Senior Marketing Manager - Established Medicines

Novartis; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 126,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis AG in East Hanover, NJ is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager (SMM) for Established Medicines to develop and execute customer-centric marketing strategies. The role partners with Marketing Strategy leaders, cross-functional teams, and agencies to translate brand objectives into integrated plans.

This position requires up to 10-20% travel and cannot be remote; relocation is not offered. You will collaborate across legal, regulatory, medical, and compliance to drive campaigns and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial marketing or related experience in pharma/healthcare.
• Ability to translate data and customer insights into actionable marketing recommendations.
• Experience in US market and cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Regulatory, Medical, and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support development of integrated brand marketing strategies grounded in customer insights.
• Build knowledge of brand, disease state, audience, and customer needs for activations.
• Share marketing best practices to improve engagement and behavior change across lifecycle.
• Support execution of promotional, digital, and integrated marketing tactics aligned to strategy and goals.
• Collaborate across functions, agencies, and partners to foster high performance.
• Coordinate timelines, deliverables, budgets, and execution needs for plans.
• Assist creative brief process and agency coordination, ensuring quality and timely delivery.

Skills

Data analytics

Market research

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital marketing

Campaign optimization

Communication skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Therapeutic knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

PharmD or MBA preferred

Job description

Band

Level 4

Job Description Summary

The Senior Marketing Manager (SMM) - Established Medicines supports the development and execution of customer-centric marketing strategies in the assigned brand(s)/therapeutic area. The role collaborates closely with Marketing Strategy leaders, cross-functional partners, and agency teams to translate brand objectives, customer insights, and business priorities into integrated marketing plans, campaigns, tactics, content, and experiences.

This role is based in East Hanover, NJ and will not have the ability to be located remotely. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role; please only apply if this location is accessible for you. This position will require up to 10-20% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/or international).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Support development of cohesive, integrated brand marketing strategies and campaigns grounded in customer insights.

• Develop working knowledge of the brand, disease state, audience, and customer needs to support relevant activations, content, and personalized experiences.

• Contribute to the sharing and application of marketing best practices to improve customer engagement and support behavior change across the brand lifecycle.

• Support execution of promotional, digital, and integrated marketing tactics aligned to approved strategy, brand goals, and business objectives.

• Support execution of promotional, digital, and integrated marketing tactics aligned to approved strategy, brand goals, and business objectives.

• Contribute to a high-performing team culture by collaborating effectively across key functions, agencies, and strategic partners.

• Support delivery of integrated marketing plans, including coordination of timelines, deliverables, stakeholder inputs, budget tracking, and executional needs.

• Support the creative brief process, agency coordination, content development, and executional follow-through to ensure quality, strategic alignment, and timely delivery.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; PharmD or MBA preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of commercial Marketing experience or multi-functional experience preferably in Pharmaceutical or Healthcare
• Demonstrated ability to apply data, analytics, market research, and customer insights to support marketing recommendations.
• Experience in supporting high-performing brands in highly competitive categories within the US
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners such as Legal, Regulatory, Medical, and Compliance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable outputs.
• Detail-oriented with the ability manage multiple priorities, timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with digital marketing, non-personal promotion, omnichannel marketing, social, media, content strategy, customer experience planning, or campaign optimization preferred.

Desirable Requirements:

• Relevant therapeutic area experience

Novartis Compensation Summary:

The salary for this position is expected to range between $126,000 and $234,000.00 per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Salary Range

$126,000.00 - $234,000.00

Skills Desired

Asset Management, Change Agility, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Oriented, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Industry, Influencing Skills, Marketing Strategies, Negotiation, Operational Excellence, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Strategies, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Alliances, Therapeutic Knowledge