Synectics is hiring: Marketing Manager in Lexington

Job Description

• As a Marketing Manager, you will play a critical role in leading and facilitating an agile pod focused on Entyvio marketing initiatives.
• Guiding the team through agile rituals, ensuring smooth coordination with cross functional partners, and driving the successful execution of marketing epics.
• Your expertise in agile methodologies and experience in a marketing environment will be essential in fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Lead and facilitate agile rituals, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, analytics, medical, legal, regulatory, marketing operations, and external agencies.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment, encouraging open communication and transparency.
• Implement and promote agile best practices, tools, and processes to support marketing initiatives.
• Manage the tracking of the agile pod operational scorecard, including key speed, quality, and efficiency metrics.
• Guide the team in developing and executing test and learn initiatives to optimize marketing strategies and tactics.
• Monitor and report on the progress of sprints, identifying any impediments or bottlenecks and addressing them proactively.
• Support the continuous improvement of team workflows and processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Act as a mentor and coach for team members, helping them understand and adopt agile principles and practices.
• Support other brand marketing initiatives as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent agile certification.
• Proven experience as a Scrum Master in a marketing environment, preferably within the pharmaceutical or other highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and principles, with a track record of successfully building and leading agile teams.
• Experience using tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to effectively manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with marketing technologies and tools is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance : Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.

Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.