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Demonstrates expertise in leading sales and commercial execution within the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors across the Gulf region, with a strong focus on revenue generation, strategic planning, and compliance with industry regulations. Proven ability to develop and implement effective territory strategies, optimize sales-force productivity, and foster talent development within diverse teams.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Pharmaceutical Sales LeadershipHealthcare Market DynamicsRevenue GenerationStrategic PlanningStakeholder Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own market-level customer-facing execution and delivery of revenue, profitability, and commercial objectives across Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain
- Provide integrated leadership across two distinct healthcare markets while serving on the Middle East Leadership Team
- Own country sales planning, forecasting, customer and institutional execution, sales-force productivity, territory and coverage design, performance management, field capability development, and launch execution
- Partner with Medical, Health & Value, Commercial Excellence, PH&E, Regulatory, Supply, Finance, PX, Legal, and Compliance teams
- Own revenue, operating-plan delivery, forecast accuracy, risks and opportunities, and commercial investment deployment
- Translate regional and category priorities into country sales plans, territory strategies, institutional and customer plans, launch plans, and field execution standards
- Optimize territory and coverage design, targeting, capacity, call planning, resource allocation, and sales-force productivity
- Set objectives and KPIs; lead business and performance reviews; identify gaps; and ensure coaching, recognition, corrective action, and follow-through
- Develop customer, institutional, tender, healthcare-system, competition, access, policy, distributor, and regulatory strategies
- Partner with Category Leads on portfolio and brand strategy while owning customer-facing execution, launch readiness, demand generation, tender and account priorities, and sales delivery
- Embed approved digital tools, omnichannel engagement, and improved ways of working
- Govern distributor and channel partner accountabilities, execution standards, performance monitoring, and compliant operations
- Contribute to leadership-team decisions, operating plans, forecasts, resource choices, risk reviews, and cross-market priorities
- Recruit, develop, coach, and retain talent; strengthen manager capability; maintain succession plans; and build one connected team
- Ensure operational discipline and compliance with Pfizer policies, local laws, industry codes, and external regulations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Business, Economics, Healthcare, or a related field
- MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years of pharmaceutical or healthcare experience, including significant experience leading sales or commercial teams
- Strong knowledge of Gulf countries healthcare and pharmaceutical market dynamics, including institutional and private channels, tenders, customer and distributor environments, access considerations, regulations, and key stakeholders
- Demonstrated success delivering revenue and profitability, leading commercial execution across multiple markets, improving forecast quality and field productivity, and executing launches and cross-functional initiatives
- Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, planning, forecasting, analytical, digital, and data-interpretation capabilities
- Proven ability to balance competing market priorities, lead remotely across geographies, manage ambiguity, and drive consistent execution and performance management
- Excellent people leadership, coaching, talent-development, communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills across diverse cultures
- High standards of integrity, compliance, governance, and ethical decision-making
- Fluency in English required
- Arabic is highly desirable
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive candidate pool
- Inclusive environment where colleagues are heard, seen, and cared for
- Culture that encourages colleagues to speak up and thrive
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Hard Skills
Sales PlanningForecastingPerformance ManagementData InterpretationMarket AnalysisLaunch ExecutionTerritory DesignDigital Tools ImplementationCompliance GovernanceAnalytical Skills
Soft Skills
People LeadershipCoachingCommunicationInfluencingTalent Development
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in PharmacyMBA or Relevant Advanced Degree
Industry Keywords
Gulf Countries HealthcarePharmaceutical MarketInstitutional ChannelsPrivate ChannelsTendersRegulatory ComplianceAccess ConsiderationsStakeholder EngagementCross-Functional InitiativesEthical Decision-Making