Category Marketing Head Rx GI - Marketing CoE, Emerging Markets

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because Good Health Can’t Wait .
We started in 1984 with a modest investment, 20 employees and a bold vision. Today, we have research and development centres, manufacturing facilities or a commercial presence in 66 countries. 
For nearly four decades, we have stood for access, affordability and innovation based on the bedrock of deep science, progressive people practices and robust corporate governance. As the pharmaceutical industry evolves and undergoes disruption, we see an opportunity – to strengthen our core further (the next steps) and to build the future (the new bets).
‘The Next and the New’ is how we aim to continue to be the partner of choice – purpose-driven, future-ready and sustainable. Our aim is to reach over 1.5 Bn+ patients across the world by 2030 by growing our core businesses and building for the future with sustainability at the core of our purpose and strategy. Sustainability for us means operating in a manner that respects people, planet and purpose – helping us conserve precious resources, serve our patients, create value for stakeholders, give back to society, fulfil our potential and maintain our integrity and transparency
Dr Reddy’s maintains a work environment, free from discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to employ & nurture all qualified diverse workforce without regard to race, colour religion, nationality, sex, age, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender expression, citizenship or any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable law(s) of the country we operate in. We treasure every talent, and recognize merit and diversity in our organization.

Job Description

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Category Marketing Head to drive therapy dominance and leadership by developing and executing the Therapy Leadership Roadmap.

Roles & Responsibilities

TA leadership Roadmap:

• Understanding customer needs and current dis-satisfaction through primary research in chosen spaces to identify or ideate meaningful and differentiated solutions
• Understanding disease areas of interest to identify unmet needs and solutions landscape
• Develop and deliver a winning portfolio that is aligned with the TA leadership objectives leveraging both internal and external ecosystem.

Product Management Process

• Understanding customer needs and insights with help of in-sighting team
• Manage Life cycle by building the brand architecture, Global / Local innovations, new patient segments, brand extension ideas, pill plus and consumerization. Building Business case with growth scenario assessment.
• Driving the growth projects along with CFTs and country teams to ensure sustainable brand growths.

Annual Brand Planning and delivery of business goals

• To work closely with country marketing teams to build differentiators / brand levers
• Working closely with analytics and in-sighting teams to develop strong and actionable insights for brand growth
• Work closely with country teams, SFE and digital marketing to deploy innovative GTM strategies.
• Adherence to Brand plan process in terms of rigour and attention to details
• Work closely with country marketing and relevant CFTs to address root causes in case of non-performance

New Product Launch Excellence

• Work closely with the country brand team to build Go-To-Market strategy following the T-12/T-6 process of launch readiness. Build differentiators and the reasons to WIN.
• Work closely with the country to drive T-12/T-6 launch readiness Process - Market Analysis, PESTL, Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, pricing, KOL Mapping, Distribution strategy, Brand Levers, Tactical planning, Marketing Mix and spend. Also build T+24 growth initiatives for new launches in collaboration with the country team

Marketing Excellence & Capability Building

• Driving future growth plans by identifying the growth opportunities and developing the best of class processes, tools and capabilities
• Working closely with the L&D teams for capability building among the country teams to make them future ready

Qualifications

Educational Qualification: Science graduate and MBA from a reputed management institute

Minimum Work Experience: 10+ years’ experience in Sales & Marketing in Pharma

Skills & Attributes Technical Skills

• Brand Stewardship and brand planning
• Marketing Operations and Excellence
• Innovation & Patient centricity
• Integrated analytics and insights
• Omni Channel Marketing
• DTC and E-commerce
• Strategic marketing and vision into the future

Behavioural Skills

• Aspirational and visionary mindset
• Collaboration & influencing without authority
• Learnability & adapting to diverse cultural environments
• Navigating complexity
• Speed and Rigour in Execution

Additional Information

Benfits Offered

At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyse your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.
The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture
Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.
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