Sr. Product Manager

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You will have access to career development opportunities within a global organization committed to improving lives through innovative healthcare solutions.

1. Portfolio Strategy & Brand Planning

·       Develop and execute annual and multi-year strategies for the biologics and biosimilars portfolio, aligned with Egypt affiliate priorities and relevant regional and global direction.

·       Define clear brand positioning, value propositions, customer priorities, competitive response, and critical success factors for each portfolio asset.

·       Translate strategy into integrated tactical plans with clear deliverables, owners, timelines, budgets, and performance indicators.

·       Identify growth opportunities across the private, institutional, reimbursement, and tender segments while balancing revenue, profitability, access, and supply considerations.

·       Lead portfolio lifecycle planning, indication and segment prioritization, and scenario development to strengthen sustainable long-term performance.

2. Launch Readiness & Execution Excellence

·       Act as the local commercial lead for new biologic and biosimilar launches, ensuring end-to-end readiness across commercial, medical, market access, regulatory, supply, and financial workstreams.

·       Build and maintain integrated launch plans, governance routines, milestone trackers, risk logs, and mitigation actions.

·       Lead pre-launch market shaping, stakeholder mapping, customer education planning, field-force readiness, channel strategy, and post-launch acceleration plans.

·       Ensure promotional and educational materials are developed, reviewed, approved, and deployed in line with local regulations and company policies.

·       Monitor launch KPIs, adoption barriers, customer feedback, and competitor responses, and promptly adjust plans to improve uptake and execution quality.

3. Market Insights, Analytics & Forecasting

·       Continuously assess market size, treatment pathways, customer needs, access barriers, competitor activity, price dynamics, tender outcomes, and biosimilar adoption drivers.

·       Generate actionable insights through market research, secondary data, field-force feedback, advisory interactions, and customer engagement.

·       Develop evidence-based segmentation, targeting, and channel strategies for priority physicians, institutions, payers, pharmacists, and decision-makers.

·       Own robust demand and financial forecasts, including assumptions, scenarios, risks, opportunities, and alignment with Finance and Supply Chain.

·       Track brand and portfolio performance against agreed objectives and recommend corrective actions based on data and business insight.

4. Customer, KOL & Institutional Engagement

·       Build and maintain credible relationships with relevant key opinion leaders, specialists, scientific societies, institutional stakeholders, payers, and healthcare decision-makers across Egypt.

·       Partner with Medical Affairs and Market Access to develop compliant scientific, educational, and value-based engagement plans that strengthen confidence in biologics and biosimilars.

·       Support stakeholder initiatives that improve understanding of biosimilar evidence, appropriate use, and patient-access opportunities.

·       Ensure external engagement is purposeful, insight-led, compliant, and linked to defined strategic objectives.

5. Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Management

·       Lead cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority, creating shared priorities, transparent governance, and accountability for delivery.

·       Collaborate closely with Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Finance, Commercial Excellence, and Legal/Compliance.

·       Align local execution with regional and global stakeholders while ensuring plans remain relevant to Egyptian market realities.

·       Communicate progress, insights, decisions, risks, and resourcing needs clearly and in a timely manner to affiliate leadership and key stakeholders.

·       Facilitate effective launch reviews, business reviews, and decision-making forums for the portfolio.

6. Financial, Demand & Performance Management

·       Develop and manage the annual marketing budget, ensuring disciplined investment, accurate phasing, and compliance with financial controls.

·       Prioritize resources based on strategic value, expected business impact, patient-access needs, and return on investment.

·       Partner with Finance and Supply Chain on demand planning, inventory management, supply risks, and forecast accuracy.

·       Create practical performance dashboards covering sales, market share, execution, access, launch milestones, and leading indicators.

·       Identify performance gaps early and lead focused recovery or acceleration plans.

7. Compliance & Operational Excellence

·       Ensure all activities comply with applicable Egyptian regulations, company policies, industry codes, and promotional review requirements.

·       Maintain high standards of documentation, governance, vendor management, and budget stewardship.

·       Promote a culture of integrity, patient focus, continuous improvement, and responsible business conduct.

Minimum education

·       Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Life Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

·       MBA, marketing qualification, or relevant postgraduate degree is preferred.

Required experience

·       Minimum 5 years of pharmaceutical commercial or marketing experience, including at least 3 years in product or brand management.

·       Minimum 2 years of Experience in biologics and/or biosimilars in Egypt market, with a strong understanding of the wider specialty-care market.

·       Proven experience in product launch planning and execution, ideally within oncology, immunology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, or another relevant specialty area.

·       Strong understanding of the Egyptian pharmaceutical market, including the institutional sector, tender environment, access pathways, and key healthcare stakeholders.

·       Experience leading cross-functional projects in a matrix organization and delivering through influence.

Core Competencies

• Strategic brand and portfolio planning

• Biosimilar and biologic market understanding

• Launch excellence and lifecycle management

• Market insight, segmentation, and competitive analysis

• Forecasting, financial acumen, and ROI orientation

• Institutional, tender, and access understanding

• Cross-functional leadership and influence

• Stakeholder and KOL management

• Clear communication and executive presence

• Ownership, accountability, and results orientation

• Learning agility, adaptability, and sound judgment

• Collaboration, integrity, and compliance mindset

Language & Digital Proficiency

·       Fluent English and Arabic communication skills, written and spoken.

·       Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel; familiarity with pharmaceutical market data, CRM, and business-intelligence tools is preferred.

Measures of Success

·       Delivery of portfolio revenue, market-share, profitability, and access objectives.

·       On-time, high-quality launch readiness and achievement of post-launch adoption milestones.

·       Forecast accuracy, supply continuity, and effective budget management.

·       Quality and impact of brand plans, customer engagement, and strategic execution.

·       Cross-functional alignment, stakeholder confidence, and timely mitigation of business risks.

·       Full compliance with company policies, local regulations, and ethical standards.

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.