Senior Director, Marketing (Commercial Scientific communication, TLL Leadership) – Nephrology/Immunology & Rare Disease

Senior Director, Marketing (Commercial Scientific communication, TLL Leadership) – Nephrology/Immunology & Rare Disease

About Otsuka

We defy limitation, so that others can too. In going above and beyond—under any circumstances—for patients, families, providers, and for each other. It’s this deep-rooted dedication that drives us to uncover answers to complex, underserved medical needs, so that patients can push past the limitations of their disease and achieve more than they thought was possible each day.

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate marketing professional to bring their launch and rare disease skills to a complex and difficult to treat category so we can do everything in our power to live up to our mission of defying limitation so that others can too. This highly visible position has been designed for a senior marketing professional who will be responsible of overseeing commercial scientific communication and activities for the current and future portfolio of the renal/immunology therapeutic area.

If you have a passion for marketing, relationship build and for dreaming of what is possible, to create meaningful impact for patients, caregivers, HCPs and other critical players in the nephrology/immunology and rare disease arena, we would like to talk to you about this opportunity.

Job Description

• Leading and Empowering
  • Build on a collaborative environment that is conducive to intentional development, success and supports individuals as well as teams to achieve their full potential and maximize their contribution to deliver the Otsuka mission.
  • Work closely with medical leadership and the field-based Customer Engagement teams to build an effective KOL strategy, covering KOL planning and engagement, publication planning, HEOR planning and congress strategy and execution.
  • Provide coaching and access to mentoring and developmental mechanisms to build confidence and courage.
  • Generate enthusiasm and excitement in the team to ensure they can see the connection to the patient.
  • Attract, manage, coach, develop and retain a talented marketing and thought leader liaison team to effectively achieve the mission and stated objectives.
  • Ensuring a highly engaged team culture
  • Communicate regularly with the Executive Leadership Team
• Collaboration:
  • Build internal and external networks and navigate complex stakeholder ecosystems to align around common aims.
  • Lead a collaborative, productive relationship between Otsuka’s sales, marketing and medical affairs teams.  
  • Work closely with Medical Affairs and the field-based Customer Engagement teams to develop integrated and holistic strategies and solutions for patients and providers.
  • Build new marketing capabilities that will allow for innovation and growth.
  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to shape and deliver objectives and to unite around a shared purpose.

• Drives for Results:
  • Deliver on a successful launch that results in significant contribution to portfolio growth. The compounds represent a scientifically unique approach to treating symptoms that are not adequately addressed by current therapeutic options and/or for which existing treatments have an unsatisfactory safety and tolerability profile. 
  • Communicate a vision, set priorities, develop and execute key customer pre-launch and launch plans that consistently achieves desired outcomes for said launch brand in the Nephrology/Immunology and Rare Disease area in the US.
  • Actively contribute with market insight to shape brand strategies. 
  • Cross-functional and organizational leadership to optimize work processes, effectively develop and execute brand strategy, and effectively monitor and evaluate performance.
  • Develop and manage relevant annual operating budgets.
• Thinking Strategically
  • Take a broad perspective across the healthcare ecosystem to understand the patient journey and patient flow and how Otsuka can influence stakeholder decisions and patient experience to improve outcomes. 
  • Bring a positive future-oriented perspective to identify opportunities for improvement and translate them into adaptive customer specific strategies to drive Otsuka’s vision and plan.
• Customer Centricity
  • Define and continually refine how to partner with and support patients, HCPs and other stakeholders to best meet the needs of patients and shape Otsuka’s approach accordingly.
  • Maintain strong relations with key opinion leaders and l