Manager - Launch Acceleration and Pipeline Portfolio

ROLE SUMMARY

Consultative partnership with the India commercial leadership team & new product launch squads on launch readiness, to identify challenges, determine potential solutions for ensuring on-time launches & become the overall custodian of the country’s portfolio strategy.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Portfolio Management:

  • Establish and drive ownership of portfolio evaluation process to map potential launch assets slated for next 18-60 months.

  • Collaborate with regulatory, medical, commercial, clinical operations and related functions within country as well as key above country launch excellence teams / stakeholders for a transparent and aligned view on launch go or no-go, launch prioritization & sequencing decisions

  • Assess Pfizer’s global pipeline and shortlist products relevant for India market, with a mid to long-term horizon. Provide insights and recommendations to the country leadership team for informed decision-making on launch prioritization

• New product launch (NPL) forum: Evolve the existing monthly NPL forum to:

  • Expedite launch timelines, leveraging cross functional inputs on opportunities, enablers, challenges and related considerations

  • Drive and track cross functional coordination and action on remediation of bottlenecks and issues identified through forum discussions

  • Highlighting the progress of new launches to India leadership team and escalate key bottlenecks and support calls from India Leadership team

  • Own and update launch readiness dashboard, to be presented on relevant forums, including monthly LT meetings

• Launch excellence & governance:

  • Leverage global resources and adopt global principles to develop & own robust launch governance protocols to cross functionally coordinate tactical launch planning activities

  • Adopt and customize DLPP and related tools specific to India market scenario as well as respective product / market landscape. Ensure standardized and consistent tracking of all launch activities through customized tools, referenced for all launch readiness discussions across various in-country and above country discussions.

  • Collaborate with the cross functional team members across domains (clin ops, regulatory, medical, access, marketing) to drive the launch readiness governance process & ensure successful launches across therapy areas.

  • As a project manager of the cross functional launch squads, proactively identify challenges / issues, provide guidance to the squad on the mitigation plan & ensure on-time completion of critical activities

• Collaboration with regional & global stakeholders: Represent India in the regional / global launch excellence forums, understand learnings, insights and best practices from various markets and leverage it for enhancing launch readiness for products in India

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-10 years of relevant experience

• Strong cross functional knowledge of Pharma product launch process including regulatory, clinical, medical, commercial, access, procurement and distribution considerations

• Strong business acumen across therapies within India Pharma Market, especially those relevant for Pfizer India from a future portfolio perspective

• Strong inter-disciplinary stakeholder driven project management and process governance capabilities

• Strong communication skills with ability to rally cross functional collaboration, perform appropriate issue escalations, presentation to Pfizer India Leadership team

• Track record of strong ownership and self-initiation.

• Ability to understand, synthesize and communicate clinical benefits from public health perspective.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Regulatory, clinical trials, medical, commercial, market access, pricing, procurement, distribution, compliance

• Accountability to Pfizer India leadership team  

  
Work Location Assignment: On Premise

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