Product Manager (Contract)

Job Description

About the job Product Manager (Contract)Nathan & Nathan HR is a leading HR and Employee Outsourcing Provider across GCC.?A multinational Pharmaceutical company is looking to hire an experienced Product Manager to coordinate projects with external agencies, including advertising, public relations and medical education vendors on the development of programs, presentations and promotional material. This would be a 1 year extendable contract. The successful candidate will demonstrate an intellectual curiosity about the business landscape with a working knowledge and experience with pharmaceutical markets and customers. He / she must also be able to develop skills and knowledge of how to build and leverage a product development program.Required Experience and Education:

• 4 years of Product Management experience within Pharmaceutical markets; preferably with an MNC.
• Experience handling Middle Eastern Markets is mandatory.
• A Bachelor?s degree in marketing or related fields required
• Specialty/Oncology knowledge is highly preferred

Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated understanding and experience with sales promotion and/or selling techniques
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the development and writing of business plans is required
• Must be proficient in MS Office, quantitative analysis and forecasting tools
• Must have demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple projects/priorities
• Must have strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Proven analytical skills is required
• Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills required
• Understanding of the health care system and its influence on the pharmaceutical business and products preferred

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinates outside vendor contracts and works to support product sales
• Maintains sound business relationships with all identified key customers/influencers
• Leads and implements support programs at the field, Community or Key Opinion Leader (KOL) level
• Liaises effectively with the key client groups including field sales, Key Opinion Leaders and key Community Liaisons to ensure correct dissemination of the company?s product messages
• Provides support for team on tactic development and implementation
• Supports area of specialty on Promotion Review Committee (PRC) to ensure proposed tactics are reviewed and signed off in alignment with the companys policies
• Leads and implements internal communications plan related to products or marketing strategies
• Assists in development of branding, messaging and positioning marketing for product within an area of focus (Promotions, Opinion Leader Program, etc.)
• Analyzes moderately complex problems and situations, provides logical recommendations and leads any required action planning
• Proposes priorities in circumstances of continued complexity and conflicting requirements
• Assist in development of non-routine plan of action or may independently develop routine plan of action
• Interfaces with market research to ensure market and competitive learning is translated to the brand team
• Ensures all marketing activities are in compliance with regulatory and legal requirements

Key Contributions

• As an individual contributor, you will be responsible for executing Marketing goals and objectives
• May have ownership of a particular brand including the day-to-day management of materials, messaging, and budget adherence
• You will use defined templates and be responsible for developing, revising or refreshing data for visual aids and promotional material.
• Coordinate with vendors involved in development of medical education presentations and for obtaining legal and medical review of content
• May make recommendations to more senior members of the Marketing team on new types of collateral materials or promotional programs and participate in the development of guidelines for external vendors
• Understand the difference between various types of market research and know how to interpret the results

Marketing Operations

• Responsible for updating and maintaining data for the systems that support Sales and Distribution.
• Able to communicate system related capabilities or limitations in a clear and concise manner to non-systems professionals
• Compiles data used by more senior members of Marketing Operations for analysis of system performance

Promotions

• Assists product management team with the implementation of product strategy and brand planning
• Makes recommendations for promotional budgets and local product development budgets
• At the affiliate level may have overall responsibility for brand tactics under guidance of Marketing Director

Opinion Leader Program

• Works with external speakers on training materials and may participate in the development of slides with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL)
• Conducts Speaker Bureau management on multiple levels including field force, vendor and internal partnerships (Sales Ops)
• Provides training opportunities for speakers
• Manages the marketing budget and project timelines
• May manage agency relationships to develop promotional materials
• Leads and implements internal communications plan

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