Director, Marketing Excellence & Development

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 186,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan assistance

401(k) match

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Paid leave

Job summary

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd in the United States seeks a Director of Marketing Excellence to develop and implement a marketing excellence strategy across the CNS portfolio. You will lead the creation of core marketing competencies, learning programs, and capability-building roadmaps with senior CNS leadership and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities include establishing marketing standards, enabling consistent brand planning, and shaping talent development to address evolving market

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• MBA preferred.
• 8+ years in marketing, sales, operations, and/or learning and capability development in pharma/healthcare.
• 3+ years in brand marketing with HCP and/or Consumer leadership preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify core marketing competencies and develop learning programs for marketers and BU personnel.
• Develop CNS BU strategic brand planning framework and guidance for annual planning.
• Build a 2-3 year capability-building roadmap with marketing engagement focus.
• Establish marketing standards, best practices, and tools to improve planning and execution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align marketing approaches with business goals.
• Lead career development programs with HR and BU leadership.

Skills

Marketing leadership

Brand planning

Omnichannel engagement

Marketing analytics

Learning program development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing

MBA preferred

Job description

Position Summary

The Director, Marketing Excellence is responsible for developing and implementing a marketing excellence strategy that delivers best-in-class marketing and commercial capabilities across the CNS portfolio and BU. These efforts will ensure effective strategic execution, drive consistency, and expand core technical competencies across Otsuka’s CNS business unit. This role will lead efforts to define marketing competencies for the future and implement learning programs to address key gaps. They will also play a key role in identifying and shaping capability-building initiatives as well as annual brand planning. They will work closely with senior CNS BU and Brand leadership, Market Access, and Commercial Operations to define a capability and learning roadmap. The Director, Marketing Excellence must possess and leverage deep subject-matter expertise in marketing, brand planning, launch and leadership along with a firm understanding of adult learning principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Marketing Competencies and Learning Programs: Identify core marketing competencies needed for the future, develop and implement structured learning programs for all marketers and key BU personnel including but not limited to insights generation, segmentation, strategic brand planning, customer engagement planning, omnichannel execution, marketing analytics, access and affordability, digital, and more.
• Strategic Brand Planning: Develop consistent CNS BU approach to strategic brand planning across functions. Provide frameworks, tools, and guidance to brand teams to help facilitate the annual brand planning process and deliver effective integrated strategic and tactical plans to executive leadership.
• Capability Building: In partnership with CNS Marketing and BU leadership, develop a 2-3 year roadmap that will build marketing engagement capabilities needed to address changing customer needs, technology shifts, and the evolving product portfolio.
• Marketing Standards: Establish and refine marketing best practices, tools, and frameworks to improve planning, program execution, and operational efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with commercial operations, medical, market access, finance, legal, compliance, and COE teams to ensure marketing approaches and processes align with organizational goals and industry best practices.
• Talent Development & Career Pathing: Lead effort to build a marketing career development program by defining functional competencies, career paths, business acumen, and mentorship programs in collaboration with HR and senior BU leadership.

Qualifications & Key Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field; MBA preferred
• 8+ years of experience in marketing, sales, operations, and/or learning and capability development in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare industry
• 3+ years in brand marketing role(s) is required, with role as either an HCP and/or Consumer lead highly preferred
• Deep subject matter expertise in marketing best practices, core technical marketing competencies, brand planning and tactical execution, and omnichannel engagement
• Strong knowledge of marketing analytics and insights generation practices, including promotional mix optimization
• Experience developing and delivering marketing development, learning, and training programs
• Project management and process improvement expertise
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across teams
• Proven ability to work in a matrixed environment, managing multiple stakeholders

Competencies

Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.

Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.

Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.

Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.

Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.

Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 5 business days.

Company benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.

Come discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://www.otsuka-us.com/careers-join-otsuka.

Minimum $186,489.00 - Maximum $278,875.00, plus incentive opportunity: The range shown represents a typical pay range or starting pay for individuals who are hired in the role to perform in the United States. Other elements may be used to determine actual pay such as the candidate’s job experience, specific skills, and comparison to internal incumbents currently in role. Typically, actual pay will be positioned within the established range, rather than at its minimum or maximum. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with states and local laws.

Disclaimer:

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Otsuka is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation, if you are unable or limited in your ability to apply to this job opening as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Accommodation Request.