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Chief of Staff to CMD | Global Pharmaceutical Organisation

Michael Page
Hyderabad, India
7-15 Years
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Job Description

  • Opportunity to influence core strategic decisions and organizational direction.
  • Direct proximity to the CMD of a global pharma leader.

Job Description

  1. Strategic Execution & Business Alignment
  • Convert CMD's vision into structured plans with clear milestones, owners, and timelines.
  • Ensure all departments and portfolio companies align to CMD's quarterly and annual priorities.
  • Enable faster decision-making by summarizing trade-offs, scenarios, and implications.
  • Track progress on all strategic initiatives and identify risks early.

  1. CMD's Agenda Ownership
  • Establish CMD's annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly agenda.
  • Drive what CMD should focus on-based on business needs, opportunity, and risk.
  • Filter and prioritize what reaches CMD protect his time.
  • Ensure CMD has the right intelligence before every meeting.

  1. Portfolio Company Oversight
  • Maintain a complete overview of all businesses CMD is involved in.
  • Track major initiatives, capex, R&D, regulatory matters, BD, M&A, and operations.
  • Ensure senior leadership across each company is aligned, accountable, and delivering.
  • Facilitate cross-company synergy and information flow.

  1. MIS, Analytics & Performance Tracking
  • Build CMD's master dashboard covering all businesses, KPIs, and projects.
  • Monitor operational, financial, regulatory, and strategic metrics.
  • Provide weekly analytical reports highlighting red flags, insights, and recommended focus areas.
  • Ensure CMD always has up-to-date, accurate data.

  1. Meeting Leadership & Communication
  • Own the entire lifecycle of CMD's meetings (agenda prep outcomes follow-up).
  • Ensure meetings end with decisions, owners, deadlines, and clarity.
  • Hold stakeholders accountable for implementation.
  • Capture nuances, unspoken tension points, and strategic implications.

  1. Decision Support & Research
  • Conduct deep research across markets, competitors, regulatory shifts, and macro trends.
  • Prepare concise briefing notes to help CMD take informed decisions quickly.
  • Analyze business proposals, investment decks, acquisitions, and new initiatives.
  • Convert complex reports into crisp insights.

  1. Leadership Coordination & Accountability
  • Serve as the primary bridge between CMD and CXOs/senior leaders.
  • Track commitments made by leadership and ensure timely execution.
  • Provide leaders with clarity on expectations and follow through on outcomes.
  • Maintain organizational discipline in communication and cadence.

  1. Operational Efficiency & Problem Solving
  • Identify inefficiencies across functions and propose corrective frameworks.
  • Resolve bottlenecks before they reach CMD.
  • Improve workflows, communication systems, and internal processes.
  • Create playbooks, templates, SOPs, and structure where needed.

  1. Personal Operating System for CMD
  • Ensure CMD's working bandwidth is optimized at all times.
  • Pre-read, summarize, and prepare materials so CMD walks into every meeting fully armed.
  • Create structure around emails, information flow, and decision cycles.
  • Anticipate needs rather than react to them.

  1. Confidential Advisory Partner
  • Serve as a sounding board for sensitive decisions.
  • Handle confidential information with absolute discretion.
  • Maintain the highest level of judgment, loyalty, and professionalism

The Successful Applicant

  • Strong academic background from top tier universities, preferably in life sciences or Management.
  • 7-15 years in Strategy, Consulting, CXO-office roles, CoS, or senior program management.
  • Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder, fast-moving environments is essential.
  • Proven experience in the consulting and pharmaceutical industry.
  • Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
  • A proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.

What's on Offer

Opportunities for professional growth in the pharmaceutical industry, a direct pathway to taking on CEO/COO/Business Head roles in the future.

More Info

Job Type:
Permanent Job
Function:
Pharmaceutical
Employment Type:
Full time

About Company

Michael Page

Michael Page has five decades of expertise in professional services recruitment. We were established in London in 1976, and over this period we've grown organically to become one of the best-known and most respected consultancies, with an office network spanning six continents.
While size has its advantages, it doesn't define us - the nature of our organic growth means that each new office is integrated into the region that it serves. It also means that as an employer looking to hire, or as a candidate aiming to grow your career you have the best of both worlds&#x3B; a team that understands the market and geography you operate in, plus the resources and expertise of an international network at your disposal.

Job ID: 134708593

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