Why Genentech
We’re passionate about delivering on Our Promise to improve the lives of patients and create healthier communities for all. We foster a culture of inclusivity, integrity and creativity while boldly pursuing answers to the world’s most complex health challenges and transforming society.
About this Marketing Role
The Marketing organization influences decisions by establishing and communicating our full product value proposition across the full value chain, from payers, to health systems, to prescribers, to patients. Marketers are masterful storytellers - accountable to inform positioning using an insight-driven marketing strategy, deliver simple compelling customer-led content creation, and design outstanding integrated customer experiences in partnership with networked partners (e.g., Customer Engagement and Genentech Business Operations). Marketers strategically use resources and their network to drive patient outcomes for today’s innovations, and fuel tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
This Sr. Customer Marketing Manager reports to the Marketing Team Director and is integral to successfully delivering the Solid Tumor marketing vision and network goals. This individual will partner on planning and executing key product initiatives for our Breast Cancer portfolio. This professional embraces innovative approaches and is comfortable in a growing commercial organization. He/she must be creative and adaptable to unique and changing situations, be a self-starter, goal-oriented, know how to set achievable targets, and motivate internal cross-functional teams as well as field leadership partners.
Key Job Responsibilities
Strategy
- Supports the development and execution of the customer strategy and the end-to-end integrated customer experience
- Supports tailored and actionable omnichannel customer engagement, leveraging appropriate customer insights including customer journeys, personas, market/competitor insights and other data needed, collaborating closely with the Customer Marketer Lead
Content
- Responsible for planning and executing seamless, well-integrated marketing campaigns that include tailored omnichannel engagement plans across multiple marketing platforms and channels
- Oversees the design and creation of core materials with Agencies of Record (AoR), websites, claims, components, tailoring original content to specific customer segments and personas while monitoring timelines and content handoffs
- Self-authors derivative tactics for marketing campaigns leveraging existing and emerging technologies/capabilities, with a greater emphasis on new derivatives and incorporates post-Promotional Review Committee (PRC) edits and adjustments
- Supports field deployment through communication, training and feedback loops
- Hypothesizes and conducts experiments for creative content iteration, for the purpose of driving excellence in content creation and deployment
- Partners with agencies and PRC, including Legal and Regulatory, to ensure development, approval, and pull-through of compliant and effective promotional tactics
Execution
- Accountable for high quality, compliant execution across all marketing platforms and relevant customer types (e.g. patients, providers, organized customers)
- Defines measurement plan and measures marketing performance through leading, lagging, and customer satisfaction indicators to optimize campaigns and drive customer and business outcomes
- Manages media agencies, supports customer-specific tactical planning (e.g., prioritized customer A -> B behavior shifts, critical KPIs), and monitors go-lives/trafficking
- Identifies key internal network partners and facilitates cross-marketing, cross-functional, and field alignment to ensure optimal deployment of campaigns
- Contributes to initiatives that have broader organizational impact across the 1Marketing Function and advancing progress towards our Commercial, Medical & Government Affairs (CMG) outcomes
- Pursues continuous professional development by exploring capabilities and tools on customer content strategy, content creation and execution
People
- Works with TA Marketer and other Customer Marketers to make decisions and act, in close alignment with the full product value proposition, customer positioning, and Squad priorities
Demonstrates Proficiency within the following Key Competencies
Senior Customer Marketers are expected to consistently perform at a proficient level (proficient is defined as leveraging competencies across the business in a consistent, integrated way)
- Customer Understanding - I’m always learning about my customers, what they need, and the world they live in.
- Competitive Value Creation - I determine the relevant, competitive, and profitable value story we offer to customers.
- Strategy Development - I make smart choices about what efforts will help achieve customers’ goals and our goals.
- Integrated Campaign Development - I build compelling, motivating campaigns that get customers to take action.
- Content Development & Approval - I craft simple, meaningful stories in an efficient and fully compliant way.
- Execution Readiness - I rally the organization to plan, coordinate, and pull through the strategy together.
- Delivery & Optimization Across Channels - I make sure our story is reaching customers in a seamless, memorable experience.
- Measurement & Iteration - I evaluate everything we do, and adjust, stop, or start for continuous improvement.
- Project & Vendor Management - I manage projects, partners, and suppliers to drive on strategy, on time, on budget impact.
Who You Are
Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Two years of marketing experience or one year of marketing experience and an MBA
- 5 years minimum work experience, with 3 years of commercial experience (e.g., market access, marketing, sales or customer insights)
Additional Desired Candidate Qualifications & Experience
- MBA or other related graduate level degree preferred
- Marketing experience in relevant industries
- Experience working in an omnichannel (including field) marketing
- Experience in the managed care, Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry/pharmaceutical or biotech customer engagement
- Experience in creating customer strategies, plans and tactics that have strengthened market positioning and driven high-value customer and business outcomes
- Experience leading/managing Agency partners including developing agency briefs and creating content derivatives
- Contributed to integrated customer experiences across audiences and channels including multicultural and inclusive marketing tactics.
Location
- This position is based in South San Francisco, CA and offers a hybrid schedule working 3 days per week on campus
- Relocation assistance is not available for this job posting.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $161,800 - $300,600. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
Benefits
Roche Operating Principles
- Put Patients First: I always act as if patients I know are in the room and do what’s best for them
- Follow the science: I seek answers through experiments, data and debate, and act on facts
- Act as one team: I care, collaborate and commit without boundaries, and trust others to do their part
- Embrace differences: I seek diverse perspectives, invite opposing views, and challenge myself and others
- Accelerate learning: I push to learn new things even if difficult, and openly share my successes and failures
- Simplify radically: I eliminate complexity, reuse with pride, and accomplish more with less
- Make impact now: I take accountability to do what’s right, deliver value fast, and don’t wait for certainty
- Think long term: I choose actions today that benefit future generations
Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Two years of marketing experience, or one year of marketing experience with an MBA
- At least five years of total work experience, including three years of commercial experience such as market access, marketing, sales, or customer insights
- MBA or another related graduate-level degree
- Marketing experience in relevant industries
- Experience with omnichannel marketing, including field marketing
- Experience in managed care, pharmaceutical, or biotech industries or customer engagement
- Experience creating customer strategies, plans, and tactics that strengthen market positioning and drive business outcomes
- Experience leading or managing agency partners, developing agency briefs, and creating content derivatives
- Experience contributing to integrated customer experiences across audiences and channels, including multicultural and inclusive marketing
Genentech Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Genentech and has not been reviewed or approved by Genentech.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, mental health, and prescriptions, supported by HSAs/FSAs and broad wellness resources. On‑site fitness and health centers, mental‑health clinicians, and specialized programs like fully covered preventive cancer screenings and menopause support deepen the offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits feature a 401(k) with up to a 4% company match plus an additional annual 6% company contribution to eligible pay. Additional financial protections such as life and accident insurance complement salary, bonuses, and stock options.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes about 20 paid vacation days, paid holidays, personal days, and a year‑end shutdown. A paid six‑week sabbatical every six years notably expands long‑term time‑off flexibility.
Genentech Insights
What We Do
Considered the founder of the industry, Genentech, now a member of the Roche Group, has been delivering on the promise of biotechnology for more than 40 years. Genentech is a biotechnology company dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Our transformational discoveries include the first targeted antibody for cancer and the first medicine for primary progressive multiple sclerosis. We're passionate about finding solutions for people facing the world's most difficult-to-treat conditions. That is why we use cutting-edge science to create and deliver innovative medicines around the globe. To us, science is personal. Making a difference in the lives of millions starts when you make a change in yours.








