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Pierre Fabre

Allogeneic cell therapies development and commercialization

Head

Business & StrategyPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed university degree in business administration, marketing, economics, or a comparable course of study.
  • Several years of substantial leadership experience in brand management, marketing, or general management.
  • Demonstrated success in building and developing brands and achieving sustainable business growth.
  • Experience leading and developing teams during transformation processes, organizational changes, or restructuring.
  • Substantial experience working within international matrix organizations.
  • Experience collaborating with regional or global headquarters and successfully managing complex stakeholder structures.
  • Ideally, experience with comprehensive profit-and-loss responsibility, entrepreneurial decision-making, and strategic business planning.
  • Industry knowledge in dermocosmetics, skincare, consumer healthcare, pharmaceuticals, fast-moving consumer goods, beauty, or adjacent consumer-goods industries is advantageous.
  • Ability to act confidently and take responsibility amid uncertainty.
  • Ability to provide clarity, direction, and shared purpose in a dynamic and complex environment.
  • Ability to combine empathy and appreciation with accountability and consistent results orientation.
  • Ability to set high quality and performance standards while creating an environment in which employees can develop their potential and succeed.
  • Ability to communicate openly, transparently, and persuasively across organizational levels.
  • Ability to build credibility through expertise and role-model behavior, and motivate people toward shared goals.
  • Ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with diverse stakeholders.
  • Ability to influence people and decisions successfully, including without direct disciplinary authority.
  • Ability to combine strategic thinking with pragmatic, solution-oriented execution.
  • Resilience, adaptability, and sound judgment under pressure.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and responsibility for overall business success across functional boundaries.
  • End-to-end understanding of the business and the effects of decisions across the value chain.
  • Ability to bring together diverse people and perspectives, reduce complexity, and create shared understanding of goals and priorities.
  • Ability to move confidently between long-term brand strategy, operational execution, and management of business performance.
  • Belief in collaboration, mutual trust, and shared responsibility as foundations for sustainable success.

Responsibilities

  • Take overall responsibility for the successful development and management of the Avène business in Germany, including growth, profitability, market share, brand strength, and strategic development.
  • Own business planning and forecasts, prioritize investments, and allocate resources effectively.
  • Continuously analyze business performance and derive concrete actions and new growth opportunities.
  • Ensure holistic business decisions account for commercial, consumer, customer, medical, operational, and financial considerations.
  • Take overarching responsibility for the sustainable success of the Avène brand in the German market.
  • Develop and communicate a compelling long-term vision for Avène in Germany.
  • Define strategic priorities and translate them into concrete business and marketing plans.
  • Own portfolio strategy, innovation launches, product lifecycle management, and development of relevant product categories.
  • Ensure a strong, consistent, brand-appropriate presence across relevant touchpoints.
  • Identify and assess consumer trends, competitive developments, and new market opportunities early.
  • Lead, motivate, and develop a team in a dynamic environment shaped by organizational change and transformation.
  • Create clarity, direction, and trust, particularly during change and uncertainty.
  • Promote a team culture based on trust, appreciation, collaboration, and high performance expectations.
  • Establish clear expectations and goals, an open feedback culture, and individual development opportunities.
  • Develop leadership potential and strengthen engagement, accountability, and adaptability within the team.
  • Combine an empathetic, employee-oriented leadership style with a strong focus on results and performance.
  • Serve as a central interface across Marketing, Sales, Medical, Digital, Finance, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, and Customer Excellence.
  • Promote cross-functional collaboration based on shared accountability and partnership.
  • Ensure a shared understanding of strategic priorities and overarching business goals.
  • Drive effective execution through persuasion, collaboration, and professional leadership across hierarchical boundaries.
  • Build and maintain trusted, robust relationships and personal credibility within the organization.
  • Serve as a central interface between the German organization and international headquarters.
  • Translate global strategies into market-relevant, commercially attractive initiatives and growth opportunities for the German market.
  • Represent local market requirements and interests while accounting for international strategic objectives.
  • Communicate persuasively and influence decision-makers across functions, countries, and organizational levels.
  • Navigate differing interests, competing priorities, and complex decision-making within an international matrix organization.

Desired Qualifications

  • Industry knowledge in dermocosmetics, skincare, consumer healthcare, pharmaceuticals, fast-moving consumer goods, beauty, or adjacent consumer-goods industries is advantageous.
  • Ideally, experience with comprehensive profit-and-loss responsibility, entrepreneurial decision-making, and strategic business planning.

About the Company

Pierre Fabre

Allogeneic cell therapies development and commercialization

Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals (US) develops and commercializes allogeneic cell therapies for oncology and rare diseases. It focuses on bringing next-generation, donor-derived cell therapies to patients with high unmet medical needs and deepens partnerships with biotech companies to advance products through clinical manufacturing and distribution in the US.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Seed
Total funding
$13.8M
Headquarters
Toulouse, France
Founded
1951

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