Director, Marketing Jobs

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Our Position

Reporting to the Vice President, Respiratory & Immunology, the Director, Marketing leads the team across Respiratory Inhaled brands including oversight of the development of the brand plan, brand strategy, positioning, Strategic/Operational Planning and Execution and Lifecycle Planning.

You lead a brand team, ensuring your people are engaged and reaching their potential. You provide day- to- day mentoring to your team to ensure that the brand-operating plan is successfully implemented and that meetings with the Sales Organization are successful. You lead the Lifecycle Team and its ambition to improve the long-term potential of the portfolio through cross-functional planning.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams both locally and globally to implement the strategic plan
• Leads and develops the marketing teams including but not limited to performance management, talent management and career development
• Leads activities across brands, including the definition, design, execution and measurement of all marketing strategies and tactics to deliver on the brands’ objectives
• Works collaboratively with leaders across the business to share winning initiatives and improve opportunities to develop common tactical platforms.
• Leads the collaboration for the successful sales execution for the portfolio
• Accountable for the development and ownership of relevant commercial forecasts, high level P&L and budgetary compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Business is required
• Demonstrated leadership of respiratory brands with market shaping and launch experience
• Experience attracting, assessing and developing talent and optimising team performance in direct and matrixed leadership roles
• Has developed budget and resourcing plans to ensure effective operational delivery
• Comprehensive understanding of the Canadian Healthcare environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead large teams

Capabilities

• Strong financial knowledge can assess and improve portfolio value
• Exceptional strategic problem solving, judgement and influencing skills to ensure strong commercial focus and consistency
• Strong leader with General Manager mind-set - able to articulate a vision, set direction and encourage dedication for own organization, the interface and broader TA to get results and hold others accountable
• Seasoned marketer – in-depth understanding of competitive landscape, able to frame strategic implications and improve business outcomes
• Strong Scientific acumen with ability to assess and drive portfolio value.
• Able to express complex, results-oriented ideas and strategies in clear and compelling ways to multiple groups
• Enterprise thinking and entrepreneurial leadership through leading change and transformation while having a broader perspective of brand, TA and organizational needs
• Through review of analytics, able to draw scalable solutions based on the insights

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