Associate Director - Strategy & PMO

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Business planning responsibilities 40%

• Support cross-functional brand teams to deliver integrated brand plans
• Encourage deep insights based on market understanding and facts
• Connect brand strategy (Brand Plan) to programs and campaigns (Brand Experience Plan) so that customer priorities get pulled through to the next level of operational planning and execution
• Enable senior management to evaluate Brand Plans through a consistent lens
• Provide teams with new and innovative analytical tools to interpret data and make more informed allocation and investment decisions
• Support Brand Teams to focus on main growth drivers and set up appropriate Brand KPIs

Project Management 20 to 40%

• Set up project management framework/tool for launch excellence
• Develop project management tools
• Set up cross-functional work streams
• Provide constructive feedback to improve overall launch plan
• Monitor/ drive project progress
• Regularly monitor project progress to make sure on-time achievement of milestones/ KPIs
• Facilitate XFN team meetings
• Organize overall and work-stream level cross-functional team meetings
• Make records of the agreement/ issues/ next steps proposed in the meeting
• Ensure information transparency
• Secure visibility of project progress/risks across launch teams
• Generate reports to senior management team on timely basis
• Escalate issues through proper line when necessary
• Identify risks/ support mitigation actions
• Identify potential risks and support mitigation plan
• Accelerate problem solving through proper escalation
• Capability building
• Organize best practice sharing from other brands/ companies/ markets

Strategic initiatives and other project responsibilities 20 to 40%

• Lead key strategic initiatives that will ultimately enable AZ China to develop and implement winning commercial strategy

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree and above, preferably in Science, Business, Finance, Marketing or other relevant areas, MBA degree is highly preferred
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry, preferably in brand marketing, strategic planning, business development and / or management consulting
• Experience in new product launch readiness in pharmaceutical industry is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent Project Management capabilities
• Experience and proven success in working with cross-functional teams
• Quick learning ability
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking ability
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Proficient in oral and written English