Brand and Customer Manager - Oncology

Job Description

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 making extensive medical education to support implementation of new treatment paradigms and collaborating with HCPs governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them.

Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and strategic BCM (Brand and Customer Manager) to join our Oncology Marketing team. This newly created role will focus on pan-tumor initiatives supporting cross-indication strategy and execution. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating a comprehensive pan-tumor strategy and leading projects that span multiple tumor types with a strong emphasis on innovation differentiation and value communication to leverage our Oncology brands for better outcomes and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulation Strategy:
  Develop and implement marketing strategies that address pan-tumor needs ensuring alignment across indications and functions.

• Cross-Tumor Leadership:
  Lead initiatives related to new product formulations collaborating with cross-functional teams to support lifecycle management and innovation. Taking a holistic cross-sectional approach within the oncology business to identify interdisciplinary needs issues and opportunities (such as MDT optimization) and challenges formulating strategic plans and spearheading their execution.

• Competitive Strategy:
  Monitor the cross-indication competitive landscape and develop proactive strategies to address current and emerging threats across indications.

• Value Demonstration:
  Partner with medical access and HEOR teams to articulate the brands value proposition across indications supporting internal and external communications.

• Project Management:
  Drive execution of non-indication-specific projects including congress planning promotional material development and strategic marketing initiatives. Lead the engagement with cross-tumor stakeholders including pathologists nurses radiotherapists and other non-indication-specific sectors and segments.

• Differentiation Planning:
  Identify and execute strategies to differentiate the brand in a competitive oncology environment.

• Stakeholder Collaboration:
  Work closely with internal stakeholders (medical regulatory access sales etc.) and external partners to ensure cohesive and impactful execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in life sciences marketing or a related field; advanced degree (MBA MSc PharmD) - Advantage

• Minimum 2 years of experience in pharmaceutical marketing preferably in oncology

• Demonstrated experience in cross-functional project leadership and strategic planning

• Demonstrates exceptional teamwork and collaboration skills with the ability to effectively engage and work alongside diverse individuals across various teams and organizational levels.

• Strong analytical communication storytelling and organizational skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced matrixed environment

• High level of English written and spoken

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