【Alexion Japan】Associate Director, Nephrology Marketing
At a glance
Leadership General Marketing role at AstraZeneca (Alexion). Tokyo · full-time.
Pay not stated General Marketing salary
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What you'll do
- Own Japan’s aHUS brand plan and future nephrology pipeline strategy through local and global review
- Build marketing and go-to-market plans for new nephrology products entering Japan
- Handle financial planning for the indication, including PEQ forecasting and OPEX management
- Work across sales, commercial excellence, medical affairs, clinical development, regulatory, government affairs, compliance, and legal
- Lead launch planning, team setup, key opinion leader relationships, and customer engagement activities
What you bring
- At least five years of pharmaceutical marketing experience, including a prior rare disease or specialty care launch
- Strategic, analytical, planning, problem-solving, communication, and marketing execution skills
- Experience in sales or other direct customer-facing pharmaceutical roles, with the ability to mobilize field sales
- Ability to turn patient needs and scientific evidence into commercial plans and guide market research
- Fluent Japanese, working English proficiency, and a bachelor’s degree in science or a related field
Who this fits
You’ll suit a strategic pharmaceutical marketer who can work across functions, influence stakeholders, and connect scientific insight with commercial action. The role is full-time in Tokyo, Japan, and requires fluent Japanese plus English proficiency. Rare disease experience, nephrology customer relationships, stronger English, or an advanced business or science degree would be useful advantages.
From the employer
This is what you will do:
Associate Director, Nephrology Marketing will responsible to develop and execute Japan aHUS strategy, maximize the business opportunity and deliver outstanding results. And also s/he prepare new pipelines related with nephrology disease area to develop marketing and go-to-market strategies for successful launch in Japan market. This individual must be able to effectively engage, influence, and challenge key internal and external stakeholders to deliver data-driven experiences that effectively advance the business of aHUS and future pipelines related with nephrology. S/he reports into Director, Nephrology Marketing.
You will be responsible for:
- Developing, being reviewed, and endorsed Japan aHUS brand plan (strategic plan and tactical plan) and future pipelines strategies by Japan and global leaders
- Penetrating aHUS strategy in the Alexion Nephrology Sales
- Financial planning and management for the designated indication (PEQ forecasting, OPEX)
- Close collaboration with sales departments, commercial excellence and other key functional areas (i.e., MA, Clinical development, Regulatory, GA, Compliance, and Legal) to ensure successful execution of plans
- Developing relationships with key opinion leaders for scientific/medical guidance and to develop external support in collaboration with Key Customer Lead and MCC
- Leading new product launches via commercial assessment, development of launch plan and establishment / management of launch teams with new product planning
- Engaging key customers for insights, speaking engagements, and other commercial initiatives in collaboration with Key Customer Lead and MCC
You will need to have:
- ≥5 years of work experience of marketing in pharmaceutical business
- Prior launch experience in rare disease and/or specialty care
- Strategic thinking including analytic skills, problem-solving skills, planning and management skills and communication skills
- Deep understanding of marketing discipline from strategic and operational perspectives
- Experience in sales and/or other direct customer-facing roles in pharmaceutical business
- Well-developed communicating skills with global team
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and mobilize the field sales organization to achieve brand objectives
- Ability to translate patient needs and scientific data into commercial strategy
- Ability to guide market research projects to enable commercial decisions
- Ability to collaborate broadly and cross-functionally
- Intellectual curiosity and growth mindset
- Comfort with change and ambiguity
- Strong engagement, communication, and relational skills
- Passion for making a positive contribution to the rare disease community
- Fluency in Japanese, proficiency in English
- Bachelor’s degree in science or other relevant areas
You would prefer for you to have:
- Experience working in rare disease
- Prior experience and customer relationships in Nephrology
- Fluency in English
- Advanced degree in business and/or science (e.g. MBA, MS)
Date Posted
28-2月-2025Closing Date
Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify.
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