Associate Director, Professional Marketing

Zydus Therapeutics; Pennington (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zydus Therapeutics, in Princeton-area NJ, seeks an Associate Director of Professional Marketing to accelerate the launch of saroglitazar. You will lead promotional resource development, speaker bureau initiatives, and field marketing coordination in a lean pre-launch environment.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years pharma commercial experience, and a strong background in cross-functional collaboration, analytics, and high-impact communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree (MBA) preferred.
• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Development of Promotional Resources for HCPs: 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—train and manage the national speaker bureau; Peer to Peer Programs with field leadership and logistics agency.
• Sales/Marketing Coordination: Field Communications, lead meetings, coordinate marketing content for Sales meetings and Congresses.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Field Sales, TLLs, Market Access, Business Insights & Operations, Medical, and Patient Services across the patient ecosystem.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA

Job description

Description

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.

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.

Sales/Marketing Coordination

• 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%)

Work Environment

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.

Salary Description

$180,000 - $200,000