**Main Goal**:
**- **Assure successful strategic planning and innovation initiatives in alignment with the General Strategy, in synergy with regional guidance.
Collaborate closely with local and regional leadership to drive growth and competitiveness.
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**Key Responsibilities**:
**Market Insights and Needs**:
- **Develop comprehensive commercial strategies for pipeline assets before launch.
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- **Understand disease burden and unmet needs, market competition, policy, regulatory, and access environment.
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- **Conduct forecasting scenarios and commercial assessments upon request from regional leadership.
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- **Identify and communicate market needs, key opportunities, and challenges.
Utilize market research and available evidence to guide strategic choices.
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- **Map and profile key customers across the ecosystem.
Engage with customers to identify key opinion leaders (KOLs) and build relationships for new therapeutic areas (TAs).
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- **Collaborate closely with regional leadership to consolidate insights and strategies.
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- **Launching new products: Coordinate and lead the process of launching new products, including planning, development, testing, and marketing.
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- **Innovation: Identify opportunities to improve and develop new products, services, or processes that drive company growth and competitiveness.
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- **Business support: Collaborate with different teams and departments to provide the necessary support and ensure smooth daily business operations.
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- **Operational continuity: Implement and maintain operational continuity plans to ensure the company can face and recover from potential disruptions or crises.
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***Strategic Choices**:




**- **Develop market strategy per asset closer to launch, aligned with the Global Strategy, and with input from regional leadership.
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- **Assure alignment with local functions on new product access, policy, medical, finance, outcome research, regulatory, and supply deliverables.
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- **Maintain recurrent engagement with local and regional leadership in pipeline discussions and significant planning.
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**Engagement and Execution**:
- **Lead local cross-functional teams and secure close links with local leadership to generate market-specific and strategic inputs.
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- **Plan and execute tactics aligned with regional and global strategies.
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- **Drive customer engagement and enhance customer experience.
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- **Collaborate with market access colleagues on value demonstration, affordability, and access-specific topics.
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***Proprietary**:
**- **Prepare implementation of go-to-market (GTM) strategies closer to launch.
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- **Focus on the pipeline, ensuring business development units (BUDs) are prepared for upcoming launches.
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- **Work closely with regional leadership to coordinate market engagement and inform key questions and deliverables.
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**Leadership and Functional Capabilities**:
**- **Solid understanding of local pharma market dynamics.
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- **Demonstrate business acumen and analytic skills with the ability to transfer insights into tangible opportunities related to new product planning and commercial impact.
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- **Communicate clearly, including cross-functional communication.
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- **Nurture influential relationships with key stakeholders.
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- **Understand regulatory, outcome research, supply, and how these interlink in new product development.
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- **Gain experience from commercial, marketing, and/or access roles.
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- **Exhibit proficiency in financial forecasting.
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- **Show agility for learning and being a team player.
**:** Qualifications**:
- **8+ years of strategic leadership experience in roles of increasing responsibilities at MNC or consultancy firms.
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- **Advanced degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Innovation, or a related field.
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- **Extensive experience in strategic planning, innovation management, or a similar role within a dynamic business environment.
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- **Proven success in developing and executing strategic initiatives that drive business growth and innovation.
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- **Strong understanding of market research techniques, competitive analysis, and customer insights.
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**Employee Status**:
Regular
**Relocation**:
No relocation
**VISA Sponsorship**:
No
**Travel Requirements**:
No Travel Required
**Flexible Work Arrangements**:
Hybrid
**Shift**:
Not Indicated
**Valid Driving License**:
No
**Hazardous Material(s)**:
no
**Job Posting End Date**:
11/18/2024
**Requisition ID**:R******

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