Franchise Lead - Infectious Diseases
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MSD Gulf seeks a Franchise Lead for Infectious Diseases in Saudi Arabia to define and execute strategy across the portfolio including Antibiotics, Anesthesia, CMV, and HIV. Requires 7+ years in pharmaceutical sales/marketing/commercial leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Own the overall strategic direction and performance of the Infectious Diseases portfolio in Saudi Arabia
- Lead the Infectious Diseases franchise with end to end accountability for strategy, commercial performance, and leadership of both Marketing and Sales teams
- Develop and execute integrated brand and franchise strategies aligned with business objectives and market opportunities
- Lead long term portfolio planning, lifecycle management, and launch readiness for new indications and assets
- Identify growth opportunities and translate insights into actionable strategies
- Deliver sales, market share, profitability, and operational targets across the portfolio
- Drive execution excellence through robust business planning, performance tracking, and agile decision making
- Optimize resource allocation and investment decisions to maximize portfolio value
- Lead forecasting, financial planning, and budget management with strong business stewardship
- Generate deep insights into customer needs, market dynamics, healthcare trends, and the evolving policy environment
- Build strategic partnerships with key external stakeholders including healthcare professionals, KOLs, scientific societies, and health authorities
- Champion customer centric solutions that improve access, experience, and outcomes for patients
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales, marketing, or commercial leadership roles
- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, portfolio management, and delivering sustainable business growth
- Proven experience leading cross functional initiatives in complex and dynamic environments
- Strong strategic thinking and commercial acumen
- Exceptional cross functional leadership and influencing skills
- Experience in Infectious Diseases or Specialty Care is preferred
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Job Description
- The Franchise Lead, Infectious Diseases is responsible for defining and executing the strategy across the Infectious Diseases portfolio in Saudi Arabia, including Antibiotics, Anesthesia, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), and HIV.
- This role leads portfolio growth, maximizes patient impact and business performance, and drives cross functional excellence to deliver sustainable long term success.
- The Franchise Lead combines strategic leadership, commercial excellence, stakeholder engagement, and leadership of both the Marketing and Sales organizations.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the overall strategic direction and performance of the Infectious Diseases portfolio in Saudi Arabia.
- Lead the Infectious Diseases franchise with end to end accountability for strategy, commercial performance, and leadership of both Marketing and Sales teams.
- Develop and execute integrated brand and franchise strategies aligned with business objectives and market opportunities.
- Lead long term portfolio planning, lifecycle management, and launch readiness for new indications and assets.
- Identify growth opportunities and translate insights into actionable strategies that create sustainable competitive advantage.
- Deliver sales, market share, profitability, and operational targets across the portfolio.
- Drive execution excellence through robust business planning, performance tracking, and agile decision making.
- Optimize resource allocation and investment decisions to maximize portfolio value.
- Lead forecasting, financial planning, and budget management with strong business stewardship.
- Generate deep insights into customer needs, market dynamics, healthcare trends, and the evolving policy environment.
- Build strategic partnerships with key external stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, KOLs, scientific societies, and health authorities.
- Champion customer centric solutions that improve access, experience, and outcomes for patients.
Cross Functional Leadership
- Lead and inspire cross functional teams across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Policy, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Finance.
- Foster collaboration and alignment to deliver integrated customer solutions and business priorities.
- Influence and mobilize stakeholders without direct authority to achieve strategic objectives.
Leadership & Culture
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development to Marketing and Sales teams, building a high performing culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Drive alignment and seamless execution across commercial teams to deliver franchise objectives.
- Champion agility, learning, and a growth mindset.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high performance culture that empowers teams, develops talent, and drives continuous improvement.
Compliance & Governance
- Ensure all activities are executed in full compliance with company policies, industry regulations, ethical standards, and internal standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Ensure all promotional activities comply with regulatory and company standards.
- Ensure that all relevant company policies, business practices, local Laws and regulations, and compliance guidelines are being followed ensuring high compliance and ethics standards.
Skills And Qualifications Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales, marketing, or commercial leadership roles.
- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, portfolio management, and delivering sustainable business growth.
- Proven experience leading cross functional initiatives in complex and dynamic environments.
- Enterprise mindset with the ability to lead a business with end to end accountability.
- Strong strategic thinking and commercial acumen.
- Exceptional cross functional leadership and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making capabilities.
- Customer and patient centric mindset.
- Execution excellence with a strong focus on results and accountability.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity, drive change, and lead through complexity.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
Required Skills
- Business Management, Commercial Excellence, Data Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Infectious Disease, Performance Tracking, Product Management, Results Oriented, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Thinking, Team Leadership
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