Associate Director Marketing Operations & Launch Excellence

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics US, Inc. • Miami, FL

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About The Position

The Associate Director, Marketing Operations & Launch Excellence owns the integrated launch and readiness plan, aligning Marketing and cross-functional partners to achieve critical milestones from BLA through launch. The role drives governance and execution through a tracking system that makes timelines, accountabilities, dependencies, and risks transparent and actively managed. It leads launch readiness meetings and sub-teams, serving as the operational backbone for organizational coordination through launch. The position reports to the Vice President, Marketing.

Before launch, the role owns the integrated launch plan; establishes governance and tracking; leads readiness reviews; manages risks, dependencies, resources, and capacity; and provides consolidated status reporting and escalations to senior leadership. After launch, it maintains governance through early in-market execution and oversees MLR review and approval, marketing budgets and contracts, commercial congress and event logistics, print and fulfillment, and speaker bureau operations.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing sonelokimab for inflammatory diseases, including hidradenitis suppurativa and psoriatic arthritis. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Zug, with hubs in Cambridge and Porto. The role offers a supportive learning environment, impactful work, flexibility and work-life balance, and career growth opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 5 years of pharmaceutical or biotech experience, with a mix of Marketing and Marketing/Commercial Operations experience.
• Direct experience with at least one product launch in a marketing or operations role.
• Experience managing MLR and leading large cross-functional meetings.
• Strong process design and governance skills.
• Project management rigor and comfort managing complex, multi-workstream timelines with many interdependencies and stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and organizational rigor.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MSc, MBA, PhD, PharmD, or MD).

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated launch and readiness plan, aligning Marketing with Market Access, Medical, Sales, Regulatory, and other partners to achieve milestones from BLA through launch.
• Build and maintain the governance framework and master tracker, ensuring transparency around timelines, accountabilities, dependencies, and risks across launch workstreams.
• Lead recurring launch readiness meetings and cross-functional sub-teams, drive decisions, escalate risks, and identify accountable owners for open items.
• Proactively identify cross-functional risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies.
• Partner with Marketing leadership on resourcing, sequencing, and prioritization of launch-critical workstreams.
• Provide consolidated status reporting and escalation to senior leadership on launch readiness, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Continue governance and tracking through early in-market execution to keep post-launch workstreams on track.
• Oversee MLR process and governance to support efficient, compliant, and timely review and approval of marketing materials.
• Manage marketing budget processes, purchase orders, and contract workflows, ensuring fiscal discipline and transparent reporting.
• Oversee planning and operational logistics for commercial congress presence and marketing events.
• Manage printing, fulfillment, and distribution of field and promotional materials.
• Oversee speaker bureau operations, including speaker contracting, ensuring programs run efficiently and within regulatory and legal guidelines.

Benefits

• Opportunity to learn and grow alongside experienced professionals in a supportive and innovative biotech environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to projects with the potential to transform global healthcare.
• Flexibility and a healthy work-life balance.
• Career progression and the opportunity to take on more responsibilities as skills develop.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior