Vertex US Distribution Posted September 22, 2026

Senior Director, US Marketing Lead (IgAN)

Boston, United States Full time
Marketing Senior Director
Notify me about similar jobs

Vertex US Distribution is the source of truth for this posting and owns the application process. We surface normalized context and market comparison you won't find on the original listing.

About this opportunity

Job Description

General Summary:

The Senior Director, Marketing is accountable for understanding the market landscape and Vertex's position within the market, actively contributing to defining the strategic and performance goals of the portfolio, and tracking performance against those goals. As a people manager, this role may have financial accountabilities and human resource responsibilities for assigned staff.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Develops the portfolio strategy, and oversees creation of brand strategies and brand lifecycle activities

Oversees development and implementation of strategic and tactical plans for brand

Leads team through challenges related to creating external (promotional) communications materials for external use with customers

Provides input into forecasting assumptions, both short term and long term

Generates and consolidates key insights across HCPs and patient stakeholders (through market research, ad boards, etc.)

Leads the development of strong partnerships with cross-functional team to support business goals

Evaluates ROI for activities across the portfolio

Leads team through subordinate managers or higher level individual contributors and contributes to the development of strategy

As a people manager, this role may have financial accountabilities and human resource responsibilities for assigned staff.

Knowledge and Skills:

Experience defining the strategy for a brand or portfolio of products

Ability to oversee generation of insights, and apply those insights to business problems/opportunities

Analytical mindset, with demonstrated ability to develop strategy, make strategic recommendations, monitor performance, understand ROI and allocate resources

Exceptional working knowledge of market forecasts and relationship of business drivers to revenue

Exceptional working knowledge of MS Office applications, including PPT, Excel and Word

Experience in pharmaceutical marketing, or closely related field(s) (e.g., pharmaceutical sales, ad agency, etc.)

Experience managing teams and individual staff members

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or scientific degree

Typically requires 12 years of work experience and 5 years of supervisory/management experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience

At Vertex, we embrace continuous learning and encourage employees to stay informed on advances in AI, technology, automation, and industry trends. We seek talent who bring an external perspective, demonstrate curiosity and sound judgment, and thoughtfully adopt new capabilities that improve decision-making, drive innovation, increase efficiency, and help deliver better outcomes for patients.

Pay Range:

$228,000 - $342,000

Disclosure Statement:

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations.  From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

Flex Designation:

Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:

1.    Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select

2.    On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

#LI-Hybrid

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com

Job details

Seniority
Senior Director
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Boston, United States
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 169 comparable Senior Director Marketing roles across 43 biopharma companies.

169Comparable roles tracked
161Currently active
43Companies hiring similar roles
11Countries represented

Salary context

92 of 169 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $228,000/yr – $342,000/yr
Lowest disclosed · Product Director, Established Products Group · Johnson & Johnson $122,000/yr – $212,750/yr
Highest disclosed · Sr Director/Director, Neurology Patient Marketing (Remote, US) · Servier $251/hr – $307/hr (≈ $522,080–$638,560/yr)
Peer group range $167,375 – $580,320 (median $244,150)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 169 comparable roles

United States150
Japan3
India3
United Kingdom3
China2
Canada2

+ 5 more countries

Seniority mix

169 of 169 peers have a known seniority level

Director115
Senior Director38
Executive/VP16

Therapeutic area mix

43 of 169 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology21
Neuroscience11
Rare Disease5
Cardiovascular / CVRM2
Vaccines & Infectious Disease2
Dermatology & Aesthetics1
Immunology1

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

60%similar
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Foster City, United States Senior Director
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Foster City, United States Senior Director
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc (USA) Sleepy Hollow, United States Senior Director
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Pfizer New York City, United States Senior Director
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Biogen Cambridge, United States Senior Director
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
AstraZeneca Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Senior Director
Same function Same seniority Same country

Notify me about similar jobs

Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

60%
Sr Director, Marketing Sciences
Gilead Sciences, Inc. · Foster City, United States · Senior Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Sr. Director, Pfizer Brand & Reputation
Pfizer · New York City, United States · Senior Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Director, HCP Marketing (Transplant Nephrology)
Biogen · Cambridge, United States · Senior Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Director, US Marketing - Ottava
Johnson & Johnson · Santa Clara, United States · Senior Director
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.