Brand Manager

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Riyadh
In-Office
Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role

Job Description Summary

Development, implementation and accountability for operational plans which optimise profitability, market share and revenue growth for a Kesimpta® in the short and long term.


 

Job Description

Major Accountabilities:
•    Proactive development of marketing and promotional mix to meet brand objectives and customer needs.
•    Monitor business performance and external environment via appropriate tools to deliver corrective action as required to meet business objectives.
•    Liaison with external agencies to deliver initiatives for Kesimpta®
•    Accurate management of budgets for Kesimpta®.
•    Creates and delivers operational plans appropriate to life cycle of brand to optimise return for Novartis.
•    Delivery of sales targets
•    Full accountability for brand and delivery of all programmers related to it.
•    Understanding and use of marketing principles and C4 process to deliver to customer needs
•    Multiple Sclerosis disease and market understanding to develop customer insights through appropriate techniques/tools
•    Support and Build team to achieve team goals
•    Management of external agencies to meet team goals
•    Acts as Kesimpta® brand champion to create enthusiasm and focus internally and with external customers and agencies.

Key performance indicators/ Measures of success  
•    Manage and optimize relationships with all relevant external agencies and patient (and other) groups through development of effective relationships.
•    Full financial accountability of advertising and promotion budgets 
•    Full understanding and use of key market research approaches and giving recommendations and acting on results that create positive business outcome.
•    Deliver 90% of operational plan, on time and to a high standard.
•    Manage all components of a Kesimpta® components as priority brand.
•    Build and develop strategic forecasting from a robust patient model.
•    Launch a line extension, new campaign, commercial program, and/or generic defense.

Job Dimensions: 

  •     Number of Employees: 0
  •     Financial responsibility: Contributes to overall sales target
  •     Impact on the organization:   Medium - High

    Ideal Background:  

  •     Education:  University degree or equivalent in Science, Marketing or Business qualification.
  •     Experience:  At least 3-5 years field sales experience or related marketing services experience and brand management experience.
  •     Languages:  Fluent in English and Arabic.
     


 

Skills Desired

Agility, Asset Management, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Orientation, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Influencing Skills, Marketing Strategy, Negotiation Skills, Operational Excellence, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Partnerships

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The Company
HQ: Basel
110,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.

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