Associate Director, IBD Consumer Marketing

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Job Description

Associate Director, IBD Consumer Marketing

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Cambridge, MA

About the role:

As the Associate Director of Consumer Marketing, you will be a champion of Takeda's culture and values while supporting the delivery of the consumer marketing strategic plan for an established IBD brand. This role will help shape and activate a highly impactful and cohesive patient engagement strategy across channels. The role focuses on crafting and executing brand messaging, and campaign development, with significant involvement in TV/CTV advertising.

The ideal candidate combines strong consumer marketing expertise with a mindset of curiosity and adaptability, proactively embracing AI tools to drive both efficiency and innovation. This position will report to the Director of Consumer Marketing.

How you will contribute:

• Support the strategic development and lead tactical execution of the consumer promotional strategy, ensuring alignment with HCP brand initiatives.

• Develop consumer messaging that is highly strategic and powerful across all channels—including significant responsibility in TV/CTV ad and promotional materials development.

• Manage agency relationships, their work product and associated budget.

• Partner closely with the Omnichannel Marketing team to ensure pull-through of campaign and brand messages across digital channels.

• Identify critical moments and barriers in the patient journey and design content and programs to overcome these barriers.

• Partner with Analytics & Insights team to distill insights, validate business opportunities, and optimize consumer initiatives.

Provide leadership and guidance in the most complex situations.

• Foster strong working partnerships with cross-functional team (i.e. medical, legal, regulatory, etc.) to deliver assets across the consumer ecosystem.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 7+ years of marketing or related function, including pharma marketing experience.

• Experience in consumer marketing strategy and tactic planning with advanced proficiency in communicating ideas to internal partners and external agencies.

• Consumer marketing experience in media, including digital marketing, with the ideal candidate having broadcast media planning experience.

• Experience leading cross-functional and agency teams.

• Strong strategic, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to manage and influence innovative consumer projects through a matrixed organization.

• Demonstrated expertise managing multiple priorities, processes, timelines, and expectations of multiple stakeholder groups.

• Proven track record of influencing, aligning, and inspiring cross-functional stakeholders at all levels, building trust and cultivating strong relationships to achieve shared goals.

• Results-driven mindset with a high level of ownership, urgency, and resilience, consistently delivering on commitments while navigating obstacles and evolving business needs.

• Demonstrated expertise in using data, insights, and structured analysis to inform decisions, challenge assumptions, and recommend evidence-based actions.

• A courageous leader who drives change with clarity and conviction, even in the face of ambiguity, resistance, or conflicting priorities.

Desired:

• MBA

• 3 or more years of experience in Patient and/or Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience

• Experience in IBD therapeutic area

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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For Location:

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500