Role Summary
Associate Director, Omnichannel Enablement Lead, located in Cambridge, MA. Serves as the primary interface between brand marketing teams and the GTMC Omnichannel Team, overseeing key processes that transform a brandβs customer engagement plans into high-performing omnichannel campaigns with a focus on speed-to-market, innovative capabilities, and continuous improvement. Manages omnichannel capability development for assigned brands and ensures brand marketers adopt best practices.
Responsibilities
- Serve as brand team liaison for the greater GTMC OC team, ensuring a single point of accountability and coordination of all Omnichannel activities
- Be a renowned and credible βgo-toβ expert for Marketers at all levels, bringing Omnichannel thought leadership while coaching and sharing knowledge when and where required
- Drive effective pull-through of customer engagement plans into a comprehensive, analytics-driven omnichannel strategy, aligned with key stakeholders and brand priorities
- Develop and drive a mechanism to identify, prioritize, and coordinate delivery of omnichannel capability initiatives, prioritizing initiatives that drive significant value for brands and align with the wider omnichannel vision
- Design and maintain customer journey maps, brand roadmaps, etc. (for HCPs, Consumers, and other customer types), and drive alignment of brand content and digital channels to deliver superior customer experiences
- Plan and measure omnichannel campaigns, adjusting to changing competitive landscape and/or changing customer behaviors
- Ensure continuous monitoring and adaptation of omnichannel campaigns to achieve marketing objectives, advising brands on effective tactical shifts
- Partner with both OC Analytics and Advanced Analytics teams to manage and report on omnichannel campaign performance with emphasis on actionable insights and measurement against KPIs and benchmarks
- Partner with web, media, and CRM channel colleagues to create effective content pull-through and enablement processes that are grounded in customer insights, ROI/performance, behavioral objectives, and competitive activities - ensuring fast speed-to-market and alignment with brand needs
- Partner with the New Capabilities team to drive the business need discovery process, use case alignment, and readiness assessment related to enterprise capabilities (Turing, GenAI, marketing automation, etc.)
- Partner with other Omnichannel Leads to ensure the sharing of best practices among brand campaigns, and between brands and BUs
- Support the onboarding and upskilling of North America and offshore colleagues
- Collaborate with Global, Brand, Digital, and other counterparts as necessary to deliver on responsibilities
- Collaborate proactively with GTMC OC and other colleagues on improvements to day-to-day marketing operations processes
- Contribute to knowledge sharing and upskilling programs
- Drive a culture of innovation by continually challenging the status quo to adopt new digital approaches through experimentation
- Drive excellent working relationships with agency and vendor partners
- Drive cultural change through the championing of an agile, customer-oriented mindset
Skills
- Continuous optimization mindset, constantly looking for further improvements without disrupting quality or speed to market
- Deep knowledge and understanding of omnichannel marketing principles
- Understanding of general marketing tactics, processes, and requirements for execution of tactics
- Strong project management skills, with a demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-priority environment
- Excellent influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in a large organization
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Collaborative, high-energy team player
- Ability to participate in vendor procurement, selection, contract management, and other processes, achieving excellent value for money for Sanofi
Work Experience
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or technology, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in omnichannel or digital marketing execution required, with the majority of that experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or biotech preferred
- 5+ years of experience in leading by influence and achieving results in a matrix-driven, multi-functional organization
- Experience managing external vendors
- 5+ years of experience in leading by influence and achieving results in a matrix-driven, multi-functional organization
Education
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or technology, or equivalent experience