FFE BP Lead GenMed

LocationShanghai

Typefull-time

SeniorityLead

Experience6+ yrs

Company size10,000+ people

First seenOct 6, 2026 · 5d ago

Verified live1d ago

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Minimum 6+ years experience in MNC, healthcare, pharmaceutical or healthcare related industries

Rich FFE/Field force management/business consulting work experience

Project management experience is must

Good knowledge of pharmaceutical field force model, territory alignment principles, target setting guidelines

Solid knowledge in FFE tools, processes, performance tracking methodologies and analytical frameworks

In-depth understanding in the environment and operation of field team in the China pharmaceutical industry

Strong communication skills to influence key stakeholders

Strong business sense and judgment capability

Result oriented and willingness to take initiatives

Strong analytical skills

Intellectual capacity to drive solutions within complex business environment

Ability to navigate cross-team dynamics and drive influences

Good capability to learn and adapt to rapidly changing industry

Ability to work under pressure and potential overtime

Good command of both written and oral English

Minimum bachelor degree

Specialty care experience is strongly preferred

Change management with FFE transformation or evolution experience is preferred

Advanced degree (Master, PhD, or MBA) is preferred

Skills

digital tools

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Diversity and inclusion

About the role

JOB PURPOSE:

The FFE BP Lead facilitates decision-making of GBU/BU GM in terms of field force force strategy and execution excellence. This is achieved through creating and delivering data-driven analytical solutions, solving business problems and providing high impact end-to-end statistical approaches.

• Be an analytical engine and advisor to GBU/BU to joinly improve field force force execution excellence and productivity improvement

• Provide insights and recommendations on GBU/BU execution planning, and build an effective execution tracking system with BU

• Manage field force force planning process for GBU/BU

• Drive continuous customer engagement transition by leveraging digital and new technology

• Collaborate with GBU/BU, other CE teams and supporting functions to drive continuous improvement of FFE processes and activities

Responsibilities

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Field Force Planning

• Support GBU/BUs on the field force force sizing and deployment plan following business objectives

• Provide methodologies, templates, tools and analytical support to GBU/BU on field force territory management (including target hospital identification and potential analysis), workload estimation, territory alignment, target setting, and listing planning

• Bring insights and experience to ensure the field force planning fits to the business nature in China and align with business strategy

• Lead the quarterly and yearly field force planning cycle (territory alignment and target setting) with GBU/BU and ensure timely delivery with quality

• Act as a key coordinator between GBU/BU and FFE Incentive team on the incentive design to ensure strong alignment between business priority and incentive design

Execution Planning

• Closely work with GBU/BU to support execution framework design and continuous improvement for customer profiling, segmentation and targeting, customer interaction planning (calls, remote engagement, and events) and objective setting

• Design execution tracking mechanisms/report for GBU/BU and closely monitor the tracking the executions with GBU/BU management team

• Provide insights and recommendations to GBU/BU management on the execution status, gaps and suggestions

• Drive the continuous execution model transition with GBU/BU and work closely with digital and Omni-channel teams in and outside GBU/BU

Analysis and Insight Generation

• Manage FFE related dashboard for GBU/BU, including design, data collection, production and delivery

• Work closely with marketing and field force teams to understand and translate business needs into analytic requirements

• Provide both routine and ad-hoc analysis for GBU/BU management on execution excellence, productivity improvement and resource allocation

Operation and Data management

• Lead/Coordinate key FFE projects with GBU/BU (such as customer segmentation, field force sizing and etc.)

• Manage day to day FFE related operation supports to GBU/BU

• Coordinate with GBU/BU and other teams to fine-tune system of field force operation for better efficiency and effectiveness

FFE BP Team Management

• Manage FFE Analysis Team to ensure quality support to GBU/BU

• Be responsible for the people development of the FFE Analysis team

Requirements

JOB-HOLDER ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

• Minimum bachelor degree

• Advanced degree (such as Master, PhD, or MBA) is preferred

Experience & knowledge:

• Rich FFE/Field force management/business consulting work experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical or healthcare related industries with minimum 6+ years experience in MNC, specialty care experience is strongly preferred

• Project management experience is must, change management with FFE transformation or evolution experience is preferred

• Good knowledge of pharmaceutical field force model, territory alignment principles, target setting guidelines

• Solid knowledge in FFE tools, processes, performance tracking methodologies and analytical frameworks and in-depth understanding in the environment and operation of field team in the China pharmaceutical industry

Core competencies:

• Strong communication skills to influence the key stakeholders and collaborate with partner departments

• Strong business sense and judgment capability to identify the priority performance bottleneck

• Result oriented and willingness to take initiatives to challenge the status quo and optimize

• Strong analytical skills to drive a wide range of analysis, both independently and with teamwork

• Intellectual capacity to drive solutions within the constraints of complex business environment and processes

• Ability to navigate through cross-team dynamics and drive influences and impacts

• Good capability to learn and adapt to a rapidly changing industry environment and practices

• Ability to work under pressure and potential overtime to deliver high-quality work on a timely basis

• Good command of both written and oral English

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