Director, Global Marketing
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
August 29, 2026
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Marketing
Role Summary:
The Brand Director, Global Marketing Rare defines and drives the global brand strategy for OXLUMO and GIVLAARI, ensuring alignment from global vision through local execution. Leads cross-functional collaboration to deliver insight-driven strategies and tactics that maximize patient impact, stakeholder engagement, and commercial performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead development of OXLUMO and GIVLAARI global brand plans.
- Ensure connection between global strategy and local execution; lead cross-country/functional workshops.
- Leverage market research, competitive intelligence, and data analytics to inform plans and assess performance.
- Continuously evolve messaging and strategy based on new insights.
- Translate strategy into global tactical plans and priorities.
- Own overall tactical planning process for Rare Business with medical affairs, key functions, and countries.
- Develop annual global budget; highlight trade-offs and priorities.
- Develop global stakeholder engagement plan with Medical Affairs, Advocacy, countries, legal/compliance (including Leadership engagement plan).
- Lead Global Conference plans with medical affairs, countries, and communications.
- Partner with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Digital, Data and Insights to implement global initiatives.
- Orchestrate key global initiatives as integration point across functions (medical, regulatory, legal, compliance, others).
- Contribute to capability development and best-practice sharing; own Brand Board and program initiatives.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in global and U.S. pharmaceutical/biotech marketing.
- MBA in Marketing preferred.
- Strong strategic thinking with proven execution.
- Experience leading cross-functional global teams.
- Deep understanding of rare disease markets.
- Strong communication and stakeholder influence.
- Strong project management.
Success Profile:
- Strategic, forward-looking; highly collaborative/matrix-oriented; data-driven; strong ownership/accountability.
Location: Cambridge, MA. Travel: ~40% local and international.
Compensation/Benefits (as stated):
- U.S. Pay Range: $208,300.00 - $281,800.00. Eligible for annual short-term incentive and annual long-term incentive (e.g., equity).
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life/disability, lifestyle reimbursement, flexible spending/HSAs, 401(k) with match, paid time off, wellness days, holidays, recharge breaks, and family resources/leave.
The Brand Director, Global Marketing Rare defines and drives the global brand strategy for OXLUMO and GIVLAARI, ensuring alignment from global vision through local execution. Leads cross-functional collaboration to deliver insight-driven strategies and tactics that maximize patient impact, stakeholder engagement, and commercial performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead development of OXLUMO and GIVLAARI global brand plans.
- Ensure connection between global strategy and local execution; lead cross-country/functional workshops.
- Leverage market research, competitive intelligence, and data analytics to inform plans and assess performance.
- Continuously evolve messaging and strategy based on new insights.
- Translate strategy into global tactical plans and priorities.
- Own overall tactical planning process for Rare Business with medical affairs, key functions, and countries.
- Develop annual global budget; highlight trade-offs and priorities.
- Develop global stakeholder engagement plan with Medical Affairs, Advocacy, countries, legal/compliance (including Leadership engagement plan).
- Lead Global Conference plans with medical affairs, countries, and communications.
- Partner with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Digital, Data and Insights to implement global initiatives.
- Orchestrate key global initiatives as integration point across functions (medical, regulatory, legal, compliance, others).
- Contribute to capability development and best-practice sharing; own Brand Board and program initiatives.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in global and U.S. pharmaceutical/biotech marketing.
- MBA in Marketing preferred.
- Strong strategic thinking with proven execution.
- Experience leading cross-functional global teams.
- Deep understanding of rare disease markets.
- Strong communication and stakeholder influence.
- Strong project management.
Success Profile:
- Strategic, forward-looking; highly collaborative/matrix-oriented; data-driven; strong ownership/accountability.
Location: Cambridge, MA. Travel: ~40% local and international.
Compensation/Benefits (as stated):
- U.S. Pay Range: $208,300.00 - $281,800.00. Eligible for annual short-term incentive and annual long-term incentive (e.g., equity).
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life/disability, lifestyle reimbursement, flexible spending/HSAs, 401(k) with match, paid time off, wellness days, holidays, recharge breaks, and family resources/leave.