Vice President of Marketing

Schrödinger seeks a Vice President of Marketing to join us in our mission to improve human health and quality of life through the development, distribution, and application of advanced computational methods.

As a leader on our Marketing team, reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), you’ll architect our global marketing strategy and be responsible for building a full-funnel engagement engine that converts scientific interest into measurable commercial growth. In this role, you will elevate Schrödinger’s corporate brand equity and category leadership, while scaling a predictable lead-to-revenue machine that supports our mission to revolutionize drug discovery.

Who will love this job:

• A growth architect with a proven track record of scaling B2B SaaS or Life Science marketing organizations
• A science aficionado who can translate complex workflows into compelling business outcomes in collaboration with chemists and other computational researchers 
• A data strategist and AI innovator who leverages attribution insights, GTM optimization, and real-time intent signals to build a predictable revenue engine
• An excellent team player who thrives in cross-functional environments (this hire will connect Product R&D, Global Portfolio Leaders, and Sales teams)

What you’ll do:

• Partner with the CCO and Global Portfolio Leaders to define go-to-market strategies for our Life Sciences and our Materials Science suites, ensuring product positioning translates directly into the commercial pipeline
• Own the global lead generation quota; develop and execute data-driven marketing strategies to aggressively grow marketing-qualified and sales-accepted leads
• Map and optimize the buyers’ journey, from winning attention through developing initial awareness and affecting advocacy, utilizing HubSpot, HighSpot, Salesforce and other technologies to track attribution and ROI
• Direct the creation of high-impact technical content (white papers, case studies, webinars) designed to capture interest, build intent, and move pharma/biotech decision-makers through to the Sales funnel
• Identify emerging trends and competitive shifts in the market, ensuring Schrödinger’s value propositions remain the gold standard in computational chemistry

What you should have:

• At least ten years of marketing leadership experience (at least five years in B2B life sciences, biotech, materials science, or computational chemistry)
• A track record of building and executing successful comprehensive marketing strategies
• Extensive experience managing marketing performance and budgets, and hitting MQL/Pipeline targets
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant scientific discipline (Chemistry, Biology, or related field); an MBA is a plus
• Proven experience architecting modern marketing technology stacks to drive account based marketing programs, enterprise-level attribution, and real-time commercial insights 
• Robust experience in driving digital marketing initiatives 
• Familiarity with the drug discovery life cycle and informatics platforms
• Background in computational modeling or drug/materials discovery informatics is a plus