Sanofi

Head of Marketing Gold Bond

Sanofi$210K — $303K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of leadership in CPG, with at least 10 in senior marketing/ecommerce roles
  • Minimum 8+ years in ecommerce leadership, with strong revenue impact (ideally 30%+ of business)
  • Expertise in major ecommerce platforms like Amazon and Walmart.com; skilled in digital shelf optimization
  • Proven experience in digital marketing transformation including media, social, SEO/SEM, and performance marketing
  • Strong background managing significant P&L ($100M+ preferred) and delivering consistent growth.

Responsibilities

  • Drive brand growth strategy and P&L ownership for Gold Bond portfolio
  • Implement a digital-first marketing and ecommerce strategy leveraging key platforms
  • Design integrated marketing campaigns that enhance brand awareness across channels
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with senior leadership and various departments
  • Develop the marketing team, fostering leadership and a culture of excellence

Benefits

  • Support for health and wellbeing, including comprehensive healthcare and wellness programs
  • Gender-neutral parental leave of 14 weeks
  • Opportunities for career growth and development internationally
  • Comprehensive rewards package recognizing contributions
  • Impactful work that reaches over 100 million people globally
Full Job Description

Job Title: Head of Marketing, Gold Bond

  • Location: Morristown, NJ

Main Responsibilities:

1. Drive Brand Growth Strategy & P&L Ownership

  • Own full P&L accountability for the Gold Bond portfolio, driving profitable growth and market share expansion

  • Develop and execute comprehensive brand strategy including positioning, architecture, portfolio optimization, and long-term growth roadmap

  • Lead consumer segmentation, insights generation, and market intelligence to identify high-value growth opportunities and competitive advantages

  • Build and manage a robust innovation pipeline in partnership with R&D, ensuring consumer-led product development with clear commercial rationale

  • Establish brand governance frameworks and decision-making protocols across cross-functional teams

  • Drive financial rigor: manage marketing OPEX budget with discipline, optimize ROI across all investments, and deliver measurable business outcomes

  • Monitor the competitive landscape and translate market dynamics into proactive, forward-looking strategic responses

2. Lead Digital-First Marketing & Ecommerce Transformation

  • Architect and execute Gold Bond's ecommerce strategy as a primary growth engine across Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, and owned DTC channels

  • Build best-in-class digital shelf presence: optimize content, search, conversion, ratings/reviews, and digital merchandising

  • Drive omnichannel excellence by integrating ecommerce strategy with brick-and-mortar retail execution in close partnership with Sales

  • Lead performance marketing across paid media, social, influencer, CRM, SEO/SEM, and emerging platforms including TikTok

  • Establish a data-driven marketing culture: implement advanced analytics, attribution modeling, and real-time performance dashboards

  • Champion marketing technology stack optimization and AI/automation to enhance speed, personalization, and efficiency

  • Stay ahead of retail media evolution and emerging commerce platforms; pilot and scale innovative approaches that position Gold Bond for sustained digital growth

3. Build Integrated Marketing Excellence

  • Design and execute integrated campaigns that drive brand awareness, consideration, and conversion across all consumer touchpoints

  • Lead creative development and agency partnerships; balance in-house capabilities with external expertise to maximize quality and efficiency

  • Develop sophisticated consumer engagement strategies including loyalty programs, community building, and brand advocacy

  • Ensure brand consistency and excellence across all channels while adapting messaging for channel-specific optimization

  • Drive speed-to-market improvements in campaign development and execution, fostering a culture of creative ambition and executional rigor

4. Lead Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

  • Serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO and Gold Bond leadership team; contribute to overall business strategy beyond the marketing function

  • Build deep collaborative partnerships with Sales, R&D, Manufacturing & Supply, Strategy & Transformation COE, and Quality

  • Lead strategic planning processes and brand governance forums; ensure organizational alignment on priorities and trade-offs

  • Communicate with clarity and conviction to influence senior stakeholders and drive decisive action

  • Represent the marketing perspective in enterprise-level discussions and Sanofi parent company interactions

5. Build and Develop a High-Performance Organization

  • Lead, inspire, and develop a team of 5–8 marketing professionals; create clear accountability and foster a culture of excellence

  • Build organizational capabilities in digital marketing, ecommerce, analytics, and consumer insights

  • Champion talent development, coaching, and succession planning as core leadership responsibilities

  • Foster a culture of innovation, consumer-centricity, data-driven decision-making, and intelligent risk-taking

  • Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion as a business imperative

  • Simplify processes and eliminate complexity to increase team velocity and impact

About You

Required Capabilities & Experience

Deep Marketing & Ecommerce Expertise

  • 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in CPG, with at least 10 years in senior marketing / ecommerce leadership roles

  • Minimum 8+ years of hands-on ecommerce leadership with a proven track record of building ecommerce as a significant revenue driver (ideally 30%+ of total business)

  • Deep expertise across Amazon, Walmart.com, and other major ecommerce platforms; demonstrated mastery of digital shelf optimization, content strategy, and conversion excellence

  • Extensive experience leading digital marketing transformation including paid media, social, influencer, performance marketing, CRM, and marketing automation

  • Consumer healthcare, OTC, or personal care category experience strongly preferred

  • Proven success managing P&L responsibility ($100M+ preferred) and delivering consistent, profitable growth

Leadership & Organizational Impact

  • 10+ years leading and developing high-performance teams; track record of building organizational capabilities and developing future leaders

  • Demonstrated success leading in matrixed, cross-functional environments; ability to influence without direct authority

  • Change leadership experience: proven ability to drive organizational transformation, build new capabilities, and accelerate performance

  • Executive presence and communication excellence: ability to influence C-suite stakeholders, present to boards, and represent the brand externally

  • Experience operating in both large corporate environments and entrepreneurial or subsidiary settings

Strategic & Analytical Capabilities

  • Strategic thinker with strong business acumen; ability to connect consumer insights to business strategy and financial outcomes

  • Advanced analytical skills: comfortable with data, metrics, attribution modeling, and using insights to drive decisions

  • Experience with consumer segmentation, brand positioning, innovation pipeline management, and integrated marketing planning

  • Demonstrated ability to balance long-term brand building with short-term performance delivery

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree required;  MBA strongly preferred

  • Experience with brand turnarounds or accelerating growth in mature categories

  • Track record of successful innovation launches and portfolio optimization

  • Experience working with independent subsidiaries or entrepreneurial business units within larger corporations

  • Familiarity with Sanofi or pharmaceutical/healthcare company culture a plus

Leadership Attributes & Competencies

  • Authentic & Inclusive Leader - Leads with humility, transparency, and genuine care for people; creates psychological safety and fosters diverse perspectives

  • Visionary & Inspiring - Articulates a compelling vision that energizes teams and stakeholders; connects daily work to meaningful purpose

  • Decisive & Action-Oriented - Makes tough calls with incomplete information; biases toward action and learns through iteration

  • Commercially Savvy - Deeply understands the business model, competitive dynamics, and financial drivers; makes decisions that balance growth, profit, and investment

  • Agile & Resilient - Thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environments; adapts quickly to changing market conditions and organizational needs

  • Collaborative Influencer - Builds trust across functions; influences through expertise, relationships, and compelling communication

  • Results-Driven - Holds self and team accountable for outcomes; establishes clear metrics and drives performance with rigor

  • Consumer-Obsessed - Brings deep empathy for consumer needs; ensures consumer insight drives all strategic decisions

  • Continuous Learner - Stays current on marketing innovation, technology, and category trends; encourages experimentation and learning from failure

Education

  • Bachelor's degree required

  • MBA from a top-tier institution strongly preferred

Why Choose Us? 

  • Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.  

  • Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.  

  • Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.  

  • Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.  

  • Help shape the future of care for chronic and complex conditions like aT1D, Type 2 diabetes, transplant, and cardiovascular disease

  • Drive meaningful impact at global scale: our medicines reach more than 100 million people each year.

  •  Turn bold ideas into breakthrough launches, with multiple new therapies planned through 2030 and beyond

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About Sanofi

Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs and vaccines. The company operates in over 170 countries and has a diverse portfolio of products that includes treatments for diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and rare diseases. Sanofi is committed to improving global health and has a strong focus on innovation and sustainability. The company has received numerous awards for its research and development efforts and is recognized as a leader in the pharmaceutical industry.
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$12.3 billion
Founded
1990
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