Global Product Head of Pharma & Healthcare
About The Position
At Maersk, the Global Product Manager, Pharma will shape and execute the global Pharma product strategy, helping deliver compliant, resilient, integrated supply chain solutions for pharmaceutical customers. The role will help grow Pharma as a premium, quality-led vertical by expanding Pharma Cold Chain Management across reefer and dry cargo flows and strengthening GDP and Quality Management System execution. Working with teams across Ocean, Cold Storage, Landside Transportation, Customs, Air, Solutions Engineering, technology, and qualified third-party partners, the role translates customer and market needs into scalable global products, operating standards, and commercial opportunities. It combines product strategy, business development, customer engagement, quality governance, and cross-functional execution. The role also supports development of specialist capabilities and regional accountability to position Maersk as an orchestration partner for Pharma product integrity, visibility, compliance, and exception management. The position is full-time and based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The anticipated starting salary is $155,000–$175,000 USD, subject to adjustment based on market conditions, experience, and location. Applicants for U.S. positions must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.
Requirements
- Significant experience in pharmaceutical logistics, healthcare supply chains, cold chain, product management, or a related field.
- Understanding of Pharma quality and compliance requirements, including GDP, QMS, product integrity, qualified lanes, and temperature-sensitive logistics.
- Experience developing products, solutions, or operating models across complex end-to-end supply chains.
- Ability to translate customer, market, and regulatory needs into clear product priorities, commercial propositions, and scalable execution plans.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead collaboratively across regions, functions, platforms, and external partners.
- Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution, strong commercial judgment, and disciplined performance management.
- Ability to communicate complex product, quality, operational, and commercial topics clearly to customers and leadership teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the global Pharma product strategy, product roadmap, business plan, and commercial priorities.
- Identify customer needs, market developments, product gaps, and growth opportunities across existing strategic accounts and new Pharma customers.
- Expand Pharma Cold Chain Management across reefer and dry Pharma flows, including suitable Air-to-Ocean conversion opportunities.
- Establish scalable product standards, quality requirements, operating models, pricing governance, and value propositions.
- Strengthen GDP and QMS execution, qualified-lane capabilities, visibility, telemetry, predictive alerts, and exception management.
- Collaborate across regional product teams, Sales, Customer Experience, Solutions Engineering, Operations, Air, Ocean, Cold Storage, Customs, technology, and external partners.
- Monitor product performance, market adoption, revenue development, customer value, and progress against the long-term Pharma business plan.
Benefits
- Training and support
- Opportunity to develop professional skills in a global environment
- Opportunity to develop a career through learning on the job
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
