Business Unit Director - HPV

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Unit Director - HPV in Spain. Reporting to the Executive Business Unit Director, this high-profile leadership position will be responsible for leading the HPV Business Unit across diverse healthcare ecosystems, including public and private settings, ensuring sustained growth of current indications, launch excellence of new indication and strong business performance in an evolving market.

The successful candidate will lead integrated Marketing and Sales teams, drive cross-functional collaboration, shape strategic priorities, and build strong partnerships across the HPV ecosystem while inspire teams towards our precious purpose of eliminating HPV related cancers.

This role offers the opportunity to significantly impact patient outcomes while contributing to local and global business strategies, ensuring innovative solutions reach eligible patients throughout Spain.

What you will do:  

Bring energy, knowledge, innovation and leadership to carry out the following:

- Lead and inspire the HPV Business Unit and deliver sustainable growth across both public and private ecosystems in-sync to advance towards elimination of HPV related cancers

- Develop strategic vision and execute customer focus Marketing and Sales plans across segments to maximize business performance

- Drive launch excellence for new indication and target populations, while accelerating uptake in the adult women segment through strong partnerships across private healthcare and screening settings.

- Lead and influence cross-functional teams, acting as a catalyst for change and fostering a purpose-driven, One Team culture across Marketing, Sales, Medical, Market Access, Policy and Digital.

-  Build and manage strategic partnerships with key customers across private and public settings to enhance value for patients, healthcare stakeholders and the business.

- Foster an innovative, omnichannel and data driven customer engagement approach to strengthen customer experience (both HCC and HCP) and organizational effectiveness 

What skills you will need:

In order to excel in this role, you will more than likely have:

- Significant experience within the pharmaceutical industry, including leadership roles with commercial accountability and complex portfolios (public, private).

- Strong experience working within healthcare pharmaceutical and/or vaccines environments.

- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful business strategies in complex and competitive therapeutic areas  

- Experience leading both Marketing and Sales organizations and driving strong cross-functional collaboration with a purpose focus and growth mindset

- Demonstrated success launching products and delivering business results with analytics track record

- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build effective partnerships internally and externally.

- Solid business acumen, analytical capabilities and experience using data to inform decision-making.

- Experience managing diverse teams and influencing matrix organizations across multiple functions.

- Experience developing and implementing disease-related solutions that enhance value propositions and support market expansion.

Why Join Us?

As a company, we are committed to keeping the patient at the very heart of all that we do and strive to find solutions and treatments for some of the world's most challenging healthcare needs.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment.

So, if you are ready to lead a high-performing team, shape the future of HPV  in Spain, build strategic partnerships, and make a meaningful impact on patients' lives, please apply today

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Required Skills:

Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis, Go to Market (GTM), Market Access Strategies, Marketing, Partner Alliances, People Leadership, Product Launches, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Sales

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

10/26/2026

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