Job Description

Associate Manager, Diagnostics (Oncology)

Overview:

The Associate Manager, Diagnostics Oncology will be responsible to educate medical Oncologists, Pathologists and other stakeholders on the importance of predictive biomarkers and ensure enhanced adoption of testing. This role will report into the Associate Director Marketing, Oncology and will be based out of Kolkata.

Key responsibilities:

Enabling testing and Expansion:

• Focus on increasing PD-L1 testing in the assigned accounts by assessing their current testing methods, platform, assay and capability.

• Establish pan-tumour CPS and TPS testing by educating on the relevance of techniques, materials and methods.

• Educating the stakeholders on clinical evidence and ensuring high quality and reproducible testing standards

• Evaluate the baseline of current diagnostic tests and execute action plan for testing in alignment with Marketing team

• Partner with Marketing team for launch of Panel testing

Field Coverage:

• Ensure the coverage of east zone by regularly visiting all the HQs and ensuring account and HCP coverage to evangelize testing.

• Wherever required plan joint calls with sales & marketing team to educate pathologists and medical oncologists.

• Ensure customer coverage, organize daily reports and action plans arising from the strategy of biomarkers

Activity Execution & coordination​

• Collaborate with marketing & sales team to ensure Pathologists get engaged in educational meeting​s

• Plan activities to train Pathologists on TPS & CPS through educational programs​

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in life sciences (e.g. biology, biochemistry, pharmacy)

• Experience in the Oncology and/or Biomarkers area is highly preferred

• A minimum of 3 years of biotech, diagnostic/medical selling experience in a pharmaceutical field

• Fluent in English

• Must possess a high degree of technical expertise, have excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills

• Willingness to travel extensively

• A strong customer focus – ability to deliver value to the customer by understanding and meeting their needs

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Advertising Campaign Development, Communication Management, Developing Pricing Strategies, Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Financial Awareness, Health Care Systems, Market Development, Market Research, Medical Literature Review, Product Development, Product Evaluations, Product Introduction, Product Management, Strategic Planning, TOEFL

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

07/15/2025

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