Regional Launch Director SIR

IN04 (FCRS = IN004) Sandoz Private Limited; Telangana; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz Private Limited in Telangana, India, seeks a Regional Launch Director to maximize the value of launches by leading end-to-end planning and cross-functional execution. You will shape strategic regional launch plans, align marketing mix with operational plans, and ensure launch readiness across commercial teams and platforms.

The role demands at least 5 years in pharma (GLP-1 or Biosimilars), strong leadership, and a proven ability to manage cross-functional teams while delivering results

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Strategic Marketing

Cross-Functional Collaboration

People Management

Go-To-Market Strategy

Job description

Job Description Summary -Job Description 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.

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.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• 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.

Skills Desired

Agility, Brand Awareness, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Insights, Data Strategy, Digital Marketing, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, People Management, Product Marketing, Product Roadmap, Return on Investment (ROI), Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing

Our Purpose

Our Purpose here at Sandoz is pioneering access for patients. As the global leader in 'off-patent' high quality medicines, we are able to make medicine more affordable and accessible. Our broad global portfolio comprises of approximately 1,300 quality biosimilar and generic medicines, enabling us to provide more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries per year, and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more! Powered by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for dedication and skills, experience a flexible, collaborative & inclusive culture where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is nurtured!