Global Solution Manager for Potency Testing

A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become **a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics**. For almost 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed **innovative diagnostics solutions** to **improve public health**. Today, our teams are spread across 45 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network.
Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

We are looking for a Global Solution Manager in charge of innovative potency testing solutions dedicated to the bioproduction of vaccines, with worldwide responsibilities.
You will belong to the Global Marketing Pharma Quality Control Business Unit of the Industrial Microbiology Unit of bioMérieux that offers holistic quality control expertise and solutions to pharma, biotech, CDMO manufacturers, ultimately helping them provide patients with critical therapies more quickly and safely.

bioMérieux has signed a strategic partnership with InDevR, a company specializing in analytical control for the vaccine industry. This partnership includes the distribution of their innovative platform - VaxArray® - that evaluates the clinical potency of vaccines. VaxArray® is based on versatile and multiplexed microarray technology, with specific recognition and quantification of antigens, antibodies or nucleic acids, including mRNA.

Today, the vaccine production sector is in the midst of a transformation, notably following COVID-19 pandemic and the massive emergence of messenger RNA vaccine technology. The VaxArray® platform provides an innovative response to the challenge of quality control of this new type of vaccine.

This new partnership with InDevR opens up to bioMérieux a new avenue to better address the specific quality control needs of critical parameters monitored by the pharmaceutical industry.

**What will your responsibilities be at bioMérieux ?**

You will be responsible for the marketing development, planning and its execution providing all the necessary insights, positioning, value selling materials and distribution tactics to support the business development of this innovative solution. This position collaborates closely with Business Development Leader, Strategic Partner, Global Industry Customer Service, Supply Chain, adjacent marketing functions (both global and local subsidiaries worldwide).

**Main responsibilities include**:

- Defining the marketing strategy, value proposition and positioning for the distribution of the Potency Testing range in EU and toward global strategic accounts of the bioproduction market.
- Driving the Go-to-Market strategy and implementation in the relevant geographies,
- Designing and executing marketing operations and plan ensuring innovation adoption and customer satisfaction; monitoring and assessing accessible market, customer segmentation and targets, price, support to sales development and training,
- Leading the promotion of the solution; with the execution of communication and campaign strategies with the support of the Communication Department and in close collaboration with Business Development Leader, Scientific Affairs, and our Partner,
- Ensuring range availability: price definition, product availability in close collaboration with Supply Chain,
- Conducting the necessary market and competitive intelligence, as well as marketing analysis, using Voice of Customer approach, to characterize business development targets, solution positioning and market access strategy,
- Developing and maintaining close relationships with key opinion leaders (KOL) and key stakeholders in close collaboration with scientific affairs, business development leader.

**Who are you ?**
- You hold Master degree in life sciences or process engineering with expertise or experience in immunology, analytical development, or vaccine development
- You have at least 5-7 years of experience in Marketing in the pharmaceutical industry or life sciences with a strong business acumen; MBA is a plus.
- You are willing to explore and develop new businesses
- You are recognized for your leadership and communication skills and have the ability to distill complex topics into simple and clear messages for different stakeholders.
- You are customer oriented and problem-solving attitude with a strong team spirit.
- You are fluent in English, and French is a plus.
- You are willing to travel both domestically and internationally 20% of the time.
- This position is located in Craponne (Lyon’s area, France).