Product Manager, Vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

This role at a leading biopharma company is a great opportunity for those with a competitive nature and a strategic mindset in pharmaceutical marketing. The role emphasizes leading commercial activities within the Vaccines Business Unit, necessitating strong analytical skills and the ability to manage projects effectively in a fast-paced, changeable environment.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Opportunities for professional growth

Competitive salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of commercial experience.
• Experience of working in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Self-motivated, accountable, passionate, committed, invested in the business.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial activities and tactics in the private market.
• Support strategic & operational plan development with key internal stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver omnichannel promotional tactics and tools.
• Measure and track performance of key tactics and optimize plans.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science, Health Sciences or Business

Job description

Posted Date : Jul 16 2025

Job Purpose :

This is a great opportunity to join the Vaccines Business Unit and being a key contributor in helping protect Canadian patients. The incumbent will lead commercial activities and tactics in the private market. This individual will report to the Marketing Manager and play a key role in leading the cross-functional team to success. If you have a competitive nature, strategic mindset with pharmaceutical marketing experience, this role is for you!

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

• Demonstrate strong team, communication, contribution & collaboration capabilities
• Support strategic & operational plan development and execution with key internal brand cross-functional stakeholders
• Display an innovative and agile approach to strategic operational implementation against brand key performance indicators
• Lead operationalization of commercial projects / programs in collaboration with Marketing team & internal cross-functional and external partners (sales, agency partners, GSK marketing, operations and PAAB)
• Lead the development and delivery of omnichannel promotional tactics and tools
• Work closely with training partners and sales team to ensure alignment on brand positioning, plan of action, business strategy, customer segmentation and messaging to achieve brand objectives
• Measure and track performance of key tactics and rapidly evolve content, channels, and promotional mix to drive performance and optimize strategic and operational plans
• Lead teams to develop solutions to meet brand strategic objectives based on HCP insight and data
• Provide ongoing analysis and identification of market dynamics that have potential to impact business and contribute to opportunity or mitigation planning and implementation
• Manage A&P budget to ensure annual brand spends are tracked and on target
• Collaborate internally across brands and BU to share best practices to optimize brand and organizational success
• Develop effective working relationship with Global counterparts to ensure local alignment to Global strategies and plans, share best practices and continuously seek to learn and improve local business plans.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding and application of GSK code / values

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals :

• Bachelor’s degree in science, Health Sciences or Business
• 3-5 years of commercial experience.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
• Self-motivated, accountable, passionate, committed, invested in the business.
• The ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment with the need to manage constant change.
• Thinks ahead to be ready for change, re-plans quickly, deals with high levels of ambiguity.
• Ability to lead without authority, motivate & influence peers and others.
• Strength in challenging both self and the status quo.
• Ability to build relationships quickly and credibly and effectively work and contribute to a team-based environment.
• Experience of working within a complex, matrixed environment.
• Excellent communication, customer engagement skills and presentation skills.
• Skills in tracking the return on investment of various projects / initiatives (ROI).
• Demonstrated time & project management skills.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance training.
• Experience working with third party vendors and agreements.
• This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at our office

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of pharmaceutical sales experience.
• 2+ years of pharmaceutical marketing experience.
• Experience in vaccines

LI-GSK

Job posting end date : July 26th, 2025

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory / immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at [e-mail] .Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.

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