Job Description

The L3 Activation Vaccines Associate Director is responsible for liaising with Vaccines brand teams to understand their brand-specific strategies and priorities in order to inform the activation of their L3 Brand Plans. It is responsible for effectively translating Vaccines marketing campaigns from Brand Teams into tactical execution plans. This role drives collaboration across different APEX verticals to execute new engagement experiences and drive outcomes for Vaccines brands. It consolidates learnings from across Vaccines Brand Teams to identify future APEX capabilities and services.

The role will collaborate closely with the Global L3 team to share learnings and keep up-to-date on our global commercial framework (L3 NEXT). This role must have a comprehensive understanding of diverse areas and how they interconnect, including brand marketing campaign planning, the omnichannel landscape, and paid and owned media.

• Enact L3 methodologies and activate Vaccines brand strategies within APEX by actively identifying and engaging the appropriate stakeholders across APEX required to execute them.

• Capture the comprehensive needs of One of our company's Experience (OME) to activate Vaccines brands’ desired “Learn” strategy to accelerate OME objectives.

• Attend Vaccines brand team meetings, highlighting potential opportunities for APEX teams and functions to drive impactful outcomes.

• Articulate how the work implemented ties to Vaccines business priorities, pinpoint unaddressed needs and gaps, and devise actionable plans to bridge these.

• Serve as the liaison between Vaccines brand teams and other APEX teams.

• Identify common themes and strategies across Vaccines brand teams and share them with the Director, L3 Activation.

• Collaborate across teams/key stakeholders, e.g., Brand Leadership, Medical, HHDDA, and Global teams, to drive project execution.

• Create executive-level presentations and/or reporting of Vaccines brand plan activation recommendations for appropriate senior management.

• Proactively identify opportunities to elevate marketing outcomes within Vaccines, leveraging insights into their unique priorities and requirements.

• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of Vaccines' business strategy, priorities, and needs to activate the L3 brand plans.

• Share learnings with Director, L3 Activation as part of feedback to Global L3 Next team on how to improve the L3 framework.

• Partner with Global L3 teams to understand upcoming changes and new features to the L3 framework.

Education Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree

Required Experience and Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in one or a combination of the following: Marketing strategy, brand strategy planning, digital process mapping or launch strategy design.

• A minimum of 5 years healthcare industry knowledge.

• Experience working on and leading agile teams.

• Demonstrates customer-centric, growth mindset and mental agility to meet business needs.

• Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively, challenge the status quo, and drive change.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize initiatives, work and mobilize resources to drive release plans.

• Demonstrated ability to drive business process improvement and measurement of results (metrics and KPIs)

• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate and adjust communications to the audience.

• Strong collaboration skills - ability to help teams understand the big picture, their role, and expectations to work together to achieve objectives.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Ability to translate business needs to marketing capabilities.

• 3+ years of experience in influencing stakeholders in matrixed environment

• Change management skills – ability to gain sponsorship for change and work as a change agent to effectively drive change.

• Strong understanding or aptitude to learn business processes, practices and regulations pertaining to the pharma industry in the US Market.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date: 05/04/2024

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Requisition ID: R292124