Job Description
Associate Director U.S. Marketing, Future Strategy & Life Cycle Management (LCM), Respiratory BU Our Respiratory team is dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that improve the lives of respiratory patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking individuals achieve this through an unwavering commitment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people across the globe.
The U.S. Respiratory business within our company is a growing part of our Company. The
Associate Director U.S. Marketing, Future Strategy & LCM, Respiratory BU will play a strategic role in supporting the continued commercial success of our newly acquired COPD asset.
This role will help operationalize the business model strategy, coordinate cross-functional activities, and advance lifecycle planning efforts to ensure the organization is making data-driven, integrated decisions that support both near-term execution and long-term strategic growth. The Associate Director will partner across Marketing, Access, Insights & Analytics, Global Commercial, and other cross-functional teams to bring rigor, structure, and clarity to the execution of the business model, lifecycle initiatives, and future portfolio assessments.
This position will be based in Upper Gwynedd, PA and will report into the Director, U.S. Marketing, Future Strategy & LCM, Respiratory BU.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Support the Director in implementing and continuously refining an integrated set of choices within the current business model for the respiratory portfolio, including key components such as HUB operations, data integrations, and specialty pharmacy network considerations.
- Conduct analytical assessments and scenario modeling to inform prioritization and alignment of investments across customers, areas, and commercial levers within the business model.
- Monitor and synthesize competitive intelligence, access dynamics, and relevant policy developments to identify implications for both current and future respiratory assets.
- Partner with marketing team to ensure an integrated set of choices across customer type (e.g., consumer, payer, hcp) that considers all interdependencies across data systems, HUB, and specialty pharmacy network etc.
- Lead operational components of lifecycle planning activities, including developing frameworks, market research, forecasts, timelines, analyses, and cross-functional alignment tools to support U.S. input into global clinical studies, combinations, and development planning. Ensure insights, risks, and dependencies are captured and communicated to the Director to support ongoing strategic refinement.
- Generate U.S. input into future clinical studies & combinations and provide US POV on stage-gate and development plan decisions.
- Conduct structured assessments of future commercial opportunities to support U.S. business development evaluations in partnership with payer marketing and global commercial teams. Help define the U.S. future potential for new products in the respiratory space.
- Coordinate with Product Marketing Owners and Customer Agile Teams to ensure alignment and integration of lifecycle and future strategy elements into customer-level strategy and execution plans.
- Maintain clear governance, documentation, and tracking mechanisms that enable visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies across lifecycle and strategy initiatives.
- As a member of the US Pharma Respiratory marketing team, partner with fellow colleagues to invest in each other's development, build a culture of inclusivity, psychological safety, transparency and stretch our collective team's thinking by challenging the status quo for the purpose of creating stronger outcomes.
Education: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent (BA/BS). MBA or equivalent preferred.
Requirements: - Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience across marketing, sales, market access (or related experiences) in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry preferably.
- Pharmaceutical experience required - Respiratory experience preferred.
- Strong analytical, strategic, and operational planning skills, with the ability to translate complex insights into clear recommendations.
- Strategic and tactical planning skills.
- Elevated level of collaborative skills and ability to work across various parts of the organization.
- High Legal/Compliance IQ
Preferred skills: - Prior experience in design and execution of patient support programs.
- Prior experience in forecasting new indications, line extensions and/or TAs.
- Strong communication skills with ability to communicate/engage with senior leaders.
Location: Upper Gwynedd, PA - Hybrid working model.
Travel: Requires approximately 25% travel, including some weekends.
Required Skills: Adaptability, Adaptability, Biopharmaceutical Industry, Biotechnology, Brand Management, Business Development, Business Strategies, Communication, Content Creation, Creativity, Cross-Functional Leadership, Customer Insights, Digital Consumer Engagement, Digital Marketing, Leadership, Market Access, Market Research, Market Segmentation, Omnichannel Marketing, Prioritization, Product Launches, Product Management, Project Prioritization, Psychological Safety, Rigor {+ 5 more}
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The salary range for this role is
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at .
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Employee Status: Regular
Relocation: No relocation
VISA Sponsorship: No
Travel Requirements: 25%
Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid
Shift: 1st - Day
Valid Driving License: No
Hazardous Material(s): N/A
Job Posting End Date: 01/28/2026
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