ROLE SUMMARY
Consultative partnership with the India commercial leadership team & new product launch squads on launch readiness, to identify challenges, determine potential solutions for ensuring on-time launches & become the overall custodian of the country's portfolio strategy.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Portfolio Management:
- Establish and drive ownership of portfolio evaluation process to map potential launch assets slated for next 18-60 months.
- Collaborate with regulatory, medical, commercial, clinical operations and related functions within country as well as key above country launch excellence teams / stakeholders for a transparent and aligned view on launch go or no-go, launch prioritization & sequencing decisions
- Assess Pfizer's global pipeline and shortlist products relevant for India market, with a mid to long-term horizon. Provide insights and recommendations to the country leadership team for informed decision-making on launch prioritization
- New product launch (NPL) forum: Evolve the existing monthly NPL forum to:
- Expedite launch timelines, leveraging cross functional inputs on opportunities, enablers, challenges and related considerations
- Drive and track cross functional coordination and action on remediation of bottlenecks and issues identified through forum discussions
- Highlighting the progress of new launches to India leadership team and escalate key bottlenecks and support calls from India Leadership team
- Own and update launch readiness dashboard, to be presented on relevant forums, including monthly LT meetings
- Launch excellence & governance:
- Leverage global resources and adopt global principles to develop & own robust launch governance protocols to cross functionally coordinate tactical launch planning activities
- Adopt and customize DLPP and related tools specific to India market scenario as well as respective product / market landscape. Ensure standardized and consistent tracking of all launch activities through customized tools, referenced for all launch readiness discussions across various in-country and above country discussions.
- Collaborate with the cross functional team members across domains (clin ops, regulatory, medical, access, marketing) to drive the launch readiness governance process & ensure successful launches across therapy areas.
- As a project manager of the cross functional launch squads, proactively identify challenges / issues, provide guidance to the squad on the mitigation plan & ensure on-time completion of critical activities
- Collaboration with regional & global stakeholders: Represent India in the regional / global launch excellence forums, understand learnings, insights and best practices from various markets and leverage it for enhancing launch readiness for products in India
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5-10 years of relevant experience
- Strong cross functional knowledge of Pharma product launch process including regulatory, clinical, medical, commercial, access, procurement and distribution considerations
- Strong business acumen across therapies within India Pharma Market, especially those relevant for Pfizer India from a future portfolio perspective
- Strong inter-disciplinary stakeholder driven project management and process governance capabilities
- Strong communication skills with ability to rally cross functional collaboration, perform appropriate issue escalations, presentation to Pfizer India Leadership team
- Track record of strong ownership and self-initiation.
- Ability to understand, synthesize and communicate clinical benefits from public health perspective.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
- Regulatory, clinical trials, medical, commercial, market access, pricing, procurement, distribution, compliance
- Accountability to Pfizer India leadership team
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
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