Vaccines Development Manager

As a Vaccines Development Manager, you shape and execute vaccines portfolio strategies in Egypt, driving sustainable growth across national immunization and private segments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop vaccines portfolio strategies and annual plans across priority vaccines (pediatric, adolescent, adult), aligned with global/regional priorities and Business Unit Director guidance.
• Analyze immunization programs, epidemiology, vaccination guidelines, market structure, competitors, access environment and customer insights to identify opportunities and risks for routine and risk-based vaccination.
• Define objectives, positioning, key messages and tactical priorities for the vaccines portfolio in public and private/institutional segments.
• Lead campaigns, materials, programs and omnichannel initiatives to achieve KPIs on sales, share, coverage, reach and impact for the vaccines portfolio in Egypt.
• Monitor brand and portfolio KPIs, tender outcomes and market trends; recommend corrective actions and optimizations of tactics across segments and channels.
• Ensure timely, high-quality promotional and non-promotional assets are developed with internal and external partners, following evidence-based brand platforms and vaccination policies.
• Partner with Medical, Market Access, CGA, Sales, Commercial Excellence/Omnichannel, Regulatory, Supply and other functions on integrated, patient- and population-centric execution for vaccines.
• Work with Sales leadership and field teams on call strategies, segmentation, brand messaging and field feedback for pediatric, adolescent, adult and risk-group vaccination.
• Contribute to launch planning, lifecycle management and cross-portfolio synergies across vaccines and relevant therapeutic areas.
• Ensure activities comply with company policies, ABAC, promotional codes and Egyptian regulatory requirements for vaccines and public health communication.
• Lead or support Medical/Legal/Regulatory material reviews to ensure scientific accuracy and compliance of vaccines content and programs.
• Maintain audit and inspection readiness for vaccines brand activities, tender and contract documentation, and related records.
• Support HCPs, payers, national immunization stakeholders and institutions with materials, programs and events, in partnership with Sales, Medical, Access and CGA, to improve understanding and implementation of vaccination recommendations.
• Use customer, patient and population-health insights to refine messages, channels and tactics to improve acceptance, coverage and appropriate use of vaccines.
• Provide demand-forecasting and financial-planning input for the vaccines portfolio in Egypt, considering epidemiology, seasonality, program decisions, tender dynamics and private-market trends.
• Manage vaccines brand and portfolio budgets and resources to maximize impact and ROI under Business Unit Director guidance.
• Review market data, performance and insights regularly to optimize portfolio plans, investment mix across brands and segments, and prioritization of initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, medicine, life sciences, business or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualifications in business/marketing, public health, epidemiology or health economics is an advantage.
• 5–7 years of pharmaceutical marketing/brand or vaccines portfolio experience, preferably in vaccines, public health or preventive medicine.
• Proven experience in brand/portfolio plan development and execution with strong commercial delivery.
• Cross-functional matrix experience; Egypt or similar-market vaccines experience strongly preferred.

Capabilities and Skills:

• Strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to translate epidemiology, market and customer insights into effective vaccines strategies and tactics.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills with clinical, public-health and health-economic data.
• Strong understanding of vaccines marketing, compliance and Egyptian market dynamics (including national immunization programs, tenders and private vaccination segments).
• Effective cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder-management skills.
• High integrity, ethics and compliance mindset.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.