Intas Pharmaceuticals

The Corporate Institute; Ahmedabad; Remote; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in India is seeking an experienced Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets to drive an end-to-end product portfolio strategy across high-potential TAs such as Onco, Critical Care and Biosimilars. You will own lifecycle management, market intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration with Marketing, RA, R&D and country teams.

The role requires strong data analytics, dashboarding, and risk management capabilities, with emphasis on cross-market alignment and strategic

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio and project management capabilities.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI and data analytics for decision support.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence across cross-functional teams.
• Strong written communication and reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define, Align & Execute EM Specific Product Portfolio Strategy.
• 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.
• Drive Specialty Products & Biosimilars with rigor and end-to-end responsibility: Ideation, Selection, Nomination, Business Case preparation & refresh, stakeholder alignment, oversee filing, IP tracking, competitive intel, etc.
• Work 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.
• Benchmark 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 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.

Skills

Portfolio management

MS Excel

Power BI

Data analytics

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Written communication

Education

Pharmacy/Science Grad

MBA preferred

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, Align & Execute EM Specific Product Portfolio Strategy.
• 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.
• Drive Specialty Products & Biosimilars with rigor and end-to-end responsibility: Ideation, Selection, Nomination, Business Case preparation & time-to-time refresh, stakeholder alignment, oversee filing, IP tracking, competitive intel, etc.
• Work 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.
• Benchmark 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 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.).

Portfolio & Project Management Activities:

• 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 within 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:

• Portfolio & Project Management skills.
• Pro MS Excel, Data Analytics, Power BI & Presentation skills.
• Excellent Communication 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.