The Product Senior Manager acts as an overall champion for assigned brands, ensuring alignment with the company’s objectives and strategy. Responsible for managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities. This includes developing new products and line extensions, defining brand vision, creating strategic plans, developing marketing plans, managing budgets, and working closely with internal and external parties to achieve goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the OTC Marketing Director to determine long-term directions and strategies for assigned brands.
- Define brand vision, positioning statements, and create strategies to support the vision.
- Develop strong marketing plans to achieve sales, profit, and marketing objectives.
- Execute marketing programs flawlessly and timely; monitor and evaluate program results against planned objectives, and recommend and implement contingency plans as needed.
- Develop advertising, media, and project briefs; work closely with agencies to create and improve advertising campaigns and marketing communications.
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of key business data and apply an understanding of relevant internal and external data trends to the planning process.
- Manage and monitor the brand’s P&L and A&P budget to prevent over/under spending; understand how brand profitability impacts category and total company portfolio, and provide input and recommendations for brand productivity and P&L improvements.
- Lead and manage new product development, working closely with key enablers to ensure timely and feasible product launches.
- Collaborate with Market & Customer Intelligence (MCI) to conduct market research for product development, specify necessary research, and visit customers and consumers to determine needs and desires.
- Work closely with Demand Planners to develop product forecasts and monitor inventory and supply levels to ensure forecast accuracy; negotiate and align forecast targets with Trade Marketing.
- Establish and build strong relationships with key opinion leaders, medical associations, and target customers across relevant therapeutic sectors.
- Plan and conduct Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs.
- Provide sales teams and medical representatives with necessary support, including promotional materials and product training.
- Develop promotional and communication materials that comply with regulatory, legal, and medical guidelines.
- Conduct regular field visits to understand the current business state and generate new insights for strategies and programs to achieve company goals.
Requirements
- Degree in Pharmacy, Business, Marketing, or a Scientific/Healthcare field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience at similar roles in Marketing and Product Management, preferably in the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare Industry..
- Strong foresight and forward planning.
- Organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
- Results-oriented with determination to get things done.
- Ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.
- Strong potential in strategy development and leadership.
- Proven track record in product marketing within the pharmaceutical sector.
- Detail-oriented with strong project management, analytical, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in Windows-based software.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
- Willingness and ability to occasionally travel.
Client Overview
Our client is a well-established, multi-national pharmaceutical corporation with a prominent, decade-long footprint in the Asia-Pacific region. Renowned as a market pioneer in the Consumer Healthcare (CHC) and Over-the-Counter (OTC) segments, the company operates its own state-of-the-art, EU-GMP/WHO-GMP compliant manufacturing facilities in Vietnam. They are the driving force behind some of the country’s most iconic, household-name medication brands that millions of consumers trust daily. Operating with a high-performing corporate culture and robust marketing budgets, they offer an exceptional environment for strategic brand builders to thrive.
