Senior Director, Commercial Enablement

Otsuka America • Princeton, NJ

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About The Position

The Senior Director, Marketing Enablement is a key leadership role responsible for driving marketing and commercial excellence across Otsuka's CNS portfolio and Business Unit. This individual will lead a team providing strategic guidance, subject matter expertise, frameworks and capabilities, and operational support at scale across the brand and indication matrix teams. This role will partner with senior CNS BU Leadership and be accountable for developing and delivering a multi-year strategic commercial capability roadmap. They will be responsible for building a new marketing competency framework, learning programs, and marketing career development paths. Additionally, this role will establish and develop marketing effectiveness capabilities that deliver improved ROI and cost savings, drive revenue growth, and simplify execution. They will own the overall approach to strategic brand planning for the CNS BU. They will also serve as the Chief of Staff (COS) to the VP, Marketing, ensuring cross-functional strategic alignment and excellence in execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 10-12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare marketing.
• 3-5 years of inline brand marketing experience, including leading annual strategic brand planning.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Financial acumen including marketing investment analysis, budgeting, forecasting.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex large-scale enterprise initiatives.
• Operational excellence mindset with experience in driving process improvements.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to work in a matrixed organization managing multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in marketing processes, omnichannel execution, and brand planning.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop a 2-3 year roadmap for marketing engagement capabilities in partnership with CNS Marketing and BU leadership.
• Identify core marketing competencies and implement structured learning programs for marketers and key BU personnel.
• Develop a consistent and integrated approach to strategic brand planning across functions.
• Establish and refine marketing processes, tools, and frameworks to improve productivity and decision-making.
• Partner with Market Access and Brand Teams to implement access and affordability strategies.
• Serve as a key liaison between marketing, sales, commercial operations, market access, finance, legal, compliance, and other cross-functional teams.
• Provide strong leadership and mentorship to the Marketing Enablement team.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the VP, Marketing, supporting key initiatives and planning.

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• tuition_reimbursement
• paid_holidays
• flexible_scheduling
• professional_development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree