive activities and develop and implement strategies to proactively overcome competitive threats
- Establish key commercial objectives and utilize KPIs to drive decision-making and measure success of marketing initiatives
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with Medical, Regulatory, and Legal to coordinate commercial strategy
- Effectively lead in an environment of strict compliance to all appropriate company and regulatory guidelines to successfully design and execute tactics, programs and tools that achieve business objectives
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or other advanced degree preferred
- Rare disease experience strongly preferred
- 10+ years pharmaceutical and/or bio-technology marketing experience with demonstrated experience leading teams
- Experience coaching and mentoring direct reports
- Proven track record of building and scaling marketing initiatives from the ground up in fast‑moving biotech environments
- Demonstrated entrepreneurial drive, with the capacity to experiment, iterate, and deliver results without established playbooks
- Strong strategic planning skills with demonstrated experience generating deep customer insights in rare disease.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without authority.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with high levels of ambiguity
- Knowledge of current legal, regulatory and compliance climate
- Ability to travel up to 25% both domestically and internationally
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Company-offered Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Company-provided short and long-term disability benefits
- Unique offerings of Pet Insurance and Legal Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Discounts
- Professional Development
- Health Saving Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Various incentive compensation plans
- Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Mental Health resources
- Paid leave benefits for new parents
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Hard Skills & Tools
pharmaceutical marketingbiotechnology marketingstrategic planningcustomer insightsKPI utilizationpromotional materials developmentcompetitive analysiscompliance knowledgeteam leadershipmarketing initiative scaling
Soft Skills
mentoringcoachingproblem-solvinginfluencing without authorityentrepreneurial driverelationship buildingcommunicationstrategic thinkingadaptabilitycollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBA or advanced degree