Associate Director, Strategic Engagements

About the role

Ferring is a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company pioneering life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence fosters an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective, enabling growth and agility while staying true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. With over 70 years of commitment to science and research, Ferring drives powerful discoveries and therapies to combat disease. Our ambition is for our novel, first-in-class treatment for bladder cancer to become the new standard of care and backbone therapy for patients across the non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) spectrum.

In 2024, our intravesical gene therapy achieved over 1,500 patients treated nationwide at major medical and community care centers, making it one of the top five best-selling gene therapies. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a movement toward innovative therapies and new hope for patients and their families as part of our expanding Uro-Oncology team.

The Associate Director, Strategic Engagements is a highly visible, strategic role for a commercially minded leader with deep urology experience, strong executive presence, and a track record of driving impact through influential customer engagement. This individual will develop and execute strategic external engagement initiatives across community-based urology practices, large independent urology groups, and other high-impact stakeholders to support the brand.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support strategic engagement activities across the Bladder Cancer Healthcare Ecosystem, including community-based urology practices, large independent urology groups (including LUGPA affiliates), and other priority accounts.
• Develop and execute engagement strategies that strengthen relationships with influential physicians, advanced practice providers, administrators, nurses, and operational leaders.
• Identify, prioritize, and monitor key opinion leaders, academic centers, and strategic accounts; ensure coordinated deployment of appropriate commercial resources.
• Identify emerging trends, operational barriers, treatment pathway opportunities, and evolving customer needs, translating insights into actionable recommendations for cross-functional teams.
• Communicate complex scientific and clinical concepts with clarity and credibility to support strategic customer engagement and commercial objectives.
• Partner with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales Leadership, and Commercial Operations to develop coordinated engagement strategies aligned with brand objectives.
• Support planning and execution of advisory boards, roundtables, executive engagements, and peer-to-peer educational initiatives.
• Translate field and thought leader insights into clear, actionable recommendations that inform brand strategy, lifecycle planning, evidence needs, and future growth opportunities.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales leadership, Marketing, Market Access, and Field Medical to ensure aligned, effective execution across customer touchpoints.
• Collaborate and execute at major congresses and priority scientific meetings by identifying high-priority stakeholders, supporting engagement planning, and synthesizing post-congress insights.
• Build trusted relationships with key opinion leaders, operational decision makers, and emerging influencers across assigned strategic accounts.
• Monitor competitive activity, treatment trends, practice evolution, and healthcare delivery changes impacting NMIBC management.
• Maintain a deep understanding of practice operations, referral patterns, reimbursement considerations, and treatment workflows.
• Partner with the Strategic Engagement team to ensure consistent insight generation, dissemination, and cross-functional communication.
• Support development of strategic account plans that align customer engagement activities with broader commercial priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or MBA) preferred.
• Minimum of 5-8 years of progressive pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably in a combination of sales, medical affairs, and/or marketing.
• Demonstrated success developing strategic relationships within the Oncology Healthcare Ecosystem, including urologists, uro-oncologists, and other healthcare stakeholders influencing patient care; oncology or urology experience required.
• Strong background in commercial strategy, brand planning, professional education, and society engagement preferred.
• Successful product launch experience strongly preferred; experience with first-in-class therapies a plus.
• Proven ability to generate and leverage customer insights to shape market development and brand strategy.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation capabilities.
• Familiarity with promotional review processes and compliant external engagement required.
• Ability to travel frequently (approximately 50–65%).

Physical Requirements

• Sitting approximately 3–4 hours at a time while driving or as a passenger, up to 60% of the time depending on territory geography.
• Walking up to 15% of the time depending on territory geography.
• Climbing stairs and/or ramps may be required in certain urban territories where public transportation is necessary.
• Standing for more than 1–2 hours at a time.
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling items such as a laptop, iPad, printed material, and product samples weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Long-distance travel via airplane or other commercial conveyance approximately 2–3 times per year, with additional overnight or longer-distance travel as required.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package with a base salary range of $178,000 to $218,000, determined based on experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and primary work location.
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums inversely related to base salary.
• 401k plan with company match.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Wellness benefits.
• Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.
• 40 hours of sick time frontloaded yearly (or more if required by state/local law).
• Vacation time accruing between 112.5 and 150 hours yearly in the first four years, with additional accruals starting in the fifth year.
• 12 to 13 paid holidays per year.
• 20 weeks of paid parental leave.

For non-field-based roles, Ferring offers a hybrid work policy with four days in the office and one day remote.

Location

Parsippany, New Jersey