AGM / DGM - Portfolio Management ( Emerging Markets )
Key Responsibilities:
- Define, Align & Execute - EM Specific Product Portfolio Strategy
- Identify / Ideate, Align, & Nominate High-impact / High-value Products in TAs of Strategic Interest for EM
- EM Current TAs of Strategic Interest: Onco / Critical Care / IVF / Plasma / Biosimilars for PAN Markets; as well as CVS / Diabeto / CNS for selected markets
- Specialty Products / Gx / Complex Gx / Branded Gx / Biosimilars / Plasma Products / Innovative Products / Differentiated Products with Incremental Innovation / NDDS Platform Driven Products / etc.
- Drive Specialty Products & Biosimilars with rigor and end-to-end responsibility:
- Ideation, Selection, Nomination, Business Case preparation & time-to-time refresh, stake holder alignment, oversee filing, IP tracking, competitive intel, etc.
- Working closely with Marketing & Country Teams
- Prepare & Present progress to Senior Leadership through dashboards
- Flag risk and propose risk-mitigation plans
- Product Life Cycle Management to ensure commercial success
- Work Closely with Commercial Teams and other CFTs – from ideation through execution
- Leverage US/EU Pipeline, in-alignment with EM requirements and Therapy Area focus
- Prepare Portfolio Gap Analysis and bridging plan, support make vs buy decisions to bring product alive
- Benchmarking Portfolio globally with key Gx and Specialty Cos. in Therapy Area of strategic focus, highlight any back-end and/or front-end capabilities built to support product driven growth aspirations
- Propose New Therapy Area / New Growth Area / New Technology Platform / etc. to make EM organization future growth ready
- Prepare, Update, and Manage country wise Portfolio Trackers, Filing Grid, MIS, and Dashboards with complete ownership
- Propose scalable digital tool / solution and drive adoption to support portfolio requirements
Management Reviews and Reporting
- Organize and drive monthly update to Senior Leadership - MRM, QRM
- Organize and drive monthly update to Countries on progress in close co-ordination with CFTs
- Leverage existing knowledge management systems and ensure availability of information to all stakeholders at any point of time
Portfolio SPOC for Country & HO Stakeholders
- Work seamlessly with CFTs to ensure product and commercial success (CFTs: R&D, IP, Medical, Marketing, RA, Country Teams, Commercial Heads, Mfg., CQA, External Consultants, etc.)
Portfolio & Project Management Activities
- Preparation of Annual EM Portfolio Budget, Filing Grid, Plan Vs. Actual, etc.
- Work with Internal stakeholders to ensure all details required for Portfolio Management
Educational & Experience:
- Work Ex.: at-least 8 Years in Pharma Portfolio Management in relevant geography
- Education: Pharmacy / Science Grad.; MBA is an advantage
- 360O Understanding of Pharmaceutical Product Development, coupled with good understanding of IP & Regulatory for key Emerging Markets
- Fair understanding of Business & Channel nuances for key countries with-in EM (Brazil, Mexico, Rest of LATAM, ANZ, SEA, SA, Rest of Africa)
- Must have working knowledge of Specialty Products, Biosimilars, Complex Gx, Innovative Products and Gx Portfolio Management
- Broad knowledge / ability to understand product profile and product lifecycle
- Experience with Data Management Tools (IQVIA / Global Data / Evaluate / IPD / etc.)
- Good Understanding of Data Analytics Tools (Pivot / Power BI / etc.)
Key Skills
- Portfolio & Project Management skills
- Pro MS Excel, Data Analytics, Power BI & Presentation skills
- Excellent Communication skills
- Assertiveness & Influencing skills
- Good communication and writing skills
Key Personality Traits:
- Business and channel understanding especially from Emerging Markets perspective
- Problem Solving Attitude
- Strategic Thinking & Analytical Frame of Mind
- Decision Making ability in line with business requirements
- Team Player / Collaborate and win together attitude
- Self-starter, able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Learning aptitude & adaptability
- Able to coordinate and collaborate with multiple functional teams across and beyond the organization / operating network