Product Lead - Neurology

Bayer is looking to fill a senior Product Lead - Neurology role in Canada, based in Mississauga. It’s a permanent, full-time position that Bayer emphasizes will be supported by a flexible hybrid approach even though the role is onsite. The company values ownership, growth, and a global perspective, and is keen to hear from leaders who can drive a major launch in the Canadian market and collaborate across diverse teams. If you’ve steered launches in Canada, especially in neurology or related fields, this could be a strong fit.

Reporting directly to the President & CEO of Bayer Inc., the Product Lead will head a high-priority, cross-functional squad and carry strategic, launch, and financial accountability for the product in Canada. The role centers on crafting the Canadian launch strategy, ensuring readiness across market access, field operations, supply, and organizational capacity, and turning customer and market insights into clear strategic choices that support sustainable growth.

In practice, you’ll shape and execute a comprehensive Canadian launch plan from pre-launch through early post-launch optimization, translating the global brand into a Canadian value proposition and engaging plan for customers. You’ll build an integrated, multi-year roadmap, anticipate regulatory, policy, market, and competitive developments, and adjust plans as needed. You’ll lead a cross-functional squad spanning Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, Customer Engagement, Patient Support, Operations, Analytics, and other enabling functions, set the strategic direction, remove roadblocks, and nurture an inclusive, high-performing team. You’ll align Canadian priorities with global and regional stakeholders while representing local market and launch requirements.

You’ll act as a senior ambassador for stroke and thrombosis in Canada, building trusted relationships with external experts and healthcare system stakeholders, and turning market research and analytics into actionable priorities. You’ll partner with Customer Engagement to ensure field teams have the strategy, content, and insights needed for effective hospital and community execution, and you’ll represent Bayer at congresses and advisory forums. On the financial side, you’ll share accountability for business performance with the appropriate leaders, develop robust business cases, secure the resources needed for launch, and manage the brand budget with disciplined investments. You’ll pursue agile, digital, and compliant execution, using iterative planning to test and adapt, champion omnichannel engagement, and apply AI and analytics responsibly to improve planning and customer experience while staying within Canadian regulatory, legal, privacy, pharmacovigilance, PAAB, and Innovative Medicines Canada requirements. All activities are conducted with safety and sustainability in mind.

Steering the neurology launch in Canada

The day-to-day mix revolves around three threads. First, you’ll own the end-to-end launch journey for the Canadian market, from pre-launch readiness through launch execution and early optimization, with a clear, prioritized roadmap and defined performance indicators. Second, you’ll lead a cross-functional team and create the conditions for rapid, insight-led decision making, cutting through barriers and enabling timely action. Third, you’ll partner with external experts and internal partners to ensure the strategy is grounded in clinical and market realities, while ensuring financial discipline and resource alignment across the organization. The work also includes representing Bayer in external settings and ensuring Canadian needs are reflected in global and regional plans.

In this leadership capacity, you’ll manage the budget with rigor, build strong business cases, and allocate resources where evidence points to impact. You’ll work within an agile framework to test ideas, learn quickly, and adapt priorities as market dynamics shift. You’ll keep a digital-first mindset, promoting modular content, omnichannel engagement, and responsible use of generative AI and analytics to sharpen insights and planning. Compliance with Canadian regulatory, legal, privacy, pharmacovigilance, PAAB, and Innovative Medicines Canada requirements is essential, as is maintaining safety and environmental responsibility in every activity.

What you’ll need to bring

Must-haves

• A bachelor’s degree in business, science, or a related field; an MBA or another advanced degree is preferred
• Eight or more years of progressive pharmaceutical or biotechnology leadership experience in markets such as Marketing, Sales, Market Access, or a related commercial function
• Recent, successful Canadian pharmaceutical launch experience, ideally within the last five years, with leadership accountability across pre-launch strategy, market readiness, launch execution, and early post-launch optimization
• Experience in cardiovascular, neurology, or hospital/institutional markets, including hospital-based pathways, formulary and access dynamics, and field execution in hospital settings
• Proven track record of leading a complex cross-functional brand or product team in a matrixed organization
• Demonstrated ability to turn customer insights, competitive intelligence, and analytics into strategic priorities and investment choices
• Experience engaging senior external experts, healthcare system stakeholders, and executive-level internal partners

• Nice to have skills include comfort with digital engagement and data-driven decision making, including AI and analytics capabilities, plus a track record of collaborating with external experts and advisory bodies; familiarity with the Canadian regulatory and privacy landscape; and the ability to influence across functions without relying on formal authority

Pay, benefits and practical details

The base salary range for this role is between $167,490 and $217,490. This compensation includes components such as base salary, vacation pay, public holiday pay, potential estimated overtime pay and paid statutory leaves of absence. Additional benefits may include insured benefits such as health care, vision, dental, disability, and contributory retirement savings plans, etc. There is also an opportunity to earn additional performance-based compensation, which could bring total direct compensation (TDC) to a range of $244,200 to $294,200, depending on performance. The posting notes that this is the only portion of the compensation that may vary with performance and that the base range is fixed. The role is onsite in Mississauga, Ontario, within Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals division. The posting remains open at least until Nov 5, 2026.

The company supports a flexible hybrid working environment, but this is a vacant permanent position based out of Mississauga, ON. The role carries the standard expectations for a senior leadership post in a global pharma organization, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance, patient and payer considerations, and a focus on delivering value to Canadian stakeholders.

Location: Canada : Ontario : Mississauga. Division: Pharmaceuticals. Reference Code: 894732.

Advice for applicants

Put your most relevant Canadian launch experience at the top of your resume, and lead with a concrete example of a recent launch you directed in Canada that shows pre-launch strategy, readiness, and early post-launch results.

When you describe your must-have skills, share specific outcomes from cross-functional leadership. Talk about how you aligned Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, and Operations to hit launch milestones, with numbers you can point to, milestones reached on time, resources secured, or budget targets achieved.

Prep for interviews by outlining how you’ve translated customer insights and analytics into action. Be ready to walk through an example where you anticipated a regulatory or market shift and adapted the launch plan to maintain momentum and meet targets.

Ask a targeted question about how the team translates global brand strategy into a differentiated Canadian value proposition, and how they measure launch readiness and cross-functional accountability across the squad.

How to apply

This posting requires candidates to be referred through Bayer’s internal referral system by a current Bayer employee to participate in the referral program. Once referred, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application. The reference code for this role is 894732. The job is located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, within the Pharmaceuticals division, and the posting is open at least until November 5, 2026.