Senior Director, Brand Lead

Position Overview

Bicara Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Director, Brand Lead – US who will be responsible for developing and executing the US brand strategy and commercial plan for ficerafusp alfa, supporting the company’s transition toward commercialization. This leader will serve as the day-to-day brand owner, translating customer and market insights into differentiated positioning, messaging, promotional strategy, and integrated brand execution.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Marketing, the Senior Director will help establish the commercial foundation for a successful launch, including HCP and patient/customer strategy, agency partnerships, promotional materials, omnichannel engagement, and launch readiness.

This role is based in our Boston office and follows a hybrid schedule, with three in-office days each week.

• Develop and execute the US brand strategy, positioning, messaging, and annual brand plan for ficerafusp alfa.
• Translate clinical, market, competitive, and customer insights into compelling brand strategies and differentiated customer experiences across key professional and consumer stakeholder groups.
• Lead development of the brand value proposition, positioning core messaging, segmentation, and customer engagement strategy.
• Develop and maintain the integrated brand plan across HCP, patient, digital, field, and other customer channels.
• Partner with Market Research/Insights to identify evolving customer needs, barriers, opportunities, and competitive dynamics.
• Develop competitive strategy and proactively identify threats and opportunities that may impact brand performance.
• Lead brand forecasting and contribute to commercial planning and resource allocation.

• Lead marketing work streams supporting launch readiness and execution.
• Develop launch strategy, priorities, milestones, and critical-path activities, including Day 0 planning orchestration, and execution in partnership with cross-functional launch leadership.
• Lead development of pre-launch and launch promotional strategy, materials, and programs
• Partner with Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal/Compliance, Market Access, Commercial Analytics, and Sales to ensure integrated execution.
• Ensure promotional materials and customer-facing communications are developed and approved in accordance with FDA, OIG, PhRMA, and company MLR requirements.
• Support development of launch tools, resources, and customer engagement programs for the field organization.
• Identify and resolve key marketing risks and launch dependencies.

• Develop differentiated engagement strategies for priority HCP segments, including medical oncologists, academic and community oncology practices, and other key stakeholders.
• Partner with Field Marketing/Sales leadership to translate brand strategy into effective customer engagement.
• Lead development of omnichannel engagement strategy across personal and non-personal channels.
• Ensure consistency of brand experience and messaging across channels.

• Partner with Market Research and Commercial Analytics to develop actionable insights throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead brand-focused primary market research, including message development/testing, segmentation, customer journey, and concept testing.
• Integrate clinical, market, competitive, and customer insights into brand decision-making.
• Establish an ongoing insight-generation plan to inform launch and post-launch strategy.

• Lead day-to-day relationships with advertising, creative, media, digital, market research, and other marketing agencies.
• Select, brief, manage, and evaluate agency partners to ensure high-quality and timely execution.
• Manage the brand marketing budget and ensure resources deployed against the highest-value priorities.
• Establish disciplined processes for project management, agency management, and executional excellence.

• Serve as a key member of the US Marketing leadership team.
• Partner closely with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Market Access, Commercial Analytics, Sales, Patient Services, and Finance.
• Bring a strong customer and brand perspective to cross-functional decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional brand teams and ensure alignment around priorities, milestones, and accountabilities.
• Communicate brand strategy, progress, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.

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