Group Product Manager - Acute Therapy - Pharma

Our client reputed MNC Pharma is looking to hire for their Mumbai office two Heads of Products Group in Acute Therapy

Job Description

Position / Designation - Group Product Manager

(2 positions)

Desirable qualifications:

- Graduate in Science / Pharmacy.

- MBA/PGDBA in Sales and Marketing

Experience (minimum):

- Pharmaceutical product Management experience of 4 years (preferably in MNC) as Senior Brand Manager

- Additional exposure of sales preferred

- Exposure to managing Key Accounts / dealing with Key Opinion Leaders

- Acute Therapy Experience is mandatory

Critical attributes / qualities:

- Strategic thinking

- Analytical skills

- Learning attitude

- Functional & Technical Knowledge on therapy areas owned and other therapies in the division.

- Excellent Communication Skills.

- Cross functional co-ordination.

- Demonstrates creativity, innovation and drive for results.

- Ability to influence, lead and develop team.

- Problem solving and decision making skills

- Time management and multi tasking skills

- Planning and organizing skills for short term and long term.

Brief Job Description:

- Achieve top-line, market share and bottom-line targets for the brands assigned

- Analyze market conditions and forecast sales and market share.

- Independently handle brand management responsibility for allocated brands.

- Monitor ROI on brand strategies.

- Monitor competitor activities.

- Undertake feasibility analysis/ market research for new opportunities.

- Conduct research to analyze customer behavior and design strategies accordingly.

- Evaluate opportunities to increase PC for the brands.

- Develop and implement marketing strategies for brands owned to achieve desired goals.

- Effectively sell the strategies to internal customers and ensure effective implementation of designed strategies

- Ensure quality and timely delivery of inputs to field force.

- Maintain advertising budgets within targets.

- Undertake fieldwork to capture insights.

- Effective coordination with other functional areas within organization e.g. Medical, Training, Promo team, Supply Chain, Finance etc.

- Conduct CSM and other sales meetings

- Divisional initiatives which are of significant impact to the business / orgn. (for eg: revamping the specialty coverage, cross-functional projects, etc.)

- Buddy to new brand managers in the team

- Mentor / guide to management trainees in the team

Reporting: Marketing Head