RTAL Vaccines, MERA at Pfizer

ROLE SUMMARY 

• Responsible for driving the strategic vision and championing prioritization of Vaccines Portfolio in close collaboration with MERA Cluster President and Country Managers in the region. 
• Responsible to drive incremental growth by bringing new opportunities, challenging ambition and enabling best practices to be shared and scaled. 
• Provides an independent perspective and category expertise into local business decision making. 
• Accountable for matrix leadership of local marketing, category leads, cross-functional partners across multiple countries and close interaction with EM Brand Implementation Leads and Global colleagues 

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Sets regional vision and direction for the therapeutic area (objectives, strategies, tactics, omnichannel strategies, products lifecycle from pre-launch, etc.).  
• Accountable for the therapeutic area performance at the regional level, proactively tracking TA’s P&L performance, brands budgets and relevant launches' uptake metrics. 
• Partners and creates healthy tension with the Cluster President on regional Operating Plan forecasting.  And designs interventions to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities. 
• Proactively recommends Buy-Up opportunities, seeks top-down alignment, endorsement and funding to boost category growth. 
• Leads the cross-functional matrix to develop and execute category or asset specific strategies and generate rapid uptake. 
• Liaise with Regional Team to deliver and align business priorities and aligns with Cat Leads to ensure appropriate interpretation and execution of Global strategy and vision, portfolio prioritization and resource allocation at country level. 
• In partnership with BML, prioritizes and coordinates the new products launch planning 
• Drives innovation and breakthrough projects 
• Responsible for people coaching and mentoring across a geographically dispersed virtual team, including enhancement of marketing capabilities 
• Manages Vx Launch and Ops Lead for the region 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS  

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA is preferred 
• 15 years+ of diverse commercial and marketing experience