Strategic Business Manager - SEA Markets (Pharma)

BusinessTrends; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

BusinessTrends is seeking a decisive Business Manager to support a leading global biopharmaceutical company’s commercial activities across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The role blends strategic planning, analytics, pricing, and distributor governance to drive growth in Emerging Markets.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years in pharma/healthcare, strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, and experience with regional or distributor markets.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.
• Strong experience in commercial operations, commercial excellence, business planning, analytics, pricing, forecasting, or marketing.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience working with regional teams or distributor markets is advantageous.

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

Analytical skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

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

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

BusinessTrends is seeking a decisive Business Manager to support a leading global biopharmaceutical company’s commercial activities across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The role blends strategic planning, analytics, pricing, and distributor governance to drive growth in Emerging Markets.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years in pharma/healthcare, strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, and experience with regional or distributor markets.