Title:
Global Marketing & Launch Excellence Director M/F
Company:
Ipsen Pharma (SAS)
Job Description:
We are seeking for an experienced Marketing & Launch Excellence expert to elevate our marketing and launch capabilities within Ipsen. We are currently in a launching phase and require someone with prior experience in both global and local launches to drive our initiatives forward !
This role is crucial in developing and deploying world-class processes, systems, expertise, and awareness related to marketing and launch excellence. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving brand planning, launch readiness guidance & processes and upscaling core marketing skills, to ensure high-quality marketing plans.
Location: Boulogne/Paris (2025) or London – Hybrid
Reporting to : Senior Director Marketing, Launch & Events Excellence
Main Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the development of Global & Local Brand Plans and Global Launch Plans through co-creation strategies at the Global Cross-functional and Global Brand Team (GBT) level.
- Lead and Support the Global & Local Launch Readiness process together with Global & Local cross-functional teams
- Oversee the Ipsen Way to Launch process, ensuring regular monitoring of defined KPIs and holding relevant stakeholders accountable.
- Challenge Asset Leads & Country leads where strategic planning quality is below expectations and advise on course correction.
- Strengthen communication and knowledge sharing between global-local and cross-functional teams.
Knowledge, Abilities & Experience:
- Strategic Marketing principles and frameworks applied within the Pharma industry.
- Successful experience in launching specialty care products or leading launch excellence at global or local levels in a highly competitive environment
- Proven commercial operations experience (sales, marketing) at global or affiliate levels.
- Experience in strategic marketing roles, ideally capability-specific roles.
- Ability to interact and influence multiple stakeholders up to the C-suite level.
- Leadership, Communications, Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Change Management.
- Degree-level education, plus further degree or demonstrated learning development. Ability to influence in a complex multi-matrix environment.
Ipsen Competencies:
- Think Big (Head): Demonstrates thinking dexterity, global perspective, business insights, and manages complexity
- Act Together, with Passion (Heart): Shows social agility, empathy, instills trust, and collaborates effectively
- Execute with Precision (Hands): Ensures excellence in execution, builds effective teams, and ensures accountability
Dans le cadre de ses recrutements IPSEN s’engage au respect de l’égalité de traitement des candidats, indépendamment du sexe, de l’âge, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'origine ethnique, de la couleur de la peau, de la nationalité, du handicap ou de l'appartenance à un syndicat.
Ipsen Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with broad medical, dental, and vision offerings. Company materials emphasize a wide-ranging package that supports overall wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are highlighted with a competitive 401(k) match and access to an employee stock purchase plan. These elements are frequently cited as strengths in the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid parental leave and company-provided backup child and elder care. These programs complement core benefits and add practical day-to-day value.
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Ipsen is a French leading global mid-size biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Paris, France focusing its efforts where unmet medical needs are greatest. Ipsen develops and commercializes innovative medicines in three key therapeutic areas - Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. We have over 5000 employees worldwide and our medicines are registered in more than 100 countries, with direct commercial presence in over 30 countries. Ipsen has 4 global R&D hubs and 3 pharmaceutical development centers around the world
