BU Head, Pharmaceutical
Posted on: 4/7/2025
Taipei
Permanent
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Job Title: BU Head, Pharmaceutical
Reports to: Taiwan General Manager
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Our client in this search is a global leading biopharmaceutical company. This critical role is responsible for leading the most important portfolio in Taiwan. The person will develop and lead a strong team, push boundaries to address complex challenges and opportunities, collaborate and inspire across functions, bring new treatments to market, and make critical short and long-term decisions for multiple brands. This role has P&L ownership, oversees all sales and marketing. The BU Head is a core member of Taiwan leadership team and is expected to be an active contributor, helping us to deliver more value to patients and healthcare systems.
Main Responsibilities
Please note, that while Morgan Philips welcomes and appreciates all candidate response, volume of replies allows us to respond to short-listed candidates only. Resumes are collected for recruitment purposes only.
Reports to: Taiwan General Manager
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Our client in this search is a global leading biopharmaceutical company. This critical role is responsible for leading the most important portfolio in Taiwan. The person will develop and lead a strong team, push boundaries to address complex challenges and opportunities, collaborate and inspire across functions, bring new treatments to market, and make critical short and long-term decisions for multiple brands. This role has P&L ownership, oversees all sales and marketing. The BU Head is a core member of Taiwan leadership team and is expected to be an active contributor, helping us to deliver more value to patients and healthcare systems.
Main Responsibilities
- Vision and direction setting: Establish a clear and aspirational vision and strategic roadmap for your business unit, effectively communicating and sharing that vision to gain support and followership.
- Strategic planning: Ensure development and execution of comprehensive brand strategies informed by a deep understanding of patients, customers, the environment, and future trends.
- Operational excellence: Ensure implementation of robust operational plans that increase opportunities, are aligned with strategy, deliver favorable returns, and ensure a positive customer experience.
- Lead and inspire: Lead and coach a high-performing BU, provide ongoing feedback to embed a coaching mindset, cultivate the best culture, and develop key talent.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with cross-functional teams across Taiwan and the region to develop and implement complex initiatives, advance strategic plans, pressure test current thinking, and collectively help to shape our healthcare ecosystem.
- Sales & marketing excellence: Guide/mentor the Business Unit marketing head and sales managers to strengthen capabilities and grow in role. Develops forecasts, aligns territories, sets targets, ensures robust brand plans, and oversee sales/marketing effectiveness and performance.
- Cultivate the best culture: Cultivate a compliant outcomes-oriented culture, driving accountability and continuous improvement to accelerate patient access to innovative treatments.
- P&L ownership: Oversee and manage your P&L effectively, aligning resource allocation closely with strategic priorities and financial goals. Ensure each dollar invested is maximized for greatest impact.
- External stakeholder engagement: Engage with key external stakeholders, including healthcare providers, medical centers, policy makers, and government institutions, building trust and positioning Company as a committed partner.
- Ethics & Compliance Champion: Ensure ethical behavior and compliance remain central in all decisions and operations, encouraging an inclusive and respectful team environment aligned with company values.
- Degree in Life Science and/or Business Administration, MBA preferred
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in marketing, sales, and operational leadership roles with increasing level of responsibility in pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
- At least 5 years building and leading successful teams. Previous pharmaceutical sales team management experience a plus.
- Strong experience in chronic disease therapy areas
- Fluent, and able to present, in English
- Strong at strategic planning, analytical skill, problem solving, decision making and communication.
- Authentic leadership at team engagement, talent management and change management
- Efficient collaboration and teamwork with internal and external stakeholders
- High standard of ethics and compliance
- Demonstrates a winning mentality and a strong desire to shape the future of healthcare in Taiwan
Please note, that while Morgan Philips welcomes and appreciates all candidate response, volume of replies allows us to respond to short-listed candidates only. Resumes are collected for recruitment purposes only.