Director, Global Marketing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain the long-term commercial strategy for Selatogrel, incorporating patient-flow insights, epidemiology, market sizing, pricing and access considerations, supply factors, and investment requirements.

• Develop scalable go-to-market strategies and launch sequencing recommendations that reflect market potential, healthcare system dynamics, regulatory factors, access, supply, and market readiness criteria.

• Collaborate with Global Market Access and HEOR to translate payer value strategies, pricing models, economic frameworks, Global Value Dossier, payer communications, and access insights into brand strategy, launch initiatives, and affiliate planning resources.

• Oversee the global commercial budget in conjunction with Finance, ensuring that investment priorities, resource distribution, and budget timing align with strategic objectives and launch preparedness.

• Direct strategic workstreams, formulate business cases, and conduct scenario planning, clarifying assumptions, risks, trade-offs, investment implications, and business impact into concise executive-level recommendations.

• Establish, monitor, evaluate, and align the organization with key launch performance indicators.

• Contribute commercial insights to Strategic Lifecycle Plans for the cardiology portfolio and pipeline, while collaborating with New Product Planning and Business Development to identify future growth opportunities, both internal and external, as applicable.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or a related field is required; an advanced degree such as an MBA, MSc, PharmD, or equivalent is preferred.

• At least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech commercial sector, including global or regional leadership positions.

• A minimum of 5 years in new product planning, portfolio strategy, commercial strategy, launch planning, or a similar role, demonstrating the ability to work cross-functionally, shape strategic initiatives, and prepare markets for commercialization.

• Strategic and analytical mindset, possessing strong commercial architecture skills and the capability to distill complexity into clear decisions.

• Enterprise-oriented, balancing global strategies with country-specific impacts, execution realities, and business priorities.

• Practical, organized, and results-driven, with the capacity to establish new methods of working and translate strategy into actionable plans.

• Collaborative and persuasive, with the confidence to rigorously evaluate assumptions, constructively challenge stakeholders, and align teams without direct authority.

• Independent and proactive, capable of driving progress in a fast-paced environment.

• Committed to generating value for patients, healthcare systems, markets, and the organization.

• Experience in developing, integrating, or testing business cases, forecasts, investment scenarios, country plans, launch assumptions, and launch readiness frameworks.

• Strong understanding of how pricing, reimbursement, affordability, healthcare system dynamics, and country execution realities influence commercial strategy.

• Excellent business acumen, financial management skills, resource prioritization, and executive communication abilities.

• Familiarity with working in complex matrix organizations and influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.

• High integrity standards and a commitment to compliance and ethical conduct.

• Fluent in English; proficiency in additional languages is a plus.

• Willingness to travel internationally, approximately 20–30% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Retirement plans

• Paid time off

• Flexible work arrangements

• Professional development

• Competitive salaries