Product Manager - Oncology

Merck; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Product Manager for Oncology to drive brand performance in the Malaysia market. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in life sciences and 2-3 years of product management experience in Oncology, along with strong digital marketing skills. This role involves strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, and innovative marketing initiatives to improve cancer patient accessibility to medicine.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of product management experience in Oncology.
• Strong digital marketing experience is highly recommended.
• Prior experience in sales or a diagnostic background in Oncology is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of growth plans and strategies.
• Drive brand/franchise performance for successful market penetration.
• Create business proposals, budget plans, and forecasting models.

Skills

Entrepreneurial spirit

Strategic mindset

Interpersonal skills

Digital marketing experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life science, biomedical science, or pharmacy

Job description

Job Description

PRODUCT MANAGER – ONCOLOGY

Your opportunity to join a multi-award-winning leading biopharmaceutical company and be part of the best in class marketing team

• Bring your entrepreneurial curiosity and learning spirit into a career of purpose and personal growth
• You will engage with key stakeholders and commercial leaders, providing critical insights to help shape the best business outcome, aligned with overall business objectives and in line with operational requirements

Our Oncology team is dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking individuals achieve this through an unwavering commitment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them.

The Oncology Product Manager (PM) will lead the development of growth plans and tactics, engage in activities such as Brand and Diagnostic Strategy, Strategic, Operational Planning and Execution. You will cover the Malaysia market and will work collaboratively with cross-functional partners in Singapore, Malaysia and the regional team to deliver assigned marketing portfolio.

What you will do?

• Work on strategic planning to drive brand/franchise performance to ensure successful market penetration and leadership while developing programs to maximize field selling efforts.
• Create business proposals and budget plan including forecasting model for management review and approval.
• Develop and plan resource allocation effectively to address changing market dynamic and conceive innovative marketing programs including digital initiatives.
• Formulate, direct and coordinate all customer segment marketing activities and tactics to launch and promote brand/franchise with strong cross functional team and agencies partnerships.
• Appropriately challenge the status quo to re-evaluate and validate brand strategy or positioning within a franchise to optimize competitive position in short and long term.
• Create and enhance relationships, internally and externally, that contribute towards establishing the brand/franchise (key customers, thought leaders, associations and industry players) and implement effective KOL strategy.
• Manage brand budget efficiently, develop promotional program/materials timely that enables effective delivery of marketing messages, support CMEs and conduct product trainings to field-force.
• Identify opportunities to exceed current objectives and plans to re-allocate existing or additional resources resulting in improved ROI.
• Involved in training, supervising and guiding talents to ensure timely delivery of assigned short-term projects and tasks.

What you should have?

• A bachelor’s degree in life science, biomedical science or pharmacy with a minimum of 2-3 years of product management experience in Oncology.
• A strong digital marketing experience is highly recommended.
• Added advantage if you have prior experience in sales or possess diagnostic background in Oncology.
• Strong strategic mindset, proven project management skills and great interpersonal skills.
• Positive attitude and customer focus with attention to details and an eye for quality will aid in your success in this business-critical role.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.