CareDx

Brand Marketing Manager

CareDx$94K — $125K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 3-5 years of experience in marketing, communication, or product marketing, ideally in diagnostics or pharma
  • Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills
  • Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Results-oriented with emphasis on ROI metrics
  • Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and business tools

Responsibilities

  • Support brand strategy and annual marketing plans development
  • Translate strategic imperatives into program objectives and execution plans
  • Contribute to customer segmentation and messaging refinement
  • Synthesize market insights and performance data for strategic recommendations
  • Drive development of promotional content and marketing resources
  • Collaborate on content mapping for diverse audiences
  • Define and track KPIs to assess program effectiveness

Benefits

  • Competitive health and welfare benefits including gym reimbursement
  • 401(k) savings plan match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Paid leave for organ or bone marrow donors
Full Job Description
CareDx is seeking a Brand Marketing Manager to support and help shape pan-organ brand strategy and execution. This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution, partnering closely with Brand, Digital, Medical, Sales, and external agencies to translate business and brand strategy into high-impact marketing programs.

The ideal candidate is a strong brand marketer- someone who can think strategically, structure ambiguous problems, and still roll up their sleeves to deliver best-in-class programs across channels. Ideally looking for local candidates but remote candidates will be considered.

Responsibilities:

Brand Strategy & Planning
  • Partners with Brand Marketing leadership to support development of brand strategy, annual marketing plans, and campaign roadmaps aligned to business priorities
  • Translates strategic imperatives into clear program objectives, messaging frameworks, and execution plans
  • Contributes to customer segmentation, messaging refinement, and channel strategy to ensure programs are targeted, differentiated, and impactful
  • Synthesizes market insights, performance data, and field feedback to surface strategic recommendations and optimization opportunities

Promotional Content & Marketing Asset Development
  • Drives development of promotional content and marketing resources across digital and print channels, acting as the primary lead for webinars, email campaigns, and core print collateral (e.g., leave-behinds)
  • Develops content and thematic outlines with direction from Brand and Digital Marketing
  • Owns end-to-end execution-aligning stakeholders, coordinating logistics, managing timelines, and ensuring flawless delivery
  • Partners with regional teams to ensure message consistency, scientific integrity, and audience relevance
  • Creates marketing assets aligned to CVAs, key data, and core marketing messages, with Brand Marketing oversight
  • Collaborates on content mapping, formatting, and adaptation for multiple audiences (physicians, coordinators, administrators, etc.)

Regional Scientific Meetings & Select Tier 2 Conferences
  • Works with the field to identify priority regional conferences and ensures conference-in-a-box resources are ready for sales execution
  • Provides planning oversight for regional meetings executed by Sales, ensuring consistency with brand strategy
  • Leads end-to-end marketing execution for select Tier 2 congresses (e.g., HFSA, CHEST, NATCO), including, dinner programs, logistics coordination, materials management, and cohesive on-site brand presence

Measurement, Budgeting & Operational Excellence
  • Defines and tracks KPIs tied to strategic objectives, measuring program effectiveness and impact
  • Manages budget tracking for assigned programs, ensuring responsible spend and visibility into ROI
  • Analyzes performance data and field feedback to inform strategic adjustments and continuous improvement
  • Communicates insights clearly to stakeholders to support data-driven decision-making

Qualifications

Required
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 3-5 years of experience in marketing, communication or product marketing or related role, ideally within diagnostics, medical devices, biotech, or pharma industry
  • Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to influence without authority
  • Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and making decisions with incomplete information
  • Results-oriented with emphasis on ROI and performance metrics
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and core business tools; ability to create clear, executive-ready materials
  • Travel is required for key conferences, team meetings and important milestones meeting.

Preferred
  • MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred
  • BA/BS in life sciences, molecular biology, or clinical science
  • Experience supporting brand strategy, annual planning, or integrated campaign development
  • Exposure to competitive intelligence, analytics, and market research/insights


Additional Details:

Every individual at CareDx has a direct impact on our collective mission to improve the lives of organ transplant patients worldwide. We believe in taking great care of our people, so they take even greater care of our patients.

Our competitive Total Rewards package for US Employees includes:
  • Competitive base salary and incentive compensation
  • Health and welfare benefits, including a gym reimbursement program
  • 401(k) savings plan match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • And more!
  • Please refer to our page to view detailed benefits at https://caredx.com/company/careers

In addition, we have a Living Donor Employee Recovery Policy that allows up to 30 days of paid leave annually to a full-time employee who makes the selfless act of donating an organ or bone marrow.

With products that are making a difference in the lives of transplant patients today and a promising pipeline for the future, it's an exciting time to be part of the CareDx team. Join us in partnering with transplant patients to transform our future together.

This is the anticipated base salary range for candidates who will work in Brisbane, California. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience within the job, the type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units. CareDx is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

San Francisco Bay Area Roles:

$94,000-$125,000 USD

This is the anticipated base salary range in the United States. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience within the job, the type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units. CareDx is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Remote: US only roles

$84,000-$105,000 USD

About CareDx

CareDx, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company that discovers, develops, and commercializes diagnostic solutions for transplant patients worldwide. The company offers AlloMap, a non-invasive blood test used to aid in the identification of heart transplant recipients with stable graft function who have a low probability of moderate to severe acute cellular rejection. It also provides AlloSure, a donor-derived cell-free DNA test used to identify kidney transplant recipients with active rejection and surveillance allograft health; and HeartCare, a non-invasive solution to monitor the presence of antibodies in the blood stream that can lead to heart transplant rejection. CareDx, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Brisbane, California.
Learn more about CareDx
Size
633 employees
Market Cap
$603.7 million
Industry
Net Income
-$18.7 million
Founded
2000
5 Year Trend
+48.8%
Revenue
$192.1 million
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