Director Marketing

Bend Bioscience, LLC; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bend Bioscience is seeking a senior marketing leader in the Gainesville, GA area to drive growth in a regulated life sciences environment. You will own the marketing function end-to-end, shaping strategy, messaging, and programs that connect to pipeline outcomes.

In this role, you will lead internal and external marketing resources, collaborate across functions, and manage execution—from events to digital campaigns—while operating with autonomy and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive marketing experience in life sciences or regulated environments.
• Ability to lead people, agencies, and cross-functional contributors.
• Strategic marketing judgment to translate goals into plans and programs.
• Experience with campaigns, lead nurturing, analytics, and performance measurement.

Responsibilities

• Own the marketing function end-to-end, establishing priorities, operating rhythms, and clear accountability for delivery across strategic and executional work.
• Provide leadership and direction to internal and external marketing resources, including agencies and cross-functional contributors.
• Operate with autonomy, proactively identifying needs, solving problems, and driving work forward without close supervision.
• Maintain transparent communication with Commercial and senior leadership on priorities, progress, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Marketing strategy

B2B marketing

CRM (SFDC)

Digital campaigns

Content marketing

Lead generation

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Tools

Salesforce.com (SFDC)

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Bend Bioscience, our core values shape how we work, lead, and grow—together.

We’re a High Science, High Service, people-centered company, committed to amplifying the potential of medicines. Our team thrives on being authentic, curious, and accountable, while staying flexible, collaborative, and driven by care. We blaze trails by challenging the status quo, pursuing excellence in everything we do, and maintaining relentless focus on delivering real impact.

Whether you’re in the lab, on the floor, or supporting our clients, your work at Bend Bioscience will matter. You’ll join a team that values continuous learning, bold thinking, and doing the right thing—even when it's hard.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Own the marketing function end-to-end, establishing priorities, operating rhythms, and clear accountability for delivery across strategic and executional work.
• Provide leadership and direction to internal and external marketing resources, including agencies and cross-functional contributors, while fostering strong collaboration and high performance.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, proactively identifying needs, solving problems, and driving work forward without requiring close supervision or micromanagement.
• Maintain transparent communication with Commercial and senior leadership on priorities, progress, performance, risks, and opportunities.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive marketing experience, ideally including ownership of a broad marketing function in a B2B life sciences, pharmaceutical, CDMO, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical device, or similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people, agencies, and cross-functional contributors. Formal people-management experience preferred where applicable to final role level.
• Pharmaceutical development, and client service delivery models.
• Strong strategic marketing judgment with the ability to translate commercial goals into positioning, messaging, lead-generation strategies, and executable marketing plans.
• Hands-on operator who is equally comfortable setting strategy and managing executional details, including events, collateral, content, digital campaigns, and internal coordination.
• Highly self-directed and organized, with the judgment and prioritization skills to independently manage the marketing function and move high-impact initiatives forward.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and effectively engage technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Experience with marketing campaigns, lead nurturing, social media engagement, content marketing, SEO, digital analytics, and performance measurement.
• Working knowledge of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, with preference for Salesforce.com (SFDC), and ability to connect marketing activity to pipeline outcomes.
• Experience working in regulated or technical industries; pharmaceutical services/CDMO experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) to support marketing operations, analysis, and reporting.