Website Dr. Reddy's ltd
Post Name: Quality Assurance Associate
Job Description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for identifying and securing candidates for licensing and alliances to address portfolio gaps and launch line extensions for existing brands.
You will be responsible for conducting market research, attending conferences, and monitoring competitor portfolios and proposals from drug development companies to identify opportunities.
You will be responsible for coordinating with experts to evaluate products under consideration for acquisition, licensing, distribution, localization, or other collaborations.
You will be responsible for preparing comprehensive business cases for potential projects and aligning them with internal stakeholders.
You will be responsible for contributing to the finalization of term sheets and agreements, ensuring commercial viability.
You will be responsible for leading strategic projects, including planning, resource allocation, progress tracking, and maintaining documentation.
You will be responsible for monitoring deal profitability and raising timely alarms to renegotiate key commercial terms with partners as needed.
You will be responsible for proactively identifying risks in projects and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies toensure successful outcomes.
Qualifications:
Educational Qualification:
Post Graduation in pharmacy/MBA preferred. Graduation in Science preferred
Minimum Work Experience:
5+ years / 7+ years experience within pharma industry
Skills & Attributes & Critical Exposures:
Functional Skills:
Account Management
Partner Relationship Management
Pricing Strategies
Contract Management
Due Diligence
Business Development
Deal Structuring
Investment Analysis
Resident Skills
Product Knowledge
Project Management
Business Negotiation
Market Intelligence
Behavioural Skills:
Insight-to-Action Thinking – Translates complex data into impactful strategies that inform portfolio and acquisition decisions.
Ownership & Drive – Leads vendor coordination, project execution, and partnership enablement with accountability and pace.
Stakeholder Influence – Builds alignment across global teams, consultants, and partners to deliver high-value business outcomes.
Critical Exposures:
Corporate strategy manager role in API / Biologics / Biosimilars / Formulations
Business Development / Sales manager in a smaller geography (API Formulations /any) with exposure to licensing
M&A manager role in pharma or consulting
Analyst in portfolio team for a min of 2 years with a prior role in sales (Rx) and/or brand/product management (Rx) as ABM/KAM
Exposure to procurement & negotiation/pharma strategic consulting/ tech platform collaborations in pharma.
