Associate Director, Strategic Engagements

Ferring Holding SA; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 178,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k match

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellness benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

20 weeks parental leave

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a privately owned biopharmaceutical company, seeks an Associate Director, Strategic Engagements to lead external engagement with urology leaders and major practices from Parsippany, NJ. You will shape commercial strategy by generating market insights and driving adoption across key accounts.

The role requires pharma marketing experience, strong communication and leadership skills, and a proven track record of delivering strategic collaborations with thought leaders.

Qualifications

• Pharmaceutical marketing experience.
• Experience engaging with urology thought leaders.
• Superior communication, including listening, writing, speaking, and presenting.
• Experience communicating with leadership and senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record delivering projects to completion.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic external engagement initiatives with urology practices and key stakeholders.
• Act as commercial liaison to urology and uro-oncology opinion leaders.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales and Leadership to strengthen community engagement.
• Identify opportunities to improve patient access and inform commercial strategy.

Skills

Pharma marketing

Thought leaders

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Leadership communication

Project management

Job description

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease. Our ambition is for our novel, first-in-class treatment for bladder cancer to become the new standard of care and backbone therapy for patients across the non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) disease spectrum.

In 2024, our intravesical gene therapy achieved over 1,500 patients treated across the country at most major medical centers and community care centers. This exceptional first-year performance has made it among the top five best-selling gene therapies, and its uptake reflects a movement within the category toward innovative therapies and new hope for patients and their families.

Our Uro-Oncology team is expanding with a variety of rewarding opportunities in commercial, medical affairs and technical operations. If you are energized by the prospect of bringing the benefits of cutting-edge science to meet the needs of patients, we may have the perfect role for you.

This is a highly visible, strategic role for a commercially minded leader with deep urology experience, strong executive presence, and a track record of driving impact through influential customer engagement. The Associate Director, Strategic Engagements is responsible for developing and executing strategic external engagement initiatives across community-based urology practices, large independent urology groups, and other high-impact stakeholders supporting the brand. This individual will serve as a commercial liaison to key urology and uro‑oncology opinion leaders cultivating relationships with influential healthcare professionals, health system leaders, and operational stakeholders to generate actionable market insights, identify opportunities to improve patient access and adoption, and inform commercial strategy.

Working in close partnership with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, Leadership, and Strategic Engagement colleagues, this individual will drive initiatives that strengthen community engagement, enhance stakeholder collaboration, and accelerate adoption of the brand across priority account settings.

Must have pharmaceutical marketing experience, experience working closely with thought leaders (preferably in Urology), superior communication skills, including listening, written, verbal, and presentation skills. Experience communicating with leadership; and a track record of project completion and success.

This role will provide national coverage (must be in close proximity to a major airport).

This is your opportunity to play an important role in making available to patients a novel therapy that has the potential to set a new benchmark for what’s possible in bladder cancer care. With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its “Change the World List,” for addressing society’s unmet needs. Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country.

Ferring + you At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work. From working hours that respect your lifestyle, a culture that is welcoming and equitable, and the chance to work with the industry’s most impressive people, these are just some of the ways we live our "People First" philosophy.

Our Compensation and Benefits At Ferring, base salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range.

The base salary range for this role is $178,000 to $218,000, which is the reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role.

The actual amount paid may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education and primary work location.

Additional compensation for this role will be provided based on competitive annual incentive compensation targets in the form of an annual bonus - payouts are based on individual and company performance.

Benefits for this role include:

• comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with a premium differential, inverse to base salary, to be paid by employees
• a 401k plan and company match
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• wellness benefits
• reimbursement for certain tuition expenses
• sick time frontloaded yearly of 40 hours, or higher if state or local law requires
• vacation time for full time employees to accrue between 112.5 and 150 hours yearly in the first four (4) years of employment, and additional accruals starting in the fifth (5th) year of employment
• and 12 to 13 paid holidays per year

We are proud to offer 20 weeks of paid parental leave, learn more about the parental leave offering in our benefits package here.

For roles that are not field-based, Ferring has a hybrid work policy that is four days in the office, with the option to work one day remotely.

Ferring is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws.

We are proud to be an affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (including Disability/Protected Veterans).

Location: Parsippany, New Jersey

Ferring Pharmaceuticals a privately owned, research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group committed to building families and helping people live better lives. We are leaders in reproductive medicine with a strong heritage in gastroenterology and urology, and are at the forefront of innovation in uro‑oncology gene therapy. Ferring was founded in 1950 and employs more than 7,000 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Saint‑Prex, Switzerland, and has operating subsidiaries in more than 50 countries which market its medicines in over 100 countries. Learn more at www.ferring.com, or connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and X.

At Ferring, we’ll give you the tools to shape a career build on purpose. Join us and help People around the world to build families and live better lives.

At Ferring, our focus on Patient Advocacy drives our commitment to create more equitable health outcomes for all, at every stage of their healthcare journey. We believe in everyone’s right to access the best treatment, pioneering into new therapeutic areas, and developing innovative ways to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases.