Product Marketing Lead (Life Sciences)
Product Marketing Lead (Life Sciences)
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Product Marketing Lead (Life Sciences)
*Internally this role is known as Scientific Product Marketing Lead
73000 - 80000plus benefits
Reports to: Head of Growth Marketing Cancer Tools
Directorate: Directorate
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week (Flexible working requests such as compressed hours can be considered depending on business need)
Location: Stratford London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: 15 September 2025 23:55
This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. Please let us know if there is anything about the recruitment process that you would like to discuss in particular if there are any changes or adjustments that would make it easier for you to apply. Please contact oras soon as possible.
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
Recruitment process: Screening Call first stage competency-based interview via Microsoft Teams followed by 2nd stage face to face interview at our head office in Stratford London. This will include a presentation/task relevant to the role.
Interview date: 1st stage: 1 and 3 October 2nd stage: 10 and 13 October 2025
At Cancer Research UK we exist to beat cancer.
We have a new exciting opportunity for an experienced collaborative and results driven individual to join our team as a Scientific Product Marketing Lead. You will be responsible for expanding our customer base product awareness and sales to academic researchers as well as increasing commercial licenses to industry sectors.
About the team
Youll bring your strong people management skills to coach motivate and guide a small team (c4) of Product and Senior Product Managers. You will provide key direction to deliver MQLs and driving growth to meet sales targets for our leading cancer product portfolios in specific cancer research fields.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Product Marketing Manager or Product Marketing lead from a Life Science reagent background to join a mission driven organisation and have a real impact in how we connect collaborate and ultimately enable world class researchers to continue their life saving work.
Youll be joining a growing team of individuals passionate about what they do so we are looking for candidates who thrive in a dynamic startup environment keen to make the role their own and grow with us.
What will I be doing
Accountable for global scientific marketing with line management and responsibility for a team of Product Marketing Managers across key cancer areas
Provide strategic direction to the product marketing team to develop and manage multichannel data-driven marketing campaigns across cancer areas to deliver on revenue targets KPIs within budget
Responsible for strategic marketing and content strategy to optimise scientific content and campaigns across cancer research areas for Marketing qualified leads (MQL) and revenue generation (product marketing collateral case studies resources webinars global exhibition third-party advertising email campaigns Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Pay per click advertising (PPC) market research and surveys)
Monitor global competitive developments across cancer fields to revise and direct product strategy and positioning accordingly
Responsible for strategic engagement with Key Opinion Leaders and partners existing customers in academia and Industry to explore new avenues for growth inform strategy and cancer portfolio improvement
Steer product lifecycle management new product launches global pricing strategy e-commerce optimisation and promotional activities
Expand and grow qualified customer databases for prioritised cancer research areas
Identify market opportunities for product additions and improvements for company-wide communication
Accountable for overall reporting of KPIs MQLs and revenue against target to the senior leadership team
What are you looking for
Extensive experience in senior product marketing or senior marketing roles in the life science reagents industry (knowledge to include minimally antibodies cell lines cell culture)
Exemplary communication skills both written and verbal
Demonstrable success in increasing global market share in life science product portfolios through targeted marketing strategy
Line management experience
Experience in setting monitoring and delivering on marketing KPIs sales targets and communication to management
Full knowledge of using the marketing channel mix including digital channel marketing expertise (SEO PPC Email Web Social Third Party)
PhD in a Life Science discipline or BSc/MSc with equivalent commercial research experience (cancer related fields preferred)
Knowledge or experience of cancer/oncology specific products and tumour models (Cell lines PDX Organoids) isnt essential but would be beneficial
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold:Act with ambition courage and determination
Credible:Act with rigour and professionalism
Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
Together:Act inclusively and collaboratively
Were looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
If youre interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience wed still love to hear from you.
What will I gain
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.
How do I apply
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we wont be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
Owing to the nature of this position any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check. (To be included if applicable)
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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong benefits from and participates in the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact or 0as soon as possible.
Unfortunately we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
Employment Type
Full-Time
