Job Description

A global generic pharmaceutical company is seeking a Brand Manager to assume the end-to-end responsibility for the successful launch and commercialization of a new medical device within the South African market from a scientific and marketing perspective.

Responsibilities:

• Project and product leader for the Medical Device and coordinates all cross-functional efforts to successfully deliver on the commercial launch and growth strategy
• Funders- engages with funders to secure reimbursement for product
• Key external experts - scientific data generation and dissemination
• Scientific societies - identify and leverage opportunities to partner with scientific societies to increase share of voice of the company within scientific community
• Key Accounts - Regularly engages with key accounts to ensure fulfilment of prescriptions and optimal customer care.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of medical devices regulations in South Africa
• Knowledge of new launch process
• Knowledge of funding landscape in South Africa
• Key Account Management
• Behavioral dimensions required
• Demonstrate personal purpose in improving the patient journey, as well as a strong passion to bring value and impact to the healthcare ecosystem.
• System thinking abilities to oversee patient journeys in their entirety and leverage shared purposes of stakeholders to co-create solutions within the ecosystem.
• A true visionary, defining and embedding the strategy around creating better health outcomes for more patients faster, bringing a strong entrepreneurial mentality with outstanding partnering capabilities (coaching, consulting, ability to deeply listen, question and understand).
• Aspirational growth mindset: Ability to take calculated risks which will results in improved brand performance and growth, to ensure the product grows to its full potential.
• Demonstrate agility in work and comfortable to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment with a great deal of ambiguity.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team - across different departments and also cross-culturally. Can assume both a leadership role within the team as well as a more operationally focused role.
• Takes initiative and is known to be a self-starter. Comfortable with self-guided learning.

Qualification and experience:

• MSc or PhD in Medical Sciences
• At least 3 yearsxe2x80x99 experience in a marketing or medical affairs role within pharma or prescription-based medical devices
• Advanced data analytics capabilities will be an advantage
• Clinical research experience will be an advantage
• Qualification or experience in complex project management - required
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience with patient journey mapping
• Experience in launching innovative assets
• Willingness to travel 20% of time

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com

Should you receive no feedback within 7 days, please accept your application as unsuccessful.

MNA Recruitment