Sales & Marketing Director, Brazil

argenx Brazil Ltda; Brasil; Remote; BRL 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short- and long-term incentives

Job summary

Argenx in Brazil is seeking a Sales & Marketing Director to build the commercial model, capabilities and team from launch to sustainable growth. You will turn patient insights into clear priorities, resource planning, and a robust affiliate business plan as a member of the Brazil Leadership Team.

You will lead field organization expansion, drive brand execution, and ensure compliance with regulations while partnering with global teams to shape strategy and performance.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, life sciences or a related field.
• 10+ years in pharmaceutical or biotech commercial roles, with meaningful leadership experience across sales and marketing.
• Experience launching or growing specialty products in Brazil.
• Experience in rare diseases and/or immunology is valued.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English, with the ability to connect with local and global audiences.
• Willingness to travel within Brazil and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Co-create our Brazil commercial and brand strategy with customers and cross-functional, regional and global partners.
• Build and grow our field organization and lead sales execution with bold ideas.
• Lead launch and brand execution across channels, grounded in customer insights.
• Collaborate across Market Access, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Finance, Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Customer insights

Portuguese/English fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing/life sciences

Job description

Join us as we transform immunology and deliver medicines that help autoimmune patients get their lives back. argenx is preparing for multi-dimensional expansion to reach more patients through a rich pipeline of differentiated assets, led by VYVGART, our first-in-class neonatal Fc receptor blocker approved for the treatment of gMG, and with the potential to treat patients across dozens of severe autoimmune diseases. We are building a new kind of biotech company, one that maintains its roots as a science-based start-up and pushes our commitment to innovate across all corners of our business. We strive to inspire and grow our company, our partnerships, our science, and our people, because when we do, we deliver more for patients. We are building the commercial future of argenx in Brazil — and you will help shape it. As Sales & Marketing Director, you will build the model, capabilities and team that move our affiliate from launch to sustainable growth. You will turn insight into choices, science into clear customer engagement and shared ambition into action. As part of the Brazil Leadership Team, you will influence how we grow and the culture we create together.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Strategy and planning

   • Co-create our Brazil commercial and brand strategy with customers and cross-functional, regional and global partners.
   • Bring insights from patient communities and the field into the conversation.
   • Turn insight into clear priorities, deliberate resource choices and plans that move us forward.
   • Build the commercial model and capabilities we need to move from launch to sustainable growth.
   • Shape our forecasts, budgets and affiliate business plan as a member of the Brazil Leadership Team.

2. Sales leadership

   • Build and grow our field organization.
   • Create the trust, clarity and space for different perspectives and bold ideas to thrive.
   • Turn shared priorities into focused territory and account plans that deepen customer understanding and sharpen execution.
   • Stay close to the field.
   • Coach through real situations and keep raising the quality of customer engagement.
   • Use clear measures to understand progress, learn fast and adapt with discipline.

3. Marketing Lead

   • Lead launch and brand execution across channels.
   • Ground every choice in customer needs and insights from patient communities.
   • Make complex science clear, relevant and meaningful through purposeful customer experiences.
   • Shape congress, promotional and peer-to-peer activities with Medical Affairs and other partners.
   • Protect scientific rigor and meet Brazilian regulations, industry codes and argenx standards.

4. Cross-functional collaboration

   • Work as one team with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Finance, Corporate Affairs, Legal and Compliance.
   • Bring the commercial and field perspective into decision-making process.
   • Connect Brazil with our regional and global teams.
   • Share what we learn locally and draw on the strength of the wider argenx network.

5. The Leadership you will bring

   • Connects commercial ambition to what it can mean for patients.
   • Leads through expertise, trust and influence — not hierarchy.
   • Listens with curiosity, asks better questions and invites different perspectives into the work.
   • Challenges assumptions and gives bold ideas room to grow — then turns discussion into action.
   • Moves with urgency and calm, balancing ambition with scientific rigor, humility and respect for compliance.

Education, Experience and Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, life sciences or a related field
• 10+ years in pharmaceutical or biotech commercial roles, with meaningful leadership experience across sales and marketing
• Experience launching or growing specialty products in Brazil
• Experience in rare diseases and/or immunology is valued
• A track record of building teams and leading across functions
• A strong understanding of Brazil’s healthcare systems and local promotional regulations
• Fluency in Portuguese and English, with the ability to connect with local and global audiences
• Willingness to travel within Brazil and internationally

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term and long-term incentives program.

The hiring range displayed above is the range of possible base pay compensation that argenx believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting. The hiring range is based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range depends on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, prior education and experience, job-related knowledge and demonstrated skills. argenx may pay more or less than the posted range and this range may be modified in the future.

At argenx, all applicants are welcomed in an inclusive environment. They will receive equal consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. argenx is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Argenx is a global immunology company dedicated to improving the lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases. Through our rich pipeline of first-in-class therapies, led by VYVGART®, we are accelerating progress toward our bold 2030 vision: to reach 50,000 patients and transform the landscape of autoimmune treatment. Our innovation mission combines with meaningful work and endless opportunities for growth to create once-in-a-career experiences.

Argo-nauts work in locations around the globe including Belgium, Boston, Japan and Amsterdam. There is more to discover at argenx, where our passion inspires bold possibility.

Our formal recruitment process includes interviews with members of argenx’s talent acquisition team and other interviewers that occur in person at our offices, or via Zoom or Teams video calls. Interview processes that involve a formal offer from argenx will include written employment documentation on official argenx letterhead.