Regional Product Launch Manager

Job description

About MSI

MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.

Today, our organisation has almost 9,000 team members working in 36 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.

We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.

About the Role

Is accountable for ensuring successful new product launches (NPD) in Africa that results in the following measures of success.

Achieve NPD sales targets (Volume, £Sales revenue, £sales margin, % margin)
Launch Timeliness: Adherence to planned schedules and milestones.
Distribution: #, % new customers stocking products
Prescription Rates: % and how frequently healthcare providers (HCPs) prescribe (a key indicator of adoption)
Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Engagement: Assessing the involvement and endorsement of influential medical experts
Marketing investment and campaign effectiveness: health care professional recommendation rates; Net Promoter Score (NPS); social media metrics (monitor views, engagement, reach, and click-through rates on social platforms)

Reports directly to Associate Director – Africa Social Marketing with indirect report to Head of Product Marketing and Trade Marketing.

There is a very high level of interaction and collaboration with Country Social Marketing leads, marketing, and supply plus Regional team members (product, supply, finance, Medical Development team and Regulatory)

It is a full-time role for 2 years, based out of a MSI core country where MSI has an operating entity. This role will require extensive travel to MSI Country Programmes in Africa, approx. 40% time.

About You

For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organisational mission, vision and values.

This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.

Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.

We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.

We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.

To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills:

NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES

Strong skills in product launch process: fully conversant in the steps of product development Idea generation (Ideation and idea screening). Can evaluate ideas against business objectives; assess technical feasibility, can estimate potential market size, product specification definition, Prototyping (can create product concept), initial design (design packaging), validation and testing, create final financial projections
Extremely strong in launch execution and strategic planning: develop and execute comprehensive launch plans with timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
Project Management: Strong organisational abilities to manage timelines and deliverables across multiple teams
Market Knowledge: Deep understanding of consumer needs, competitive landscape in Africa
In-depth understanding of regulatory processes, pharma ethics and clinical data interpretation and in both consumer and scientific communication
Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis tools like Excel for post-launch performance evaluation

LEADERSHIP, COACHING, COMMUNICATION

Communication: Clear and persuasive communication, including the ability to present complex data in an understandable manner. Skilled in powerpoint and other presentation software.
Good interpersonal skills: strong relationship-building abilities; cultural sensitivity and adaptability; empathy and active listening skills.
Training/coaching: Can adapt sales training/coaching as needed, able to flex to ensure teams learn and grow. Understand features and benefits of products and able to create selling arguments.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to create actionable plans and prioritise tasks in fast paced, dynamic environments

To perform this role, you’ll need the following experience:

Pharmaceutical / healthcare acumen: 5-10 years in pharmaceutical industry marketing/product launch roles
Regulatory: experience navigating complex regulatory environments
Pharmaceutical Product Knowledge – have experience in learning about new types of drugs, including: mechanism of action; therapeutic uses; pharmacology expertise and regulatory compliance knowledge
New product launches: Track record of successful pharmaceutical / consumer launches and of meeting aggressive launch timelines
Team leadership: proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in delivering major products or services
Problem solving: wide experience in creating responses to NPD and sales challenges

Ideally,

Relevant sales, product marketing or training certifications (e.g., Certified Sales Professional, Certified Training Professional). Industry-specific certifications related to pharmaceuticals or healthcare
Have worked and developed Trade Marketing strategies

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Location: London UK (hybrid working – minimum of 2 days per week in the office) or where any country programme MSI operates in.

Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (For UK based team members).

Contract type: 2-year fixed term contract.

Salary: £40,000 – £51,000 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits. For all other locations, the salary will be banded within the national context.

Salary band: BG 9

Closing date: 30th May 2025 (midnight BST). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.

How to apply

Please apply via our website – https://globaleur251.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-GB/msichoices/Site/CANDIDATEPORTALINT/Posting/View/5797