Global Strategic Marketing Manager – Bioprocessing

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a strategic marketing manager, to join our $700 Million+ Life Sciences business.  This will be a remote position OR hybrid at our Wilmington, DE or Bridgewater, NJ sites. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and commercial function. The ideal candidate will work very closely with R&D, sales teams and business unit as we grow into expanded pharmaceutical markets for high value materials/excipients.

The Strategic Marketing Manager will be responsible for developing and validating Ashland’s bioprocessing chemistry strategy and driving growth of this market for the organization including leading stage gate projects and participating as the commercial expert in assigned portfolio assets. You will help to develop and drive strategic projects, global strategy and marketing plans and lead the implementation of targets/measures.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Identify and assess potential business opportunities utilizing market research, business intelligence, competitive and scientific analysis, and pursue/maximize opportunities with the end goal of growing revenue and increasing profitability and market share.
• Elaborate & lead the strategy development and execution for the Life Sciences pharmaceutical product lines, with a focus on upstream and downstream processing chemicals as well as excipients for biopharmaceuticals/injectables.
• Lead global, high impact product development projects, supported by cross-functional team.
• Focus on strategic planning for commercial success, and value proposition delivery.
• Drive the development of Marketing tools & documentation for and in collaboration with Marcom and Regional Marketing:
• Drive development, positioning, and launch of new products or new products applications globally by bridging innovation with market demand & aspiration.
• Lead marketing of commercial launches
• Set price positioning with regional marketing input for new and existing products.
• Work with the global sales team to identify customer opportunities and manage the business development [sales] efforts of bioprocessing chemistry portfolio.
• Drive business development for Ashland’s penetration into the bioprocessing market.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• At least 5 years of experience in sales, business development, marketing/product management or related field
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, pharmacy, chemistry, or related field.
• Ability to build a compelling business case to justify executing on business proposals with financial acumen
• Ability to thrive in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Ability to travel, up to 30% globally
• An enthusiastic problem-solver with a strong result orientation
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and working collaboratively, cross-functionally, and globally
• Highly analytical and strategic thinker excited to identify and create opportunities to grow business
• Relevant knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry including upstream and downstream bioprocess operations/engineering.
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making

The following skillsets are preferred by the business unit:

• An advanced degree, preferably an MBA or MS
• Past experience working within a phase/stage gate development process

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
 
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