Associate Director, Professional Marketing

Zydus Therapeutics Inc.; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Zydus Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director, Professional Marketing to drive development and execution of professional marketing initiatives for saroglitazar. This role will support the launch through field promotional materials and regulatory approvals.

Based in the Princeton-area hybrid office, the candidate will lead cross-functional teams, oversee speaker programs, and coordinate marketing communications with Sales to ensure compliance and impact, traveling up to 25% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• 3–5 years of commercial pharmaceutical experience.
• Rare disease launch experience preferred.
• Field Sales and Training experience preferred.
• Lean, fast-paced, pre-launch environment; self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Develop promotional resources for HCPs to support saroglitazar launch.
• Lead print production and manage promotional materials through approvals.
• Partner with Thought Leader Liaison team for speaker bureau management.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Verbal and written communication

Analytical skills

Influence without authority

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA

Job description

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Associate Director, Professional Marketing
Pennington, NJ

Zydus Therapeutics is a clinical stage, specialty-focused bio-pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative treatments to transform lives, starting with rare and serious liver diseases. Our purpose is simple, to empower people with the freedom to live healthier and more fulfilling lives, by unlocking new possibilities in life sciences and providing quality healthcare solutions.

Our lead drug candidate, saroglitazar, is a dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha / gamma agonist. Saroglitazar is an investigational treatment which has received Fast Track designation, orphan drug designation and priority review designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Primary Biliary Cholangitis is a rare, chronic autoimmune liver disease primarily affecting middle-aged women, characterized by the progressive destruction of the bile ducts that can lead to irreversible liver damage if left untreated.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Zydus Lifesciences, our pipeline is fueled by 1,300 researchers who are working with cutting-edge technologies to discover new medicines for tomorrow.

The opportunity to empower people with the freedom to live healthier and more fulfilling lives is what makes a career with Zydus Therapeutics so rewarding. Our team is collaborative, innovative and adaptable. We are action-oriented and strive for excellence in all we do, all underpinned by respect, trust and integrity. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and support programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives

If you are passionate about helping bring potential life-changing discoveries to patients, then you share our mission.

ROLE SUMMARY

Zydus Therapeutics is seeking a Associate Director, Professional Marketing to assist in the development and execution of professional marketing initiatives that support all aspects of personal promotion for our lead drug candidate, saroglitazar.

The Associate Director, Professional Marketing will serve as the key driver for several initiatives that are key to flawless execution of our marketing strategy in the field.

This position reports to the Senior Director, Professional Marketing.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Development of Promotional Resources for HCPs

• HCP Campaign Support: Advance the development of key derivative promotional materials for the field sales team to support the launch of saroglitazar.
• Materials management: Lead print production process for all promotional pieces
• Support all promotional regulatory approvals: Point for successful execution of key promotional pieces through the promotional approval process.

Development of Speaker Bureau and Peer to Peer Education Initiatives

• Speaker Bureau: Key partner of Thought Leader Liaison team to help with the training and management of the national speaker bureau.
• Peer to Peer Programs: Partner closely with field leadership and logistics agency to execute peer to peer programs in accordance with all legal and compliance guidance.
• Field Communications: Partner with Sales VP to develop all marketing communications to Field teams, securing necessary approvals.
• Sales/Marketing Council: Execute monthly meetings – lead agenda development, and follow up with teams
• Marketing Point for all sales meetings: Serve as point for coordination of all marketing content for Sales meetings.
• Marketing Point for all Congresses: Partner with congress agency on successful execution all congress promotional booths.

Cross-Functional Alignment

Partner closely with Field Sales, TLLs, Market Access, Business Insights & Operations, Medical, and Patient Services across the patient ecosystem

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree (MBA) preferred
• A minimum of 3-5 years of commercial pharmaceutical experience
• Rare disease, specialty hepatology/gastroenterology launch experience is highly preferred
• Field Sales and Training experience is highly preferred.
• Comfortable working in a lean, fast-paced, pre-launch environment; a self-starter who excels at taking initiative within an established strategic framework
• Collaborative and action-oriented, with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without authority
• Robust analytical skills to conduct both qualitative and quantitative assessments
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
• A genuine passion for improving the quality of life for those patients facing rare liver diseases

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

The position will require domestic travel (up to 25%)

This is a hybrid position based in our Princeton-area office.

Zydus Therapeutics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Zydus Therapeutics is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with Zydus Therapeutics, please contact us and let us know the nature of your request.