Associate, Marketing Programs

Vanda Pharmaceuticals; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited paid time off

Parental leave

a 401k matching program

Incentive compensation

other benefits

Job summary

Vanda Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Marketing Project Manager to lead marketing initiatives and coordinate cross-functional teams. You will track results, adjust tactics, and manage timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communications to ensure on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes organization, communication, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities, while contributing to brand awareness and campaign success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Entry level candidates will be considered.
• Detail-oriented with excellent time management.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to learn basic marketing skills; coachable.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Managing marketing projects under guidance of marketing leadership and collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Tracking results and adapting tactics as needed.
• Coordinates and implements marketing projects from planning through delivery.
• Liaises between project members, cross-functional teams, external vendors, and stakeholders to ensure deliverables, schedules, costs, and meeting plans are communicated.
• Utilizes tools to plan timelines, tasks, milestones, and deadlines.
• Communicates schedule and changes to all stakeholders.
• Plans and facilitates project meetings to align the team and track tasks.
• Prepares agendas, meeting notes, and project summaries.
• Monitors task status to identify at-risk tasks and develop mitigation plans.
• Allocates resources, budgets, and hours, adjusting as needed.
• Organizes public image campaigns and events.
• Participates in creating brand awareness through advertising and social media.
• Prepares proposals and presentations using marketing materials.
• Prepares status reports by communicating with sales and marketing managers.
• May liaise with media, ad agencies, and PR firms.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Time management

Team player

Strong communication

Self-motivated

Ability to learn marketing basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Primary Responsibilities

• Managing marketing projects, under guidance of marketing team leadership and collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Tracking results and adapting tactics as needed
• Coordinates and implements marketing projects, from planning through delivery
• Liaises between project members, cross-functional teams, external vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure deliverables, requirements, schedules, cost, and meeting plans are communicated
• Utilizes appropriate tools to plan project timelines, tasks, milestones, and deadlines
• Communicates schedule and changes to all stakeholders
• Plans and facilitates project meetings to align the project team to methods and goals and to track project tasks
• Prepares agendas, meeting notes, and project summaries
• Monitors task completion status to identify at risk project tasks and to develop mitigation plans
• Allocates resources, budgets, and hours to the project and adjusts allocations when necessary
• Organizes public image campaigns and special events
• Participates in creating brand awareness through advertising and social media
• Arranges proposals and presentations using marketing resource materials such as brochures, data, slides, photographs, and reports
• Prepares status reports on marketing efforts by communicating with appropriate sales and marketing managers
• May liaise with the media, advertising agencies and public relations firms

Qualifications And/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree required
• Entry level candidates will be considered
• Ability to learn basic marketing skills; coachable
• Detail-oriented
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to work with a team, as well as individually
• Highly organized, methodical, but with a sense of urgency to seize opportunities and optimize our marketing is desired
• Highly comfortable with self-motivating, taking ownership and delivering results in a fast-paced environment with high ambiguity
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously, and adjust swiftly to changing business priorities
• Strong communication skills, to ensure alignment with marketing team and other stakeholders
• Impeccable record of integrity, fair dealing, intelligence and enthusiasm
• Polished communication and presentation skills

Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation; however, reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would impose undue hardship.

The total compensation package for this position will also include incentive compensation and benefits such as health insurance, unlimited paid time off, parental leave, a 401k matching program, and other benefits to its employees.

• incentive compensation
• health insurance
• unlimited paid time off
• parental leave
• a 401k matching program
• other benefits

The total compensation package for this position will also include incentive compensation and benefits such as health insurance, unlimited paid time off, parental leave, a 401k matching program, and other benefits to its employees. The expected salary range for fully qualified candidates applying for this role is $70,000 to $85,000. This range is what the Company reasonably expects to offer for the position and is not reflective of the full compensation scale of the role. This range is subject to change in the future. An individual’s salary within the range is based on multiple factors, which may include and are not limited to education, relevant experience, knowledge, length of industry experience and organizational needs.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a full-time, onsite position requiring five days per week in the office.