Manager - Business Development & In-Licensing - Pharmaceutical

Discipline - Sales

Subsector - Healthcare & Pharmaceutical

Location - Mumbai

About our Client: Our client is a large India pharmaceutical giant and employ over 10,000 employees in the India market. With strong growth plans, they are looking to hire their Head of In-Licensing.

Job Description: Reporting to the VP Business Development, the key responsibilities would be :

- Conceptualize and develop new products and services - organically or via partnerships and acquisitions

- Creating new opportunities for growing the business, organically and inorganically through in - licensing

- Building comprehensive business case for selected technologies/ product opportunities including an overview of all development/ launch activities Assisting the global new product team in identifying / evaluating new drug / biological targets from a marketing perspective (NPV analysis etc)

- Taking ownership of existing portfolio of new businesses, making recommendations on which ones have the most upside, developing the supporting business plans, and most importantly, executing to get them to market

- Overseeing sales force effectiveness and liaising with recognized industry thought leaders to develop a best-in-class sales excellence strategy

- Driving and securing significant productivity improvements and optimizing resource allocation through regular sales structure reviews in close collaboration with sales management

- In conjunction with product management identify new applications for existing product lines -drive the internal growth of the company

The Successful Candidate:

- You will come with at least 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, out of which at least 4 years should be have a Strong exposure in in-licensing and business development.

- You will be up to date with industry and competitor activities and will have a thorough understanding of regulatory requirements.

- A strong collaboration and networking with industry KOLs and business thought leaders is essential. Astute business acumen, including strategic financial planning and Ability to guide team's efforts and energies in suitable projects and initiatives will be desired.

What's on Offer :

- Excellent opportunity to lead the business development and in licensing function for a leading pharmaceutical giant.

- Opportunity to work with and influence senior stakeholders is an integral part of the role. Market leading compensation and performance driven bonus is on offer for the right candidate.

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