Sr. Manager / Associate Director

Description

• Develop the commercial strategy and action plans for early products in Japanese market by leveraging the global and regional strategy and plans
• Develop effective working relationships with opinion leaders and other key stakeholders to establish Kite’s pipeline in Japan
• Partner with Clinical team, Medical Affairs, Government and Public Affairs to ensure effective development and implementation of strategies
• Utilize high level of business acumen in analyzing and coordinating activities from identified industry trends, competitor’s resources and practices
• Collaborate with the regional marketing team to share local market insights that can inform the development of global brand plans
• Develop and implement the promotional communication strategy and tactics ensuring alignment with the overall brand strategy
• Work alongside the global, US, EU and international marketing colleagues to develop and produce compliant promotional materials
• Manage external agency relationships (i.e., advertising, public relations, medical education vendors) to develop promotional deliverables
• Manage the marketing budget (OPEX) and project timelines
• Drive excellence in commercial efforts, including business planning and forecasting
• Ensure all marketing activities are in compliance with regulatory and legal requirements

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience within the pharmaceutical / healthcare industry to include familiarity with marketing / sales strategy and tactics, as well as commercial policies and practices within specialty care
• Thorough understanding hematology / oncology clinical landscape and the business of cell therapy
• Demonstrated track record of successful product launches and / or sustained commercial growth
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams with excellent interpersonal skills in order to lead, interact with, focus, resolve conflict and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to conceive, develop and implement multi-dimensional marketing and business plans
• Ability to develop, maintain and utilize a high level of product and therapeutic disease knowledge to promote the appropriate use of cell therapies to opinion leaders
• Excellent and demonstrable command of written and spoken English and proficiency at communicating verbally and in written form
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or other advanced degree in similar field
• Recent B cell malignancy / oncology experience and understanding of the funding and clinical challenges in this area