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Senior Director, Marketing & Launch Lead, Pegtibatinase

Travere Therapeutics Open · verified Sep 24, 2026
San Diego Full-time Director General Marketing

At a glance

Leadership General Marketing role at Travere Therapeutics. San Diego · full-time · $219,000–$285,000 base.

SalaryStated by Travere Therapeutics
$219,000 – $285,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from Travere TherapeuticsOur estimate for the market: $170,000–$230,000Median $188,000
Above the market median of $188,000 for lead general marketing roles in San Diego.
Worked out from 19 postings that stated pay, median $188,000. Last updated Mar 10, 2026.
RoleGeneral Marketing
SeniorityDirector
LocationSan Diego
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$219,000–$285,000
PostedSep 4, 2026 · 2w ago
Role brief

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

What you'll do

  • Shape and run the U.S. commercial approach for pegtibatinase across HCP, patient, caregiver, and services audiences
  • Set positioning, audience segments, messages, and market-development plans from customer, patient, and market insight
  • Guide the PegT marketing team, agency relationships, and cross-functional launch group
  • Coordinate readiness across access, sales, medical, advocacy, operations, and digital partners
  • Set launch measures, funding, staffing, timelines, and risk responses while keeping execution on track

What you bring

  • Bring a bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred
  • Offer at least twelve years in biotechnology or pharmaceutical commercial work, with increasing responsibility
  • Show U.S. specialty or rare-disease marketing and product-strategy experience, plus U.S. launch preparation and execution
  • Have led marketing and cross-functional launch teams within a matrixed company
  • Understand commercialization across marketing, access, patient services, sales, insights, and launch operations

Who this fits

You’ll suit a senior commercial marketer who can turn scientific, clinical, customer, and market information into strategy and align teams without formal authority. The role is based in San Diego and requires face-to-face or onsite work, not fully remote. Domestic travel may reach 30%.

From the employer

Department:

104280 New Product Planning

Location:

San Diego

Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease.

At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding – both professionally and personally – because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do.

We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission – to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community.

At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients.

Position Summary:

The Senior Director, Marketing & Launch Lead, Pegtibatinase is responsible for developing and executing the U.S. commercial strategy and leading launch preparation for pegtibatinase in classical homocystinuria (HCU).

This role will serve as the U.S. Product Strategy Lead for PegT, lead the PegT marketing organization, and provide integrated commercial leadership across the extended launch team. The individual will be accountable for translating market, customer, and patient insights into a differentiated product strategy, go-to-market model, and coordinated launch plan that supports successful commercialization.

The role will directly lead HCP, patient/caregiver, and patient services marketing and will partner closely with Patient Access, Commercial Insights & Operations, Sales, Digital Strategy & Innovation, Medical Affairs, Patient Advocacy, Regulatory, and other functions to ensure commercial launch readiness.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the U.S. marketing strategy and execution for pegtibatinase across HCP, patient/caregiver, and patient services channels.

  • Develop product positioning, patient and physician segmentation, messaging, and market development strategies.

  • Build, lead, and develop the PegT U.S. marketing team and associated agency partnerships.

  • Lead the integrated U.S. commercial launch plan, coordinating readiness across partners in Patient Access, Sales, Commercial Insights & Operations, Medical Affairs, Patient Advocacy and Digital Strategy.

  • Chair the commercial launch team, establishing priorities, milestones, decision points, dependencies, and launch-readiness measures.

  • Partner with Patient Access and Sales leadership to integrate access, patient support, distribution, field deployment, training, and customer engagement strategies.

  • Develop relationships with thought leaders, patients, caregivers, and the HCU community to inform marketing and launch strategy.

  • Establish launch KPIs, budgets, resource plans, and operating metrics, proactively identifying and addressing execution risks.

  • Represent U.S. Marketing within the PegT cross-functional strategy team, ensuring U.S. commercial insights and priorities inform the broader program strategy.

Education/Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.

  • 12+ years of relevant biotechnology or pharmaceutical commercial experience with demonstrated progression in responsibility.

  • Significant U.S. marketing and product strategy experience in specialty or rare disease; rare metabolic disease experience preferred.

  • Demonstrated experience preparing and launching products in the U.S.

  • Experience leading marketing teams and cross-functional launch teams in a matrixed organization.

  • Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical commercialization process, including Marketing, Market Access, Patient Services, Sales, Commercial Insights, and launch operations.

Additional Skills/Experience/Requirements:

  • Strong strategic and commercial acumen with the ability to translate scientific, clinical, customer, and market insights into clear business strategies.

  • Proven ability to lead through influence across functions and drive alignment without direct authority.

  • Demonstrated success building high-performing teams and developing talent.

  • Strong scientific acumen and ability to interpret clinical data and translate implications for commercial strategy.

  • Excellent executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

  • Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to make timely, data-informed decisions in an evolving environment.

  • Proven ability to develop and manage complex launch plans, budgets, timelines, and critical paths.

  • Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and executional levels in a small, fast-paced biotechnology organization.

  • Ability to travel up to 30% domestically.

  • The ideal candidate will embody Travere’s core values and demonstrate a strong commitment to patients, collaboration, accountability, and high-performance execution.

  • All positions have an essential job function to be able to perform face to face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego. No role is expected to be 100% remote.

Total Rewards Offerings:
Travere provides comprehensive total rewards offerings that demonstrate our commitment as a diverse, equitable, people-centric, and pay-for-performance organization.

Benefits: Our benefits include premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents, wellness and employee support programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with employer match and generous paid time off.

Compensation: Our competitive compensation package includes a combination of both cash compensation (base pay and short-term incentive) and long-term incentive compensation (company stock), designed to recognize, retain, and reward employees.

Target Base Pay Range:

$219,000.00 - $285,000.00

*This information is current as of the date of this posting and may be modified in the future. Actual pay offered to a candidate will depend on a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, education, skills, and location.

Travere will accept applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected for the position.

Travere Therapeutics, Inc. is an EEO/AA/Veteran/Disability Employer.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact us by sending an email to accommodations@travere.com. Please note that this email address is to be used exclusively to request an accommodation with the online application, interview or hiring process only. Travere HR will not reply to emails sent to this address for any other reason.

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