Head Business Operations

Job Description Summary

Responsible for devising and implementing marketing functional solutions that drive a scale and tangible impact. Provide ‘Thought Leadership’ abilities and expertise in shaping Brands and / or New Product strategies for a franchise as well as direct line management of a Brand Insights team to deliver tactical and strategic analyses for the portfolio. Design, coordinate, support commercial business decisions identify potential marketplace opportunities. To support sustainable growth in the region as well as to leverage strong commercial execution capabilities, provide expertise on specific areas such as Commercial Excellence, Digital and Launches while helping to co-ordinate and leverage the execution of commercial plans and growth initiatives across the region.

Major Accountabilities

• Build functional expertise and core business capabilities within a function.
• Build and maintain internal and/or external networks – Provide input and guidance to the Data Strategy and Acquisition Lead on the development and maintenance of the data strategy for each brand/indication.
• Seek out and interpret key trends in digital marketing, in order to drive necessary focus and innovation for business growth.
• Develop and implement digital solutions that focus on addressing patient needs and improving patient outcomes with a positive impact and return on investment for our business.

Key Performance Indicators

• Financial targets (Revenue, contributions, productivity improvement, cost management)
• Quality: as per KPIs and qualitative feedback from the Country
• Improvement of predefined Business metrics

Minimum Requirements

Work Experience:

• Leading large and/or diverse multi-functional teams
• Project Management
• Process management
• Sales leadership
• Operations Management and Execution

Skills:

• Agility
• Brand Awareness
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Customer Engagement
• Customer Experience
• Customer Insights
• Data Strategy
• Digital Marketing
• Go-To-Market Strategy
• Influencing Skills
• Inspirational Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Media Campaigns
• People Management
• Product Marketing
• Product Roadmap
• Return On Investment (ROI)
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Marketing

Languages: English.

Skills Desired

• Agility
• Brand Awareness
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Customer Engagement
• Customer Experience
• Customer Insights
• Data Strategy
• Digital Marketing
• Go-To-Market Strategy
• Influencing Skills
• Inspirational Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Media Campaigns
• People Management
• Product Marketing
• Product Roadmap
• Return on Investment (ROI)
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Marketing

Our Purpose

Here at Sandoz is pioneering access for patients. As the global leader in ‘off-patent’ high quality medicines, we are able to make medicine more affordable and accessible. Our broad global portfolio comprises of approximately 1,300 quality biosimilar and generic medicines, enabling us to provide more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries per year, and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more! Powered by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for dedication and skills, experience a flexible, collaborative & inclusive culture where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is nurtured!