Business Manager

Business Trends Academy; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Business Trends Academy in the Philippines seeks a Business Manager to support a leading global biopharmaceutical company's commercial business across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The role involves strategic planning, analytics, pricing, forecasting, distributor governance, and regional projects.

You will work with emerging markets, gaining exposure to regional teams and cross-functional initiatives that drive portfolio growth and commercial performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.
• Experience in commercial operations, commercial excellence, business planning, analytics, pricing, forecasting, or marketing.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience working with regional teams or distributor markets, Southeast Asia is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, project management, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support annual brand planning, long-range planning, forecasting, and business reviews.
• Develop commercial dashboards, KPI reports, sales trackers, and performance analyses.
• Build business cases for product launches, portfolio expansion, and other commercial opportunities.
• Support pricing strategy, pricing approvals, tender evaluations, and market/reimbursement analysis.
• Coordinate distributor governance, monitor KPIs and contractual commitments, and support performance improvement.
• Support distributor agreements, amendments, renewals, and related governance.
• Lead or coordinate cross-functional commercial initiatives across multiple markets.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Economics/Life Sciences or related field

Job description

Business Manager - Commercial Excellence | Pharma/Healthcare

We are looking for a Business Manager to support a leading global biopharmaceutical company's commercial business across the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

This is a strategic and highly collaborative role supporting the Emerging Markets, with exposure across commercial planning, business analytics, pricing, forecasting, distributor management, and regional projects.

What you'll do

• Support annual brand planning, long-range planning, forecasting, and business reviews
• Develop commercial dashboards, KPI reports, sales trackers, and performance analyses
• Build business cases for product launches, portfolio expansion, and other commercial opportunities
• Support pricing strategy, pricing approvals, tender evaluations, and market/reimbursement analysis
• Coordinate distributor governance, monitor KPIs and contractual commitments, and support performance improvement
• Support distributor agreements, amendments, renewals, and related governance
• Lead or coordinate cross-functional commercial initiatives across multiple markets

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Life Sciences, or a related field
• 5-8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare
• Strong experience in commercial operations, commercial excellence, business planning, analytics, pricing, forecasting, or marketing
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience working with regional teams or distributor markets, particularly Southeast Asia, is an advantage
• Strong analytical, project management, stakeholder management, and communication skills

Why this role?

You’ll work closely with senior commercial leadership and gain regional exposure across four markets, supporting strategic decisions that directly contribute to business performance and portfolio growth.