Director of Marketing and Market Access

Coloplast coloplast.com Open · verified Sep 18, 2026

Tokyo Director Marketing Leadership

Leadership Marketing Leadership role at Coloplast. Tokyo.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Set Japan’s marketing direction across HCP, consumer, access, product, digital, and care operations
Drive launches and portfolio performance through analysis, forecasting, training, and promotion
Coordinate Japan plans with Denmark headquarters, sales, logistics, and other partners
Lead six direct reports while developing the wider marketing organization
Represent the company with internal leaders, government authorities, healthcare professionals, and external firms

What you bring

A bachelor’s degree or higher in business, economics, marketing, finance, or a related field
Deep marketing experience within the medical industry
At least five years of substantial people-management experience
Highly fluent English and the ability to communicate smoothly with Denmark headquarters
A structured, data-led approach to strategy, strong business judgment, and comfort working through ambiguity

Who this fits

This role suits a results-focused marketing leader who can shape strategy, influence stakeholders, and push through difficult goals. You’ll work in Tokyo with global headquarters in Denmark and engage broadly across the company and healthcare ecosystem. Japanese is not required, although much conversation outside marketing takes place in Japanese.

From the employer

Job Purpose:

Maximize sales and profit in Japan by developing and executing marketing strategies

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create marketing strategies to lead the overall activities (HCP and consumer marketing, market access of OC/CC/BM, product management, and digital and consumer care operations)

• Lead product launches and manage existing portfolio: market analysis, forecast, launch plan training and all promotional activities in Japan, through close collaboration with the global HQ in Denmark, sales team and logistics, etc.

• Lead and develop a team of 6 direct reports with 30+ teammates

Skills and Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree or above within business, economics, marketing, finance or similar

• In-depth marketing experience in the medical industry is required

• Significant people management experience (min 5 years)

• Language: highly fluent English and smooth communication with global HQ in Denmark, Japanese is not required

Competencies:

• Entrepreneurial results-oriented mindset: independently leading strategy projects with structured analytical approach to bring changes and deliver results

• Tenacity and agility: overcoming obstacles and making breakthroughs toward challenging goals without giving up

• Interpersonal influence: building trust with stakeholders by demonstrating a strong presence as the face (representative) of the company

• Strong business acumen to formulate data-driven strategies and execute them

• Ability to work with ambiguity and translation as much conversation outside the Marketing team is in Japanese only

Key Internal and External Relationship:

• Will interface with all levels of company structure as well as outside companies, including government authorities and health care professional

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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