Position Overview

The Associate Director, MMRV Franchise Manager is a key new role reporting to the franchise lead. This role will be tasked with overseeing several of Global Marketing's responsibilities for the portfolio, with a focus on new market launches for varicella-containing vaccines. This is a marketing leadership role with core responsibilities listed below:

• Develop and execute franchise strategy to support ongoing growth of the business while ensuring core markets and established business remains competitive and differentiated.
• Ensure strong alignment to, and execution of, the franchise strategy across the extended Vaccines teams (Global Cross-Functional Team, Country Marketing teams, Medical Affairs, Policy, Market Access, Promotions, Market Research, Communications, Learning & Development etc.).
• Oversee and manage Cross Functional Team meetings and strategic marketing input into Regional Assemblies and Global Marketing Forums.
• Partner with Regional leads and country teams to drive MMRV strategy and prioritized deliverables in key markets - with a focus on new Varicella NIP development.
• Competitive scenario planning: closely tracking and integrating competitive intelligence into franchise strategies.
• Represent the brands in scope at Global Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP) and address global supply, allocation, tender strategy and NIP scenario planning as required.
• Lead development and execution of L3 framework with Global Cross Functional Team and county team input.
• Develop franchise-specific public and private marketing strategies and execution plans, including market and performance analyses consistent with the overall franchise strategy.
• Drive global market research initiatives to inform global strategy and/or support local execution.
• Direct development of global promotional content, in alignment with strategy and in partnership with external advertising agency.

Education expectations

• Required: BA/BS
• Preferred: Master's degree in Business Administration, Public Health, Health Policy, Health Economics or related disciplines

Knowledge/Skills/Leadership Behaviors

• Minimum 5 years of combined experience in one or more of the following: Marketing, Access, Commercial Operations, marketing support roles, or equivalent/related roles
• Cross-functional collaboration and ability to influence/manage complex situations in a matrix environment
• Strategic thinking, commercial orientation, financial, and business acumen
• Demonstrated ability to make business driven strategic choices
• Analytical/problem-solving skills and ability to identify creative approaches to markets/customers in support of growing the business
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communications skills
• Project management skills with a track record of leading efforts to successful and timely completion
• Lead through uncertainty with humility to take corrective action when appropriate
• Focus on leadership behaviors: influence, change catalyst, and talent growth.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Understand, develop, and communicate commercial strategies and messages
• Customer, Consumer, and Brand Marketing strategy development
• Agile ways of working, design thinking, and digital marketing
• Sales & operation planning (S&OP) and supply/demand planning
• Anticipate and/or react to evolving market and competitive conditions
• Tendering and pricing strategies

Location:

• Based out of US Headquarters location

Travel

• Attend internal meetings, conferences or country market development workshops 15-20%.

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Expected US salary range:
$135,500.00 - $213,400.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
N/A

Job Posting End Date:
11/5/2024
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Requisition ID:R318773