Global Strategic Marketing Manager

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving

?
Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet u

s.
Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a strategic marketing manager, to join our $700 Million+ Life Sciences business. This will be a remote position OR hybrid at our Wilmington, DE or Bridgewater, NJ sites. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and commercial function. The ideal candidate will work very closely with R&D, sales teams and business unit as we grow into expanded pharmaceutical markets for high value materials/excipien

ts.
The Strategic Marketing Manager will be responsible for developing and validating Ashland’s bioprocessing chemistry strategy and driving growth of this market for the organization including leading stage gate projects and participating as the commercial expert in assigned portfolio assets. You will help to develop and drive strategic projects, global strategy and marketing plans and lead the implementation of targets/measu

res.
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the follo

• wing:Identify and assess potential business opportunities utilizing market research, business intelligence, competitive and scientific analysis, and pursue/maximize opportunities with the end goal of growing revenue and increasing profitability and market s
• hare.Elaborate & lead the strategy development and execution for the Life Sciences pharmaceutical product lines, with a focus on upstream and downstream processing chemicals as well as excipients for biopharmaceuticals/injecta
• bles.Lead global, high impact product development projects, supported by cross-functional
• team.Focus on strategic planning for commercial success, and value proposition deli
• very.Drive the development of Marketing tools & documentation for and in collaboration with Marcom and Regional Marke
• ting:Drive development, positioning, and launch of new products or new products applications globally by bridging innovation with market demand & aspira
• tion.Lead marketing of commercial lau
• nchesSet price positioning with regional marketing input for new and existing prod
• ucts.Work with the global sales team to identify customer opportunities and manage the business development [sales] efforts of bioprocessing chemistry portf
• olio.Drive business development for Ashland’s penetration into the bioprocessing ma

rket.
In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the foll

• owing:At least 5 years of experience in sales, business development, marketing/product management or related
• fieldBachelor’s degree in business, engineering, pharmacy, chemistry, or related
• field.Ability to build a compelling business case to justify executing on business proposals with financial
• acumenAbility to thrive in a multinational and multicultural envir
• onmentAbility to travel, up to 30% gl
• oballyAn enthusiastic problem-solver with a strong result orien
• tationExcellent presentation and communication
• skillsExperience working with cross-functional teams and working collaboratively, cross-functionally, and gl
• oballyHighly analytical and strategic thinker excited to identify and create opportunities to grow bu
• sinessRelevant knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry including upstream and downstream bioprocess operations/engine
• ering.Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-

making
The following skillsets are preferred by the busines

• s unit:An advanced degree, preferably an MB
• A or MSPast experience working within a phase/stage gate development