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Reporting to the ME Cluster Lead and serving as a member of the Middle East Leadership Team, the role translates cluster and category strategies into disciplined execution across institutional and private channels.\nThe role owns country sales planning, forecasting, customer and account execution, sales-force productivity, territory and coverage design, performance management, field capability development, and launch execution. Category Leads own portfolio and brand strategy; the Sales Lead owns market-level customer-facing execution and sales delivery, working in close partnership to convert strategic priorities into measurable business results.\nThe Sales Lead partners closely with Medical, Health & Value, Commercial Excellence, PH&E, Regulatory, Supply, Finance, PX, Legal, and Compliance to optimize resources, deliver sustainable growth, strengthen customer experience, and ensure effective execution of strategic brand plans. The role builds a high-performing, inclusive, and accountable sales organization and ensures compliance with Pfizer policies, local laws, and applicable external regulations.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nBusiness and financial delivery: Own UAE revenue, operating-plan delivery, forecast accuracy, risks and opportunities, and disciplined deployment of commercial investment.\nMarket execution: Translate Middle East and category priorities into clear country sales plans, territory strategies, customer and account plans, launch plans, and field execution standards.\nSales-force effectiveness: Optimize territory and coverage design, targeting, capacity, call planning, resource allocation, and sales-force productivity across public and private channels.\nPerformance leadership: Set clear objectives and KPIs; lead rigorous business and performance reviews; use data to identify gaps; and ensure timely coaching, recognition, corrective action, and follow-through.\nCustomer and institutional strategy: Build deep understanding of customer needs, institutional priorities, healthcare-system dynamics, competition, access barriers, and market trends, converting insight into coordinated action.\nPortfolio and launch partnership: Partner with Category Leads, who own portfolio and brand strategy, while owning market-level customer-facing execution, launch readiness, demand generation, account priorities, and sales delivery.\nGo-to-market evolution: Embed approved digital tools, omnichannel engagement, and new ways of working that improve customer experience, field impact, and productivity.\nundefined\nEnterprise leadership: Contribute actively to Middle East Leadership Team decisions, operating plans, forecasts, resource choices, risk reviews, and cross-market priorities.\nTalent and culture: Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing talent; strengthen first-line manager capability; maintain succession plans; and foster ownership, inclusion, collaboration, speaking up, and One Pfizer behavior.\nGovernance and compliance: Manage resources with strong operational discipline and ensure full compliance with Pfizer policies, local laws, industry codes, and external regulations.\nREQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Business, Economics, Healthcare, or a related field.\nMBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred.\nExperience and capabilities\n10+ years of pharmaceutical or healthcare experience, including significant experience leading sales or commercial teams.\nStrong knowledge of the UAE healthcare and pharmaceutical market, including institutional and private channels, customer dynamics, access considerations, regulations, and key stakeholders.\nDemonstrated success delivering revenue and profitability, leading complex portfolios, improving forecast quality and field productivity, and executing cross-functional commercial initiatives and launches.\nStrong business acumen, strategic thinking, planning, forecasting, analytical, digital, and data-interpretation capabilities.\nProven ability to lead transformation, set clear priorities, manage ambiguity, and drive disciplined execution and performance management.\nExcellent people leadership, coaching, talent-development, communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.\nHigh standards of integrity, compliance, governance, and ethical decision-making.\nLanguage\nFluency in English required; 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