Product Manager - GEM & Levant

About Abbott

Opportunity

Strategic Planning

• Develop annual marketing plans to grow short- and long-term sales, profit, and market share for assigned products.
• Assess portfolio competitiveness, new product introductions, upgrades, channel opportunities, and product discontinuation.
• Forecast sales and investments, track monthly budgets, monitor performance data, and recommend strategic adjustments.
• Prepare objectives, strategies, tactics, and sales forecasts for responsible products.

Project Management

• Translate strategy into implementation milestones, communicate plans, and allocate responsibilities across cross-functional teams.
• Manage marketing plan execution through cross-functional coordination, checkpoints, information gathering, and timeline management.
• Develop evidence-based messages, clinical tools, product slides, handbooks, and other materials with medical and cross-functional teams.
• Design and update product training programs for the sales force.

Cost Control and Monitoring

• Assess tactical initiative effectiveness and customer response.
• Monitor budgets and expenditures against commitments.
• Track sales, market share, profitability, and other key performance indicators.

External Customer Development

• Conduct joint field calls, analyze customer needs, and assess market and competitive trends.
• Identify growth opportunities and develop strategies for profitable market share, customer satisfaction, and quality compliance.
• Build key customer and opinion leader relationships and identify opportunities for new business development.
• Develop multi-year marketing plans, product roadmaps, marketing campaigns, digital initiatives, and product launches.
• Review campaign results, complaints, product performance, inventories, and market demand while coordinating agencies and marketing teams.
• Ensure business activities comply with relevant laws, legal requirements, and ethical standards.

Required Qualifications

• Basic degree in pharmacy, veterinary science, or medical sciences.
• At least 5 years of pharmaceutical sales or marketing experience, including 2 years managing Gulf and emerging markets.
• Experience marketing consumer healthcare products, including DTC and ATL activities or campaigns.
• Experience initiating digital marketing activities or campaigns.
• Strong sales and marketing track record.
• Fluent English and excellent presentation skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong business acumen, interpersonal skills, drive, and teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications

• An MBA in marketing is an advantage.
• Arabic language proficiency is a plus.

Workplace

• The position works from Abbott's UAE office.