Job Description

Company DescriptionAbbVie\'s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people\'s lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on , , , and .KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe scope:% of Time orImportanceProject Planning & Management

• Set up a Project Management Office to monitor and track all key identified projects within the affiliate. Work closely with Dir; Dev Markets, to communicate project progress, KPI\'s and troubleshoot any issues which may arise.
• Create a Project charter and monitoring chart. Work with the project leads of the critical projects to facilitate, communicate, set up meetings and ensure that Projects are progressing as per timelines.
• Provide oversight and guidance to projects of high importance
• Work with Project leads to ensure that all key projects are progressing to completion as per timelines. Determine pricing and positioning based on strategic goals of the products in the target segment, roll out products base on availability and regulatory time lines
• Create & lead ad-hoc strategic projects to support local top line and bottom-line growth including holding budget responsibility for these.
• Support the implementation of processes, tools, metrics, initiatives, infrastructure, and technology that will support and improve operations in the affiliate

40%New Product Planning & Introduction

• Fully understand clinical profile, medical positioning and utility of global early development products and assess need for pharmaco-economic profiling to meet local requirements.
• Provide early assessments of new pipeline products and identify opportunities.
• Develop in-depth new product planning strategies to ensure launch excellence by working with cross-functional colleagues. Identify and evaluate new products market opportunities & revenue potential for India based on in-depth understanding of the strategic market segments and therapeutic unmet needs.
• Be responsible for the evaluation of new product pipeline opportunities and build solid business case/s based on comprehensive considerations of market, product evaluation, registration, clinical development, and market access strategy. Present India commercial opportunities to India Affiliate Leadership Team to support decision-making.
• Establish close working relationship with internal cross-functional teams which will include teams from Global/Regional/India Affiliate to get endorsement and ensure the alignment of India, Regional & Global teams to address India-specific commercial needs for new products.
• Work with the finance team and regional commercial team to develop accurate LPR forecast for pipeline products based on insightful market assumptions and the latest government policy.
• Deep dive into strategic TAs and develop India early brand plan for strategic products based on profound market knowledge and valuable business insights through in-field visits, related analysis across internal and external data, business environment.
• Drive cross function cooperation in pre-launch strategy planning and external stakeholders\' early engagement to accelerate new product introduction into India market & maximize product therapeutic value to deliver best patient outcomes.
• Lead the implementation of Launch Excellence initiatives for identified markets and conduct Launch Readiness reviews for priority programs.

40%Business Development

• Aligning with global BD strategy, provide coherent and sophisticated BD case evaluations and forecast from local perspective to support decision-making at global level.
• Collaborate with global BD team and Regional commercial team for other necessary processes and requirements.
• Coordinate Affiliate approach for new product launch excellence, fully aligned with regional & local teams. This includes supporting business and distributors in their management of current brands/ indications, launch preparation and assessment of launch readiness for late-stage products/indications.
• Work closely with internal/external partners to uncover and share industry insights, dynamics, and trends etc. and to develop appropriate strategies/ programs to capitalize on opportunities.
• Maintain the institutional memory of the organization by creating a shared knowledge portal and repository of partnership collaborations and best practices.
• For external collaborations and partnerships, implement and monitor commercial and marketing governance processes to ensure consistent messaging and adherence to brand standards.
• Actively contribute to support Affiliate\'s brand planning process for agreed markets to ensure timely and high-quality execution.
• Be accountable for the financial planning (Finance plans, updates, and long-range plans) for key trade channels

20%QualificationsEducation and Experience

• Postgraduate in Medical or pharmaceutical Sciences and/or Business Studies.
• Minimum 15 years of proven experience in the healthcare industry preferable in multinational Pharma companies.
• Experience in compliance programs.
• Experience in managing budgets, demonstrated business acumen and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of new product launch and development process
• Good execution and project management skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong personal drive and teamwork mindset
• Keen interest in strategy and new product planning

Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies (includes Licenses, Credentials)

• Good understanding of new product launch process
• Well versed with pricing process.
• Good execution and project management skills
• Strong track record of successfully building working relationships cross-functionally.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strategic thinking - Detail oriented with ability to take a step back and think strategically and make critical recommendations and decisions. Proven ability to ask the right questions to elicit the true business needs and understand how to support them most effectively.
• Strong analytical & consultancy skills and business acumen. Experience in a management consultancy preferred.
• Excellent data analysis and reporting skills.
• Excellent relationship building, communication skills and negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to consolidate and integrate a wide range of inputs
• Strong bias for action and results orientation.

BEHAVIOURS/VALUES

• Seizing Market Opportunities / Decision Making: Understands market and uses to drive business opportunities; Identifies issues and opportunities, chooses effective approaches to develop solutions (IMPACT)
• Collaboration / Planning and Organizing: Possesses broad collaboration skills; prioritizes, determines and leverages resources to ensure goals are met (COLLABORATION)
• Building Trusting Relationships: Establishes key effective external relationships; understands customers and create customer-focused practices (CUSTOMER FOCUS)
• Cultivating Networks / Leadership Disposition: Initiates and maintains strategic relationships identifying partnership opportunities to achieve business goals; drive, high energy, able to work under pressure; engages people to drive for success (PEOPLE and PASSION)
• Adaptability: Maintains effectiveness in uncertain environments, adjusts effectively to different requirements and cultures; comfortable with ambiguity and flexible to adapt in a change orientated environment; sees issues from new perspectives (INNOVATION)
• Authenticity: Acts with integrity, gains trust; promotes trust amongst others (INTEGRITY)

COMPLIANCE AND INTEGRITYAdditional InformationAbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie\'s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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