Associate Director, Marketing Project Lead

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Associate Director, Marketing Project Lead

Morristown, NJ

The Associate Director, Marketing Project Lead – Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes plays a critical role in driving disciplined execution of the US Autoimmune T1D marketing strategy. This role leads cross-functional integration, orchestrates launch-critical initiatives, and ensures timely delivery against strategic priorities.

Serving as the operational and strategic integrator for the US Autoimmune T1D marketing team, this position translates strategy into action, enables effective decision-making, and ensures alignment across HCP, Consumer, Site of Care, and Regional Marketing, as well as key cross-functional partners including Field Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Market Access, and PA & PA.

The role reports to the Head of Marketing, Autoimmune T1D Franchise (US) and operates as a core member of the US marketing leadership team, with regular exposure to senior leadership and governance forums.

Join the team transforming how healthcare is delivered for chronic and specialty conditions worldwide. In General Medicines, you’ll help drive meaningful outcomes in diabetes, transplant, and immunology - with the scale and urgency patients deserve.

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Scope & Decision Authority

• No direct people management responsibility.
• Leads cross-functional work streams, milestone execution, and governance processes across the Autoimmune T1D franchise.
• Acts as a central point of integration, driving clarity, accountability, and momentum across teams.
• Enables efficient execution by leveraging marketing teams and GTMC partners while maintaining focus on strategic alignment and integration.

2. Financial & Resource Stewardship

• No direct budget ownership; plays a key enabling role in financial planning, Opex tracking, and forecast alignment.
• Supports bottom-up budget planning, prioritization of key investments, and preparation of financial and resourcing views for marketing and senior leadership.
• Identifies risks, trade-offs, and deviations that may impact delivery of strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Integrated Marketing Plan Execution (≈50%)

• Lead operational execution of the integrated US Autoimmune T1D marketing plan, ensuring cross-functional alignment and on-time delivery.
• Drive alignment and synergies across marketing teams (HCP, Consumer, Site of Care, and Regional Marketing).
• Coordinate execution across Marketing, Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, PA & PA, Market Access, and other partners.
• Own integrated timelines, milestone tracking, dependency management, and critical path execution.
• Partner with marketing leadership to refine and operationalize the US marketing plan in line with franchise objectives.
• Define KPIs and success metrics; monitor performance and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop executive-ready dashboards, updates, and presentations highlighting progress, risks, and decision points.

2. Marketing Operating Rhythm & Milestone Management (≈20%)

• Own the marketing operating cadence to ensure focus, accountability, and execution discipline.
• Develop and manage meeting agendas aligned to the franchise milestone map and launch priorities.
• Curate high-quality inputs to ensure meetings are decision-oriented and outcomes-focused.
• Identify and proactively manage interdependencies across functions.
• Flag risks, escalate issues, and drive resolution with clear actions and owners.
• Continuously optimize ways of working to enhance cross-functional effectiveness.

3. Executive & Strategic Decision Support (≈10%)

• Support the Head of Marketing in shaping content for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Identify priority topics, risks, and opportunities requiring executive-level attention.
• Synthesize insights, data, and performance metrics into clear, concise…