Senior Product Manager - Immunology

at  Johnson Johnson

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for Senior Product Manager - Immunology to be located in Dubai, UAE .

SUMMARY OF THE JOB:

The Immunology Senior Product Manager for Gulf countries will develop marketing programs, Identifies, and delineates market conditions for future programs to expand sales and profitability.
Administers and ensures assistance to sales staff through the provision of research, creation and enhancement of sales support and presentation materials, oversees the arranging of trade shows and conferences (attending when necessary), and maintaining data on appropriate market conditions. Evaluate the effectiveness of the company’s sales and marketing programs.
Recommends and implements changes and improvements for future programs to expand sales and profitability.
Analyzes, and interprets market conditions in existing and potential markets, makes recommendations to management. Explores new ways to promote existing products and provides input on existing product modifications. Oversees’ product development feasibility projects: assessing feasibility of proposed new products, research correct market and competitor information, plans effective introduction to market, preparing new product sales support and presentation materials, etc. Reviews and evaluates market research and test market activities and creates reports utilizing the data. Facilitates the administration of surveys, interprets survey data and creates detailed reports.

REQUIREMENTS

• Life Sciences or business-related bachelor’s degree. (MBA is desirable).
• Due to the nature of the role, an Experience in Gastro/Immunology will be considered as an advantage.
• Fluency in English language is required.
• Minimum 3 years in marketing position in a Multinational Pharmaceutical company and prior Experience in Sales is required.
• Preferably Gulf experience.
• Travel within the Gulf required and from time to time in the EMEA region, approximately 20% - 30%.

TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED

• Strategic thinking, creative/out of the box thinking & solutions oriented.
• Excellent Organization and planning skills.
• Ability to work within highly matrix environments, cross functional & multicultural teams.
• Highly productive, action/result oriented and ability to work under pressure.
• Strong presentation & analytical skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strategic Mindset with high level of customer orientation.
• Ability to inspire the field force with performance driven track record.
• Agility and Resilience.
• Experience in digital platforms.

CORE SKILLS:

• STORYTELLER - Delivering inspirational and memorable stories that motivate people to act.
• EXPLORER - Being relentlessly curious about our customers and the healthcare landscape to drive better business with Operational Excellence and sense of urgency.
• DISTILLER - Synthesizing and translating data and information, to extract and apply powerful insights into effective strategies.
• VALUE CREATOR - Developing differentiated solutions to improve stakeholder outcomes with Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial mindset.
• PREDICTOR - Shaping the bigger picture and developing strategies to win the future with customer centricity mindset.
• DISRUPTOR - Taking bold leaps forward to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
• ORCHESTRATOR - Knowing, prioritizing, and applying the right mix of business levers to win today Compliant, accountable mindset with the Ability to effectively manage and execute complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• COLLABORATOR - Building trusted internal and external partnerships to create business impact in a multi-cultural, cross countries, Matrix networks environment with and without authority along with proven People leadership skills in development, Inclusion and coaching.

1. Supports the Immunology Business Unit in developing the brand strategy ensuring alignment to EMEA branding /positioning and adapting it according to the bread team priorities:

• Gets deep customer and market insights through market research to optimize brand positioning, identify leverage points, customer segmentation and profiling, customers’ preferred channels mix and customers’ needs.
• Leading the process of long-range financial plan development, supporting business planning process and budget allocation across the Gulf countries.
• Contributes to the development of market access strategies due to own understanding of the importance of Health economic analysis into life cycle plans, brand strategy and pricing & reimbursement strategies.