Manager, Congress Strategy & Orchestration (CS&O)

Position Title: Manager, Congress Strategy & Orchestration (CS&O)

Work Location: East Hanover, NJ

Assignment Duration: 7 Months

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Position Summary: The Manager, Congress Strategy & Orchestration (CS&O) is a headquarters-based role responsible for supporting the orchestration and execution of congress strategy for key U.S. congresses and promoted brands.

Background & Context: The role supports the "One Organization" congress vision and partners with CS&O leadership and key stakeholders, including Marketing Strategy, Congress Management and Relationship (CMAR), agency partners, Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory and Compliance. The Manager helps integrate functional strategies into cohesive cross-functional plans for assigned Tier 1 and/or selected Tier 2 congresses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support CS&O leadership and key stakeholders in executing a unified "One Organization" congress vision.
• Coordinate with Marketing Strategy, CMAR, Medical Affairs, agency partners and other stakeholders to integrate functional strategies into comprehensive cross-functional congress plans.
• Assist with the development of commercial congress objectives, strategy, execution plans and budgets for assigned congresses.
• Support congress planning and execution activities, ensuring deliverables remain aligned with agreed objectives, timelines, budgets and strategy.
• Support the capture and consolidation of congress metrics and customer feedback for dashboards, reports and post-congress learning.
• Contribute to the congress steering committee model and support strong preparation, follow-through and executional excellence.
• Identify, integrate and share innovative ideas and best practices with CS&O leadership and key stakeholders.
• Communicate resource and investment requirements, risks and key decisions for assigned commercial congress activities and projects.
• Collaborate closely with Legal, Regulatory and Compliance to help ensure programs and activities are compliant and successfully executed.
• Manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining strong coordination across internal teams and external partners.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; MBA or advanced degree is desirable.
• Minimum of 2 years of congress strategy, execution and management experience; pharmaceutical/healthcare industry and U.S. market experience required
• Marketing experience in a pharmaceutical/healthcare regulated industry is required
• Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver outcomes in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; additional languages are desirable.
• Ability to travel approximately 20%, predominantly within the United States.
• Congress strategy, execution and management
• Cross-functional collaboration and teamwork
• Strategic thinking and marketing skills
• Influencing and leading without direct authority
• Stakeholder and agency coordination
• Budget awareness and disciplined execution
• Analytical thinking and presentation skills
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Customer focus and executional excellence
• Innovation and continuous improvement mindset
• Compliance mindset

• Ability to travel approximately 20%, predominantly within the United States.