Global Marketing Director (temporary)

Title:

Global Marketing Director (temporary)

Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)

About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience with global hubs in the U.S. France and the U.K we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration excellence and impact. At Ipsen every individual is empowered to be their true selves grow and thrive alongside the companys success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth creating real impact on patients and society!

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Job Description:

Global Brand Marketing :
Develops the global brand strategy based on insights and drives the execution of global marketing strategy and initiatives for the product preparing for and driving Global and supporting local market launches
Develops and implements global commercial/marketing activities such as core branded materials advisory boards congress presence customer engagement plans segmentation and targeting
Develops communication plans across the product life cycle and implements communication and omnichannel engagement campaigns across the marketing mix ensuring timely delivery via KPIs
Benchmarks against competitors and proposes corrective actions where appropriate
Continually reviews and consolidates competitive intelligence and customer insights

Execution of Brand Strategy:
Ensures close relationship with affiliates and strong understanding of local market dynamics
Works with partner agencies in driving the core campaign and materials
Drives local alignment with global brand strategy & initiatives
Supports affiliate teams with the roll out of global marketing plans and programs
Works with affiliates to identify key performance drivers and align on priority scenarios
Develops KPIs to measure impact of global marketing activities
Tracks functional execution of KPIs to deliver the global brand strategy
Ensures activities are aligned with procurement process and appropriate budget is allocated phased and supports key business opportunities

Market Insights and forecasting:
Supports the development of the market research plan and acts as the marketing point for identified market research projects
Develops a deep understanding of the patient journey identifying appropriate leverage points potential pain points and deep insights of all stakeholders involved in the patient journey. Quantifies appropriately the opportunities and identifies strategies and activities grounded in the patient journey
and driven by insights
Develops meaningful actionable insights that reflect the needs of all key customer groups
Supports consolidation integration and analysis of insights from customers markets geographies and competitors
Monitors the product life cycle landscape to ensure awareness of new insights
In collaboration with decision support team develops the 5Y and long-range plan forecasts
Develops in collaboration with finance and decision support monthly business performance reporting grounded in insights and communicated with strong business acumen

Cross Functional collaboration:
Ensures strong cross functional engagement and collaboration with all members of the Global Brand Team in the development and implementation of global programs and activities
Proactively seeks affiliate engagement and the sharing of best practices across the organisation

Education / Certifications:
Degree-level education ideally in life sciences or in business studies
Experience:
Minimum of 7 years experience in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry in a marketing role with experience of specialty care products (rare diseases is a plus)
Global marketing experience and in-country marketing experience in one of the top 5 European markets (UK France Germany Spain Italy) or in North America (US Canada)
Proven track record of marketing across multiple stages of a products life cycle
Successful Global launch experience in speciality and/or rare disease preferably in the specific therapeutic area
Languages:
Fluent English is compulsory

Ethics and compliance:
Complies with Company guidelines and country/industry standards on ethics and compliance
Ensures strong compliance and adherence to all Ipsen SOPs and aligned to the global brand strategy
Acts as a role model for ethical behaviour

More information

This role is a maternity cover position starting in september 2026 for 7 months.

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