Director, Brand Marketing
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients.
About the Role
Within the ARGO franchise — our hospital-focused, targeted-delivery specialty business — we are preparing to launch D-PLEX100, a locally administered, extended-release surgical anti-infective for the prevention of surgical site infection. We are seeking a Director, Brand Marketing to drive US HCP brand strategy and in-line marketing execution for D-PLEX100. Reporting to the Senior Director, Brand Marketing (D-PLEX100 brand lead) within the ARGO franchise, this individual leads day-to-day brand operations for the hospital and surgical setting — developing and executing campaigns, messaging, and materials, managing agencies, and supporting launch readiness.
D-PLEX100 is an inpatient, DRG-reimbursed product whose adoption is governed at the account level by institutional Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) committees, so HCP demand generation is developed in close coordination with the brand's institutional-access work. The ideal candidate brings a minimum of 10 years in pharmaceutical or biotech, including at least 5 years of US in-line marketing and launch experience, with hospital, surgical, and/or anti-infective product experience strongly preferred. This is a US-focused, execution-oriented role in a fast-paced, launch-stage environment that rewards a hands-on, collaborative contributor.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the integrated HCP marketing plan for D-PLEX100 in the hospital and surgical setting, aligned to the brand strategy set by the Senior Director and to corporate and commercial objectives.
- Manage day-to-day brand operations — ensuring timely development, medical/legal/regulatory review, production, and deployment of campaigns, messaging, and materials that optimize brand awareness and performance against established goals.
- Monitor brand performance, KPIs, and market dynamics — including protocol adoption and account-level uptake — and recommend tactical pivots.
- Support primary and secondary market research to build surgeon, pharmacy, and institutional insight and to inform brand tactics.
- Support cross-functional US launch readiness for D-PLEX100 and subsequent indications, contributing brand deliverables to the integrated launch plan and readiness gates.
- Develop US launch materials, field execution tools, and training content, sequenced to regulatory approval and the reimbursement and coding milestones that gate the commercial model.
- Coordinate HCP demand generation with the brand's institutional-access work (formulary tools, P&T submissions, coding support) so promotion and access readiness move together.
- Partner with Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and external agencies to deliver high-quality, compliant promotional and educational content.
- Execute against D-PLEX100 across its lifecycle stages (pre-launch, launch, growth), managing tactics and budget within the brand plan to maximize impact and return.
- Support indication-expansion planning by developing HCP positioning and demand-generation tactics for new surgical settings as they advance.
- Track the competitive and standard-of-care landscape — including infection-prevention bundles and protocol inertia — and surface implications for brand tactics.
- Work with sales training, commercial partners, and medical and legal teams to develop and implement commercial training for the franchise.
- Serve as a key liaison between marketing and the hospital field force, driving alignment on strategy and messaging.
- Engage surgeon and pharmacy KOLs to gather insight and inform brand planning and positioning.
- Collaborate with external partners, agencies, and vendors to develop omnichannel campaigns tailored to hospital and surgical audiences.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Life Sciences, Business, or a related field required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, including 5+ years of US in-line marketing and launch experience.
- Proven ability to manage multiple brands or indications simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving organization, with a hands-on, collaborative approach.
- Demonstrated ownership of brand execution — campaigns, messaging, materials, and agency management — through medical/legal/regulatory review.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to align field and agency partners around brand strategy.
- Experience partnering with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, and Regulatory on compliant promotional and educational content.
- Willingness to travel ~20–30% (including conferences, sales meetings, and field rides).
Qualifications
- Hospital, surgical, anti-infective, or other inpatient / buy-and-bill product experience strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with inpatient DRG-reimbursed, P&T-governed products and how institutional access shapes HCP demand generation.
- Launch experience with an in-licensed or newly acquired asset.
- Experience marketing to surgeon and hospital-pharmacy audiences.
- Drug-device combination or novel-delivery product marketing experience.
Physical & Mental Requirements
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear.
- May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices.
- Other miscellaneous job duties as required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including an annual bonus based on company performance.
- Sales roles: Incentive compensation program that allows earning more, even over plan.
- Sales roles: Car reimbursement program and gas card for both business and personal use.
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, and prescription.
- Hybrid work model: two days from home and three days in the office (excludes Sales, Manufacturing, and some Operations positions).
- Retirement Savings Plan (401K) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 5%.
- Up to 15 vacation days annually + rollover (up to 40 hours), plus five sick/wellness days. Vacation accrual prorated based on start date for new employees.
- Extra week off between Christmas and New Year’s.
- 13 recognized holidays over the course of the year.
- Tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level courses or certifications.
- Azurity High Five peer recognition platform to celebrate and receive recognition for outstanding work.