About this role
Job Description:
Product Manager is responsible for the business of Rekovelle and Lutinus, which mainly includes but not limited to, development and implementation of a business plan and he/she does independently and/or with the support/under the supervision of Marketing Director
Main Accountabilities (duties and responsibilities) :
- Develop and implement a marketing plan:
- Analyze external environments through market research and external interactions.
- Identify key issues, barriers, and Key Success Factors.
- Build strategies and detailed tactics including an annual calendar, events, and promotional materials.
- Conduct necessary internal and external procedures.
- Track and analyze KPIs with Commercial Excellence and revise the plan if needed.
- Present the plan to Sales and relevant functions as well as to Global/APAC teams.
- (Forecast and manage promotional costs and production.)
- (mostly with support of Director) Increase capabilities of relevant and own functions:
- Lead cross-functional/ad-hoc brand meetings.
- Develop sales training materials with Commercial Excellence and Medical Affairs.
- Identify room for improvement/growth of relevant functions and figure out how to fill the gaps.
- (Standardize processes and scale know-hows)
- Maintain and develop relationships with Key External Experts and scientific societies.
- Attend to major scientific meetings, domestic and international.
Hard skills and experiences
<Mandatory>
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent one
- Over five years of working experience in the pharmaceutical (or relevant) and/or consulting industries
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point
- Language: native/fluent in Japanese and business level or above in English for communication with global/APAC members (assumed that improving English is his/her own responsibility if needed)
<Preferred>
- Medical Science Degrees or MBA
- Experience of Sales, Marketing or Medical Affairs, Medical Science Liason
- Experience in infertility therapeutic area
- Experience in Digital Marketing
- Experience of vendor management
Soft skills and mindset
- Strategic, logical and critical thinking
- Problem Solving
- Shows Leadership and inclusive
- Coachable and passionate for growth
- Self-motivated and learn agile
- Own inter-personal skills and collaborative
- Cross-functional Project Management
Required Competencies (Behavioural Indicators):
- Find business opportunities/barriers and collaborate with others to address.
- Identify room for improvement/seek for advice and stretch him/herself.
- Think and plan strategically and put through.
- Help team(s) achieve their goal/improve issues.
Attractive points:
- Product Manager in the infertility therapeutic area will gain wide cross-functional experience — business development (e.g. commercial opportunity evaluation, contract structuring), Public Affairs communication (e.g. narrative documents and lobbying), Key Account Management (e.g. indirect product-related strategy planning), and others.
- Product Manager in infertility therapeutic area will gain deep experience of global/ Asia pacific communication as there’re so many cross-functional initiatives across countries.
- Product Manager will take a wide range of responsibilities in developing and implementing a marketing plan of product(s) vs. being responsible for only a part of the plan.
- Product Manager will lead a cross-functional team and have various opportunities to develop his/her leadership.
- Product Manager can work in a start-up-like environment: he/she can propose and experiment his/her own ideas in an agile setting.
- Product Manager will be considered a successor of Marketing Director and will often face challenging opportunities to give a big influence in the organization.
## Location:
Ferring Japan