Product Manager

Job Title
Product Manager - CNS Portfolio
Reports to
Marketing Head
Location
Casablanca, Morocco
Work Mode
Hybrid
Department
Marketing
Employment Type
Permanent
Experience Required
8–12 years
Why Cipla?
At Cipla, Caring for Life isn't just our purpose-it's our promise. We're here to Make Life Thrive by making quality healthcare more accessible, inclusive, and impactful across the continent.

With innovation at our core and compassion in every decision, we're building teams that challenge conventions, uplift communities, and shape the future of healthcare.

Whether you're in labs, logistics, leadership, or out in the field - every role fuels our mission.

At Cipla, you grow with purpose, lead with empathy, and belong from day one.

Job Purpose
The Product managers are the clients' representatives for their respective Therapeutic Category within Cipla. He or she shoulders the responsibility of launching new medications in the market based on the requirements of the patient and customer. With the aid of market research findings, the product managers plan launching existing products in a new market or launch a new product through new target market identification within the Therapeutic Categories. These individuals identify and utilise client demographics and requirements to market the products of the organization to those clients who will be the most likely target audience for the products.

The Senior Product Manager contributes and implements marketing strategy for the assigned products to achieve the sales, profit and growth performance objectives in the annual operating plan and according to greater business objectives.

Key Responsibilities
Accountability Cluster
Major Activities / Tasks

• Therapeutic Category Product Management
• Contributes to the development and the validation of long-range planning and forecasting models
• Contributes to the development of positioning and key strategies for the brand
• Implements the marketing plans and key strategies
• Is an integral part of cross-functional brand team through the development working relationships with clinical, medical, regulatory affairs, sales and finance departments
• Develops relations with Sales Managers and Representatives where appropriate
• Manages all business and promotional activities in accordance with relevant Acts, legal demands and ethical standards, including internal procedures
• Maintains and updates the market intelligence databases
• Evaluates the effectiveness of promotion and advertising programmes, using set guidelines, and makes recommendations for improvements within internal guidelines
• Manages working relationships with advertising agencies and other servicing companies
• Developing a name and product brand

Collecting and analysing the client feedback

• Product Management Business Alignment and Integration
• Responsible for providing the sales team with the necessary technical expertise to enable them to sell the product. This involves printed and electronic promotional material, product training, and relevant clinical papers
• Responsible for reviewing product data to ensure that the field force is kept up to date on new developments regarding the companies or competitors' products
• Close liaison with the field force to assess the response to and suitability of current promotional material and to ensure that the printed promotional material is being used optimally
• Act as point of first reference for all product related enquiries and work collaboratively with colleagues in Medical and Regulatory to address any issues that may arise
• Assist with the development of the annual marketing plan and for controlling advertising, promotion and sales aids in accordance with the annual marketing plan
• Close liaison with the field force to assess the response to and suitability of current promotional material and to ensure that the printed promotional material is being used optimally
• Develops and Manages Stakeholder Relationships
• Leverage Marketing expertise and alignment with Global Marketing
• Regularly interacts with line managers to ensure Marketing meets the needs of the business
• Builds and pro-actively maintains critical relationships with key thought leaders locally and internationally in terms of therapeutic areas in order to drive best in class product management
• Coordinates adherence to customer and stakeholder policy and procedure
• Provides support and guidance to customers
• Adheres to customers SLAs
• Marketing Financial Management
• Tracks monthly cost center spend
• Generates monthly cost control report with support of finance and controlling team
• Reports on monthly variances to the Head of Marketing
• Partners Management
• Manages deliverables based on targets/outputs
• Provides advice and support under brief processes
• Compliance to Performance Contracts
• Accountability for Drug Safety
• Escalate within 1 business day (24 hours) of becoming aware of any adverse events or serious medical incident to Drug Safety Unit/Pharmacovigilance on all Cipla products.

Major Challenges

• Unforeseen stock challenges – even when out of stock the therapeutic area is still challenge to make its annual number Overcome by – implementation of adhoc plans to increase additional sales with other products.
• Competitor challenges – unforeseen competitor challenges leading to drop in market share. Overcome by increased communication in field and regular field visits and liaison with key opinion leaders.
• Regulatory and QA challenges – at times regulatory and QA challenges can lead to temporary discontinuation of stock. Overcome by cross function project management to address and expedite corrective measures.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Marketing, Business, Pharmacy, or Life Sciences.
• 8–12 years of experience in Product Management, preferably in the respiratory area
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Employee Benefits & Perks

• Hybrid work model
• Learning and development opportunities
• Career growth pathways
• Wellness and work-life balance initiatives

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