Marketing Director - EEMEA

Edwards Lifesciences Belgium; Dubai; On-site; AED 661,000 - 1,028,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences seeks a strategic Marketing leader for the EEMEA region in the UAE. You will shape growth by delivering market insights, portfolio optimization, and commercial recommendations across healthcare markets.

You will partner with regional directors to drive launches, customer engagement, and competitive positioning while managing budgets and cross-functional initiatives for sustainable growth across the GCC and broader Middle East markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field with 12 years of marketing experience or Master's with 10 years.
• Demonstrated track record in people management.
• Experience working in a regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional growth, market development, and portfolio strategies aligned with objectives.
• Advise commercial leadership with market insights and competitive intel.
• Lead major product launches and commercialization across EEMEA.
• Build relationships with key opinion leaders to inform strategy.
• Drive market adoption and share expansion with Sales leadership.
• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve performance.
• Manage budgets for products, programs, campaigns to maximize ROI.

Skills

People management

Project management

Marketing strategy

Market research

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

United Arab Emirates-Dubai

Full time

Req-50541

Innovation starts from the heart. Heart valve disease impact millions of lives, spanning all ages and geographies. As communities globally address the opportunities and challenges of cardiovascular care, telling a compelling and authentic story is more crucial than ever. Beyond raising awareness, our Marketing teams build lasting, trusted relationships with medical professionals and industry stakeholders to ensure patients can receive the treatments they need.

In this role you will serve as the strategic marketing leader and trusted advisor to the EEMEA Senior Sales Director, shaping growth strategy through market insights, competitive intelligence, portfolio optimization, and commercial recommendations. Lead regional market development and adoption initiatives to accelerate market share expansion and deliver sustainable business growth across EEMEA.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Develop and execute regional growth, market development, and portfolio strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to commercial leadership, providing market insights, competitive intelligence, and recommendations to accelerate growth.
• Lead the planning and execution of major product launches and commercialization initiatives across EEMEA.
• Build and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders to inform strategy, support adoption, and shape market development efforts.
• Develop evidence-based marketing strategies, value propositions, and customer engagement programs.
• Partner with Sales leadership to drive market adoption, market share expansion, and commercial excellence.
• Lead customer engagement activities, regional congress strategies, and educational initiatives.
• Analyze market, competitive, and clinical data to identify opportunities, risks, and strategic actions.
• Drive salesforce readiness and launch excellence through effective training, messaging, and competitive positioning.
• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness and business performance.
• Manage product line, program, and campaign budgets to maximize return on investment.
• Other incidental duties

What you’ll need (Required):

Bachelor's Degree in in related field related experience in marketing with 12 years of experience or Master's Degree in in related field related experience in marketing with 10 years of experience.

Demonstrated track record in people management Required

Experience working in a regulated industry Required

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Proven successful project management skills
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Recognized as an expert in one or more areas with broad-based advanced knowledge within the organization
• Expert understanding of related aspects of marketing concepts and principles
• Extensive understanding of broad market research designs, develops market research programs coordinating with the global VOC manager and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of commercial goals behind research.
• Expert knowledge of financial mechanism that relates to marketing including forecasting, expense budgeting and management, purchase order compliance and processing, and 3rd party vendor compliance management.
• Ability to assess and understand market share, pricing, ASPs, competitive dynamics
• Possess strong clinical knowledge, experience and knowledge of the clinical areas where Edwards' products are used or intended to be used, understand the purchasing process and challenges for product adoption in complex healthcare networks
• Strict attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to manage one or more teams and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including attracting, developing, and retaining talent and partnering with HR on all aspects of talent development
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively elevate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Represents leadership on projects within multiple areas, working closely with cross-functional team, marketing peers and leaders and managing needs and messaging to upper management
• Consult in project setting within multiple marketing areas, interfacing with low to middle management
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Through breakthrough technologies, world-class evidence and partnerships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, our employees are inspired by our patient-focused culture to deliver life-changing innovations to those who need them most.