Director, Institutional Marketing at Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals · Lexington, United States Of America · Hybrid
- Senior
- Office in Lexington
Reporting to the Head of Marketing, this role will be responsible for the planning and execution of Healthcare Professional (HCP)-facing marketing activities for ARCALYST® (rilonacept), predominantly through the Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) team and with a focus on Recurrent Pericarditis Centers.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing a strategy and tactical plan to support the TLL team, including the creation of tools and resources to educate integrated pericardial disease centers and recurrent pericarditis specialists. Additionally, this person will collaborate on various brand-related activities such as messaging, congress management, promotional materials, and educational activities. Strong digital experience is required. This person will collaborate closely with the TLL team, patient marketing, commercial operations and insights, and other cross-functional teams to drive results. The successful candidate will have a desire and passion to play an integral part in building a generational company focused on impacting patients with high unmet need. The role is an individual contributor role based in the Lexington, Massachusetts office and is required to be in office Monday through Thursday each week, with Friday as a remote working day.
Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and refine the marketing strategy and tactical plan focused on Recurrent Pericarditis Centers
- Lead the development and creation of all resources, tools, and materials for the TLL team
- Where appropriate, coordinate compliant cross-functional initiatives with Recurrent Pericarditis Centers.
- Drive development of HCP facing tactics, including brand messaging, digital initiatives, congress management, promotional materials, and educational activities
- Manage agency partners and vendors on creation of marketing materials, materials reviews and budget adherence
- Drive development and approval of materials through the Medical Review Committee (MRC) and/or Promotional Review Committee (PRC) and integrate feedback accordingly to ensure compliant execution
- In partnership with the TLL team, engage with HCPs and the KOL community to understand needs and solicit insights that can be translated into strategically aligned initiatives and/or resources
- Manage timelines, budgets, and resources to commercial and corporate objectives
Qualifications:
- Requires a bachelor’s degree (MBA or advanced degree preferred) with 7+ years of experience in a brand marketing role within the biopharmaceutical industry
- Candidate should have field experience (TLL, sales role or similar)
- Rare disease / specialty pharma experience is an asset, but not required
- Candidate should have strong digital marketing experience
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Team player that can also independently drive projects to completion
- Solution-oriented, strong analytical and presentation skills
- Ability to drive innovative thinking
- Ability to multi-task in an extremely fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- Strong commitment to compliance and ethical standards
- Strong communicator across all levels of the organization
- Ability to travel up to 30%
- Salary is commensurate with experience
- Kiniksa Benefits Summary - USA
The expected salary range for Director, Institutional Marketing is $231,500 - $245,000 annually. Compensation decisions are based on objective criteria including role responsibilities, experience/qualifications, internal equity, geographic location, and external market benchmarks. In addition to base pay, this role includes a Bonus.
Kiniksa is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, age, genetics, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or any other legally protected category. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
