Global Associate Director, Marketing Automation Solutions

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Sandoz, CA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Own the global vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog for Marketing Automation solutions. Serve as Marketing Cloud product owner and technical SME, translating business needs into delivery priorities, leading global stakeholder engagement, governance, compliance, deployments, platform integrations, and continuous improvement. Collaborate with Salesforce, Veeva, technical teams, and external partners to harmonize processes, manage risks, drive adoption, and deliver measurable customer engagement outcomes in a regulated environment.
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Job Description Summary

This role will support the design and delivery of globally harmonized Marketing Automation processes and solutions that are critical for Customer Engagement success. The position will define and implement global strategy and vision for Marketing Automation Solutions, collaborating closely with key business stakeholders (on global / regional / country level), technical delivery teams and external partners to ensure cross-functional alignment, effective change management and communication, and successful planning and execution. The role also serves as Marketing Cloud product owner and technical SME within Sandoz internal customer engagement technology landscape and plays central role in leading global deployments, harmonizing legacy applications, addressing technical debt and integrating Marketing Automation capabilities into broader Sandoz strategic programs and transformation initiatives.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Job Summary:

This role will support the design and delivery of globally harmonized Marketing Automation processes and solutions that are critical for Customer Engagement success. The position will define and implement global strategy and vision for Marketing Automation Solutions, collaborating closely with key business stakeholders (on global / regional / country level), technical delivery teams and external partners to ensure cross-functional alignment, effective change management and communication, and successful planning and execution. The role also serves as Marketing Cloud product owner and technical SME within Sandoz internal customer engagement technology landscape and plays central role in leading global deployments, harmonizing legacy applications, addressing technical debt and integrating Marketing Automation capabilities into broader Sandoz strategic programs and transformation initiatives.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Define and own the global Marketing Automation product vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer engagement priorities.
  • Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating business requirements into clear user stories and development priorities.
  • Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring delivery aligns with business value, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder needs.
  • Lead stakeholder engagement across global markets, providing regular updates, managing risks, resolving escalations, and driving adoption.
  • Collaborate with Salesforce, Veeva, and other technology partners to drive innovation, platform enhancements, scalability, and global process harmonization.
  • Facilitate Agile delivery processes, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, business reviews, and release communications.
  • Serve as the System Owner for Marketing Automation platforms, ensuring governance, compliance, documentation, user access management, and operational excellence.
  • Monitor product performance, user adoption, and business outcomes, driving continuous improvement and promoting best practices across the organization.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

  • Minimum 6 years of experience in digital marketing, customer engagement, commercial technology, digital transformation, or related areas.
  • Proven experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud, with strong knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem.
  • Strong understanding of digital marketing technologies, Agile methodologies, product management, and software development lifecycles.
  • Experience operating in a global, matrixed environment, managing diverse stakeholders across multiple geographies and cultures.
  • Demonstrated ability to define product roadmaps, manage backlogs, and deliver technology solutions that create measurable business value.
  • Experience with system ownership, governance, compliance, and operational management within a regulated environment, ideally pharmaceutical or life sciences.
  • Strong communication, influencing, presentation, consulting, and stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
  • Knowledge of Salesforce architecture, integrations, data models, reporting, DevOps, release management, and platform governance.

Qualifications

  • University degree in Business, Science, Information Technology, Marketing, or a related discipline.
  • Salesforce certifications (Marketing Cloud, Administrator, Business Analyst, Product Owner, or related) are highly desirable.
  • Experience within pharmaceutical, generics, healthcare, or life sciences industries is preferred.
  • Strong expertise in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Service Cloud, and related customer engagement platforms.
  • Experience working with Salesforce Centres of Excellence (CoE), platform engineering, architecture, and release management teams.
  • Strong understanding of digital marketing processes, customer engagement strategies, and commercial technology solutions.
  • Demonstrated leadership in Agile product management, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Fluent English required, with additional languages considered an advantage.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Skills Desired

Budget Management, Business Acumen, Influencing Skills, Performance Management, Risk Management, Service Delivery Management, Strategic Planning, Waterfall Project Management

Skills Required

  • Minimum 6 years of experience in digital marketing, customer engagement, commercial technology, digital transformation, or related areas
  • Proven experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud
  • Strong knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem
  • Understanding of digital marketing technologies, Agile methodologies, product management, and software development lifecycles
  • Experience working in a global, matrixed environment with stakeholders across multiple geographies and cultures
  • Experience defining product roadmaps, managing backlogs, and delivering technology solutions
  • Experience with system ownership, governance, compliance, and operational management in a regulated environment
  • Strong communication, influencing, presentation, consulting, and stakeholder management skills
  • Knowledge of Salesforce architecture, integrations, data models, reporting, DevOps, release management, and platform governance
  • University degree in Business, Science, Information Technology, Marketing, or a related discipline
  • Salesforce certifications, including Marketing Cloud, Administrator, Business Analyst, or Product Owner certifications
  • Experience in pharmaceutical, generics, healthcare, or life sciences industries
  • Experience with Salesforce Centres of Excellence, platform engineering, architecture, and release management teams
  • Expertise in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Service Cloud, and related customer engagement platforms
  • Understanding of digital marketing processes, customer engagement strategies, and commercial technology solutions
  • Leadership in Agile product management, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Fluent English
  • Additional languages

Sandoz Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sandoz and has not been reviewed or approved by Sandoz.

  • Healthcare Strength Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are consistently described as core components across U.S. roles and materials. Feedback suggests the medical offering is broad and a standard pillar of the package.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) plan with a company match described as generous is commonly included for U.S. roles. This savings support is positioned alongside other primary benefits as part of total rewards.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity eligibility is noted for many positions and a global all‑employee share program is being introduced from 2026. These elements add upside beyond base salary and annual bonus.

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The Company
HQ: Basel
17,135 Employees

What We Do

Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. ​ ​Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance.​ We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.

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