Regional Launch Director SIR

Sandoz India; Telangana; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz India is seeking a Regional Launch Director to lead end-to-end regional launch readiness, working with Commercial teams and Platforms to optimize sales, market share, and revenue growth. You will oversee cross-functional collaboration, ROI assessments, and strategic execution to ensure successful product launches in the region.

The role requires strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a focus on compliant, timely delivery across functions to maximize

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in pharmaceutical industry, GLP-1 or Biosimilar field.
• Sales/commercial leadership mindset and track record.
• Strong project management experience in cross-functional environments.
• Hands-on approach with business acumen and strategic thinking.
• Proven ability to lead matrix teams and drive alignment across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of regional launch readiness and E2E plans.
• Monitor launch performance and competitive environment; adjust plans as needed.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Platforms, Development, Regulatory, Supply Chain for readiness and ROI.
• Coordinate with regional teams to ensure alignment with global launch strategy.

Skills

Sales leadership

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication & relationship mgmt

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Job description

Position Purpose

As Regional Launch Director, you'll be accountable for maximizing the value of the launch, leading development and execution of E2E plan through cross functional collaboration. Contributes to the development and execution of the strategic regional launch plan, tactical program development and implementation including marketing mix and operational plans that optimize sales, market share and revenue growth in the short and long term. Commercial launch readiness is achieved through close collaboration with Commercial teams in market, and with close collaboration and support from Platforms, Development, BD, Regulatory, IP/Legal, STO and ESO.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Proactively lead the development and implementation of strategic regional launch readiness.
• Monitor the launch performance, competitive environment to quickly identify plan changes.
• Manage ROI assessments of tactical programs & through collaboration with Commercial Leadership, develop and execute action plans to address competitive threats and/ or exogenous market events, maximizing pipeline value.
• Engage with other functional teams to ensure operational launch readiness of Region SIR launches and ensure E2E coordination to maximize commercial opportunities.
• Collaborate with Platforms on critical issues related to market commercialization, aligning as appropriate to their global product launch strategy.
• Together with Supply Chain and Platforms, drive decisions for regional product allocations if needed, at-risk manufacturing and API purchases to optimize upsides and mitigate risk.
• Provide leadership to the market team and extended functional launch team members including coaching, advising, and developing team members
• Ensure compliance with Sandoz policies and procedures and full integration into the Sandoz culture and support resources
• Perform other duties as required by the Region from time to time.

Essential Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:

• A minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in the GLP-1 or Biosimilar field
• Sales/commercial leadership and mindset
• Sound Project Management experience (min 5 years)
• Hands‑on approach combined with business acumen, strategic thinking, and pragmatism
• Experience in managing/leading cross-functional matrix teams
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Stakeholder engagement with respect for different cultures and diverse groups.

Why Sandoz?

Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more, so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of access to good healthcare.

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.