AGM / DGM - Portfolio Management ( Emerging Markets )

Intas Pharmaceuticals; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Intas Pharmaceuticals in India invites a seasoned Portfolio Manager to lead EM product initiatives, drive lifecycle management, and partner with cross-functional teams. You will oversee ideation, filing readiness, and performance dashboards for senior leadership, ensuring alignment with regional strategies.

The role demands at least 8 years in pharma portfolio management, strong IP/regulatory understanding, data analytics proficiency (Power BI, IQVIA) and the ability to influence across

Job description

• Identify / Ideate, Align, & Nominate High-impact / High-value Products in TAs of Strategic Interest for EM
• EM Current TAs of Strategic Interest: Onco / Critical Care / IVF / Plasma / Biosimilars for PAN Markets; as well as CVS / Diabeto / CNS for selected markets
• Specialty Products / Gx / Complex Gx / Branded Gx / Biosimilars / Plasma Products / Innovative Products / Differentiated Products with Incremental Innovation / NDDS Platform Driven Products / etc.
• Drive Specialty Products & Biosimilars with rigor and end-to-end responsibility:
• Ideation, Selection, Nomination, Business Case preparation & time-to-time refresh, stake holder alignment, oversee filing, IP tracking, competitive intel, etc.
• Working closely with Marketing & Country Teams
• Prepare & Present progress to Senior Leadership through dashboards
• Flag risk and propose risk-mitigation plans
• Product Life Cycle Management to ensure commercial success
• Work Closely with Commercial Teams and other CFTs – from ideation through execution
• Leverage US/EU Pipeline, in-alignment with EM requirements and Therapy Area focus
• Prepare Portfolio Gap Analysis and bridging plan, support make vs buy decisions to bring product alive
• Benchmarking Portfolio globally with key Gx and Specialty Cos. in Therapy Area of strategic focus, highlight any back-end and/or front-end capabilities built to support product driven growth aspirations
• Propose New Therapy Area / New Growth Area / New Technology Platform / etc. to make EM organization future growth ready
• Prepare, Update, and Manage country wise Portfolio Trackers, Filing Grid, MIS, and Dashboards with complete ownership
• Propose scalable digital tool / solution and drive adoption to support portfolio requirements

Management Reviews and Reporting

• Organize and drive monthly update to Senior Leadership - MRM, QRM
• Organize and drive monthly update to Countries on progress in close co-ordination with CFTs
• Leverage existing knowledge management systems and ensure availability of information to all stakeholders at any point of time

Portfolio SPOC for Country & HO Stakeholders

• Work seamlessly with CFTs to ensure product and commercial success (CFTs: R&D, IP, Medical, Marketing, RA, Country Teams, Commercial Heads, Mfg., CQA, External Consultants, etc.)
• Preparation of Annual EM Portfolio Budget, Filing Grid, Plan Vs. Actual, etc.
• Work with Internal stakeholders to ensure all details required for Portfolio Management

Educational & Experience:

• Work Ex.: at-least 8 Years in Pharma Portfolio Management in relevant geography
• Education: Pharmacy / Science Grad.; MBA is an advantage
• 360O Understanding of Pharmaceutical Product Development, coupled with good understanding of IP & Regulatory for key Emerging Markets
• Fair understanding of Business & Channel nuances for key countries with-in EM (Brazil, Mexico, Rest of LATAM, ANZ, SEA, SA, Rest of Africa)
• Must have working knowledge of Specialty Products, Biosimilars, Complex Gx, Innovative Products and Gx Portfolio Management
• Broad knowledge / ability to understand product profile and product lifecycle
• Experience with Data Management Tools (IQVIA / Global Data / Evaluate / IPD / etc.)
• Good Understanding of Data Analytics Tools (Pivot / Power BI / etc.)

Key Skills

• Assertiveness & Influencing skills
• Good communication and writing skills

Key Personality Traits:

• Business and channel understanding especially from Emerging Markets perspective
• Problem Solving Attitude
• Strategic Thinking & Analytical Frame of Mind
• Decision Making ability in line with business requirements
• Team Player / Collaborate and win together attitude
• Self-starter, able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Learning aptitude & adaptability
• Able to coordinate and collaborate with multiple functional teams across and beyond the organization / operating network