Jazz Pharmaceuticals Looking for Director, Hematology Oncology Marketing at Sacramento, CA(remote) Full Time

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases – often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines and novel product candidates, from early- to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. We actively explore new options for patients including novel compounds, small molecules and biologics, and through cannabinoid science and innovative delivery technologies. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter.

The Director, Hem/Onc Marketing will play a key role within the Business Unit – leading the marketing team for an exciting and impactful product in the AML-space – Vyxeos. The candidate will be responsible for directly managing a team of marketers – office and field-based, and for leading a cross-functional brand team – setting and pulling through a clear brand vision, strategic plan, and operating plan. The candidate will also be a key member of the Marketing and Hematology/Oncology leadership team.

Essential Functions

This individual will:

• Develop/communicate a compelling vision and sense of purpose for the brand; work collaboratively to formulate long-range and mid-term strategies
• Demonstrate courage in advancing new, innovative ideas; champion change initiatives to enhance organizational performance
• Contribute to and disseminate understanding of trends, issues and strategies in the market to stakeholders
• Lead, coach, and directly manage a marketing team – with brand marketers and field-based regional marketing managers (RMMs)
• Lead a cross-functional US brand team (including functions such as medical, access, sales, training, finance, legal, regulatory, market insights and analytics, forecasting, as well as marketing)
• Set and implement the US brand strategy (3-5 year horizon)
• Execute on that strategy, with a clear and dialed-in annual operating or tactical plan (e.g., personal and digital promotional tactics, peer-to-peer programming, key customer and conference-related tactics, etc.)
• Manage and enhance internal and external relationships with colleagues, thought leaders, strategic business partners and vendors
• Determine US brand pricing strategy and managed markets strategy in collaboration with pricing/channel team members
• Work closely with forecasting teams to develop and support short term and long term product forecast updates; be able to support, defend, and communicate all key assumptions behind the forecasts
• Partner with sales and sales training to ensure field readiness for execution
• Attract, hire, coach, and develop key talent to help maintain a high-performing marketing team
• Work with business operations to design market research initiatives, develop professional advisory boards and evaluate third party market data to generate a deeper understanding of customer / market needs
• Review and assess US performance, sales and commercial supply forecasts and annual plans
• Manage the brand P&L
• Collaborate with field teams to identify best practices and uncover needs/ trends and build relationships to improve consistency of brand strategy execution
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, objectives and metrics for team members
• Ensure compliance with laws, regulatory guidelines, and company policies

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 10+ years of commercial experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with significant in-line marketing experience
• 3+ years of oncology experience preferred
• Sales experience preferred
• Commercial management experience preferred
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and demonstrated cross-functional leadership
• Team oriented individual with solid communication skills including significant experience presenting to senior management and large audiences.
• Must demonstrate good judgement and evidence of good analytical, problem solving, strategic thinking, planning, and project management skills.
• Acts decisively and independently: has confidence and ability to provide clear direction and make decisions (strategic & tactical)
• Approximately 30-40% travel is required
• Proximity to home-office preferred (Palo Alto, CA, Carlsbad, CA, or Philadelphia, PA)

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Bachelor’s Degree (life sciences or a related discipline a plus)
• MBA (preferred)

 Description of Work Environment

• Frequent interactions with external contacts in their office environment
• Frequent computer laptop or tablet use
• Responsibilities may require a work schedule that may include working outside of “normal” work hours, in order to meet business demands
• Frequent trips to home office locations may be required
• Frequent public contact requiring appropriate business apparel

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.