Marketing Assistant, UK & Ireland - temporary contract (12 months)

Company Description

Santen is a specialized company with a proud 130-year heritage focused exclusively on eye health. As a Japan-originated, global company with our footprint in over 60 countries and regions, our mission is to provide essential and significant value to patients and society through our products and services created from our expertise in ophthalmology and from the patient’s perspective.

Job Description

The Marketing Assistant UK & Ireland role supports the execution of annual brand plans across Santen’s ophthalmology portfolio. Working closely with the UKIE marketing team, the role is critical in ensuring smooth operational delivery of marketing activities, strong budget control, compliant material management, and effective coordination of digital and event activity.

The role provides essential day‑to‑day support to Product Managers and plays a key role in enabling efficient, compliant and high‑quality marketing execution across the UK and Ireland.

What you will do:

• Manage the marketing budget for the UKIE team, including:
  • Setting up suppliers
  • Raising contracts and purchase orders
  • Checking invoices
  • Completing monthly reconciliations and accrual reports
  • Providing regular budget reporting
• Work closely with Finance and Procurement to ensure accurate and compliant financial processes
• Support Product Managers with Healthcare Professional contracting and end‑of‑year disclosure processes
• Manage promotional materials from approval and referencing in Veeva PromoMats through to maintaining active material lists across the portfolio
• Support delivery of digital marketing content, including email campaigns, SEE website updates and related performance metrics
• Coordinate logistics and support delivery of customer webinars and in‑person events
• Maintain accurate records and documentation to support audit and compliance requirements
• Uphold Santen’s compliance, governance and ethical standards at all times
• Provide general marketing support and assistance on ad‑hoc projects as required by the team.

Qualifications

What you will bring to the role

• 1-2+ years of experience working within a pharmaceutical marketing department or pharmaceutical agency (preferred)
• Exposure to marketing operations, budgeting, or material approval processes
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across a business environment
• Experience with Veeva PromoMats, OCE, Coupa preferred but not essential
• University Degree or equivalent qualification
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously
• Confident numerical skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple suppliers, purchase orders and budgets effectively
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of stakeholders.

Ready to make a difference?  

Apply today and help us shape the future of eye health. 

Additional Information

Grow your career at Santen
A career at Santen is an opportunity to make a difference. We aspire to contribute to the realization of “Happiness with Vision” by providing eye health products and services to patients, consumers, and medical professionals around the world. Guided by our CORE PRINCIPLE, “Tenki ni sanyo suru”, Santen is engaged in the global research & development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in ophthalmology. We have team members around the world using their diverse talents to unlock new modalities and drive innovations for patient outcomes, education and treatment. At Santen, we believe in empowering all our team members with flexible ways of working and a highly inclusive work environment.

The Santen Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building diverse teams and ensuring a safe and inclusive physical and virtual workplace for every one of our team members. All employment decisions are based on business needs, role requirements and individual qualifications regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin/ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/ expression, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require any kind of accommodation during our recruitment process, please let the recruiter from our team know.