If you have a keen interest in commercial operations and want to develop a deep and broad understanding of how commercial projects and transition management are critical to a global business, then we want to hear from you.
Join us to help improve peoples’ lives and make healthcare better for everyone!
Why pharmanovia
Pharmanovia is a dynamic, fast-growing international pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of over 20 brands across more than 160 markets. Our mission is to improve patient health globally through the revitalisation of niche, tried-and-trusted medicines.
Our core behaviours are
- We act decisively but we never compromise on quality.
- We keep our promises and do as we say.
- We value our heritage and foster an entrepreneurial spirit.
- We reinvest in our future – in our products, our brands and our people.
- We give back to our communities.
Since its inception in 2013, Pharmanovia has grown consistently year on year, focusing on delivering high-quality branded prescription medicines to patients, prescribers and healthcare providers across the world. Our growth has enabled the company to reinvest in its products, brands, people, and to give back to its communities. A people business with a strong, supportive culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, our team comprises over 300 employees and 29 nationalities, operating from offices in the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.A.E., India, Singapore, Italy, Spain, and South Korea.
We are an agile and imaginative global specialty pharma business and a preferred partner for innovator pharma companies, instigating a paradigm shift in the life cycle management of iconic medicines. We seek to extensively engage with clinical communities to communicate product improvements and prioritise environmental, social, and governance considerations across the business and workforce.
Pharmanovia’s therapeutic areas include Cardiovascular, Oncology, Endocrinology and Neurology.
Our graduate scheme
We are passionate about providing early pathways into pharma for graduates and have won the Pharma Industry Awards UK’s Graduate Training Programme of the Year in September 2023. This award celebrates those pharmaceutical organisations offering best-in-class graduate training and development programmes.
Our inclusive, high-performance culture provides opportunities to continually learn, develop and try new things. We have designed this programme to help graduates evolve and refine their skills, by working closely with our leadership team on high level projects. We are providing a pathway for bright talent in a unique, dynamic section of the pharmaceutical industry.
During this two-year programme you will have the opportunity to get real hands-on experience and contribute to large-scale real-world pharmaceutical projects. At the end of the successful completion of our scheme, you will have strong employment prospects as we hope to be able to offer you the chance to secure a full-time role with our brightest minds, in a department that will keep developing your career.
The role
You will be an integral member of the Pharmanovia Commercial team, providing a first-rate representation of the company, and building on our existing credibility, to position Pharmanovia as a global partner of choice for innovative, orphan and value-add medicines.
Working in tandem with the global team, and regional commercial affiliates and partners, you will proactively help with commercial projects, project planning, project reporting and transition management. This involves defining the scope of the project, monitoring and tracking any changes, identifying resources required, and creating a project plan. You will help coordinate attendance and meeting schedules at conferences and ensure all activity is fully tracked and captured in monthly reports.
What you’ll be involved in
- Setting up commercial and transition management plans and providing report against progress and milestones
- Producing regular updates and reports
- Owing tasks in the commercial and transition management process (e.g., raising change controls, coordinating, and producing kick-off meeting templates/minutes and action logs)
- Working in coordination with cross-functional teams, mapping out functional bottlenecks and with functional support develop mitigation plans for those bottlenecks
- Developing Pharmanovia’s corporate knowledge of commercial and transition management on both a global and regional basis
- Bringing new ways of working/approaches to commercial and transition management
- Working closely with general managers and the global sales teams in providing commercial support
- Building commercial models, presentations and working closely with the data insights teams
The department has an ethos of continuous improvement, refining systems and creating efficiencies. This, along with the rapid growth of the business, leads to a varied and dynamic working environment.
About you
- On track to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree in business, supply chain, finance, engineering, quantitative disciplines or life sciences
- Experience in a commercial or pharmaceutical environment is a plus, but not essential
- Excellent standard of written and verbal communication in business English
- Strong aptitude for technology and highly proficient in the use of MS Office, including intermediate to advanced level Excel
- Ability to relate to stakeholders at all levels and from different cultural backgrounds
- First class numerical and analytical skills
- Project management skills
- Proactive approach to problem solving and critical thinking
- Strategic thinking and data analysis skills
- Detail-oriented and organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously
- Ability to maintain resilience, learn quickly and navigate ambiguity
- Collaborative, team-player attitude and a willingness to take on new challenges
- Eagerness to learn and develop new skills
What we offer
We offer a competitive salary and rewards package including holiday, health & well-being program, employee recognition awards, social events, pension scheme and hybrid working.
Graduates are an important part of the team. We’re committed to having a workforce that represents every part of society. So, we’re keen to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and circumstances. We will ensure that you have the support and guidance that comes from a collaborative environment, where fresh perspectives are encouraged, and questions are welcomed.
Interviews will be held from December 2024 until March 2025. Offers should be made in March/April, with the role starting at the beginning of September 2025.
By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.
