growthroles

Associate Director, HCP Marketing, LUMRYZ (IH)

Alkermes alkermes.com Open · verified Sep 25, 2026
Waltham Full-time Director General Marketing

At a glance

Leadership General Marketing role at Alkermes. Waltham · full-time · $165,000–$190,000 base.

SalaryStated by Alkermes
$165,000 – $190,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from AlkermesOur estimate for the market: $209,125–$251,250Median $213,250
Below the market median of $213,250 for lead general marketing roles in Waltham.
Worked out from 8 postings that stated pay, median $213,250. Last updated Sep 23, 2026.
RoleGeneral Marketing
SeniorityDirector
LocationWaltham
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$165,000–$190,000
PostedJun 10, 2026 · 3mo ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • You'll shape HCP commercialization and launch-readiness plans for the anticipated IH indication
  • You'll build HCP segmentation, campaigns, messaging, and disease-state and branded education for IH
  • You'll lead promotional materials and digital programs across websites, CRM communications, email journeys, and targeted media
  • You'll coordinate with commercial, patient, analytics, agency, and review partners to deliver aligned work
  • You'll use customer, market, competitive, and campaign insights to improve HCP engagement

What you bring

  • You have a bachelor's degree in marketing, business, science, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred
  • You bring at least ten years of pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare marketing experience
  • You have three or more years in HCP marketing and experience with launches or launch preparation
  • You understand specialty or rare disease markets, with neurology, CNS, or sleep medicine experience valued
  • You can manage agencies and media partners while working effectively in matrixed teams

Who this fits

This role suits a strategic, collaborative, proactive marketer who can turn brand strategy into execution and support digital HCP engagement. You'll work in a hybrid model with sixty percent of your time in the Waltham office, and the role is not fully remote. Overnight travel of thirty percent is required.

From the employer

Alkermes is seeking a strategic and execution-oriented Associate Director, HCP Marketing as a key member of the LUMRYZ marketing team. This individual will drive HCP launch readiness for the anticipated Idiopathic Hypersomnia (IH) indication for LUMRYZ targeted for 2028, while partnering with the narcolepsy HCP marketing team to support continued growth with the narcolepsy indication.

This role will help shape IH HCP strategy and launch readiness plans, build disease state/branded messaging and tactics, digital strategy, and support narcolepsy HCP digital execution. The ideal candidate brings strong HCP marketing experience, launch exposure, and experience operating in specialty and/or rare disease markets.

Alkermes has a hybrid working environment to support and meet the needs of employees and this role will operate in a flexible environment with 60% of time in the office and 40% from home. This role is not eligible for fully remote.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive key components of HCP commercialization strategy and launch readiness planning for IH

  • Contribute to shaping HCP segmentation, campaign, messaging, across disease state and branded education initiatives for IH with narcolepsy indication in mind

  • Lead development of HCP promotional materials and digital strategy including website, CRM-based communications, email journeys, and targeted HCP media

  • Ensure patient journey and perspective is infused into HCP team strategies

  • Partner with Sales, Data, Analytics, & Insights, Market Access, Commercial Operations, and Patient Marketing to ensure aligned strategy and pull through

  • Translate customer insights, competitive intelligence, and market dynamics into actionable recommendations

  • Craft actionable assignment briefs for creative agencies

  • Collaborate with agency partners and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality execution

  • Partner with analytics to monitor performance and optimize HCP engagement based on campaign insights

  • Guide branded and unbranded assets through the Medical, Legal and Regulatory review and approval process

  • Support HCP digital marketing tactics for the narcolepsy indication as needed

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, science, or related field (MBA or advanced degree preferred)
  • 10+ years of pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare marketing experience

Preferred Skills and Knowledge Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of HCP marketing experience
  • Launch or launch prep experience
  • Rare disease and/or specialty market experience
  • Experience in neurology, CNS, or sleep medicine
  • Strong understanding of HCP engagement strategy and pharmaceutical promotion
  • Experience supporting digital HCP engagement initiatives and field promotion
  • Strong strategic thinking, communication, and analytical skills
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, matrixed organizations
  • Collaborative, proactive, and execution-oriented mindset
  • Translate brand strategy into actionable tactical plans and execution
  • Demonstrated success managing agencies and media partners

Travel Requirements:

  • Overnight travel 30%

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $165k to $190k. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual performance pay bonus. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package. Additional details can be found on our careers website: www.alkermes.com/careers#working-here

Not this one either?

Claude or ChatGPT reads the other 90,924 for you.

Get better matches →

Same team as Marketing Monk

What's happening in AI marketing. Daily.

Biggest story, quick hits, a prompt, one action.

7 minutes. 71,000 readers. Unsubscribe anytime.