Launch Manager

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Job Description

We are looking for a Launch Manager to lead activities related to the launch of new pharmaceutical products and portfolio management in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Ensuring the readiness and timeliness of the introduction of new drugs to the market, as well as informing the regional team about all deviations from the planned launch dates. They will work closely with the Sales, Marketing, Logistic and Regulatory Affairs teams to ensure the implementation of drug launch activities and accessibility of products portfolio.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures effective planning of the launch of drugs for the subsequent calendar period, including coordination of the approval of business cases, transfer prices, checking the availability of a commodity accounting unit;

• Ensuring the readiness and timeliness of the introduction of new drugs to the market, as well as informing the regional team about all deviations from the planned launch dates;

• Identifies opportunities for introducing new launches into the portfolio based on market analyses including checking patent status;

• Collaboration with finance, registration departments and supply forecasting. Conducting Portfolio workshops;

• Develops Business Cases / full analysis of potential launches in therapeutic areas;

• Manages the entry process for new registrations and identifying a list of products to be withdrawn from the company's portfolio;

• Drive regular launch progress review, track the projects and raise to management any issues that could cause delays;

• Establish regular launch performance monitoring to ensure launch targets.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 2-3 years of work in pharmaceutical or other international companies with experience in launch & portfolio, registration, marketing or logistic;

• Solid understanding of pharmaceutical market dynamics, healthcare regulations, and reimbursement systems in Central Asia;

• Proven ability to lead complex projects and collaborate within and across cross-functional teams and business units, in a matrixed environment;

• Influencing without authority, comfort dealing with ambiguity;

• Strong collaborator, networking and relationship management;

• Continuous Learning/Dynamic Knowledge;

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to analyze market trends;

• Project management skills;

• Languages: English – mandatory; Russian - mandatory, Kazakh – advantage;

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;

• Strong results orientation.

You’ll receive:

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an incentive program, limit on corporate mobile communication, lunch allowance, employee recognition scheme, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities. Unleashing the potential of our people, we offer our corporate wellness program, which includes health & medical insurance, 28 days of annual leave, employee assistance program, parental or maternity leave, flexible and remote working where possible.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Agility, Asset Management, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Orientation, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Influencing Skills, Marketing Strategy, Negotiation Skills, Operational Excellence, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Partnerships