Business Unit Director - Vaccines

Job Description

This position will be based in Riyadh and reports to the Managing Director for Saudi Arabia. The Vaccines Business Unit Director will lead the strategic and operational oversight of our company’s vaccines portfolio in Saudi Arabia, carrying full business and P&L accountability and accelerating growth across public and private vaccine markets. The role focuses on inclusion and access strategies, advancing vaccination policies, and ensuring successful launch and lifecycle management of our vaccine portfolio.

• Business strategy and execution: develop and implement the vaccines business strategy to achieve sustainable growth and meet annual financial commitments; maintain full accountability for revenue, profitability, market share, and forecasting; drive success across public and private market segments, maximizing performance of pediatric and adult vaccine portfolios.
• Portfolio management: lead strategy for existing and future vaccine assets, including launch readiness and lifecycle management; identify and pursue innovative opportunities to increase vaccine uptake through customer‑centric and patient‑focused approaches.
• Cross‑functional partnership: collaborate with Market Access, Policy, Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, and Strategic Accounts teams to enhance access and utilization of vaccines; lead inclusion, tenders, procurement and implementation strategies within national immunization programs and public‑sector opportunities.
• Market intelligence and planning: monitor healthcare trends, competitive dynamics and regulatory developments to shape future business opportunities; design and implement long‑term strategic plans aligned with company growth ambitions and Saudi Vision 2030 healthcare priorities.
• Team leadership: serve as a member of the Saudi Arabia Leadership Team, set a clear vision and strategic direction for the vaccines business, foster high levels of accountability, collaboration, innovation and execution excellence, and influence internal and external stakeholders beyond direct reporting lines.
• Talent management and development: attract, retain and develop diverse, high‑performing talent; build a strong succession pipeline, coach and develop team members, and create a psychologically safe, inclusive and high‑performance culture.
• External affairs and stakeholder engagement: build strategic partnerships with key healthcare stakeholders, represent the company with governmental and healthcare stakeholders, and establish our company as a trusted partner in disease prevention and vaccine innovation.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy required; advanced degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Public Health or a related discipline preferred; MBA or equivalent business qualification preferred.
• Experience:
  
  significant leadership experience within the pharmaceutical, vaccines, biotechnology or healthcare industry; proven experience leading a commercial business unit with P&L accountability; deep understanding of the Saudi healthcare ecosystem (MOH, NUPCO, HHC, health clusters, Vision 2030 initiatives); strong experience in vaccines, infectious diseases, public health programs or related therapeutic areas; demonstrated success in launch excellence, market expansion and lifecycle management; strong experience in market access, pricing, reimbursement, tender management and public‑sector engagement;
  
  fluency in English and Arabic (written and spoken); successful delivery of commercial and organizational transformation initiatives; experience managing public and private healthcare markets; influencing healthcare policy and engaging with health authorities; leading multifunctional teams within a matrix organization; extensive marketing, sales and people leadership experience; strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills; high ethics and integrity consistent with company values;
  
  strong executive presence and leadership impact; courageous and inclusive leadership; excellent communication and influencing skills; customer and patient focus; agility and resilience; strong collaboration; ability to inspire…