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MANAGER PROFILE
An expert in pharmaceutical marketing and medical products.

Doctorate in pharmaceutical marketing and medical devices

  • Marketing for prescription drugs and medical devices
  • Temporary marketing management or project assignments (Rx-Pharma)
  • Analog and digital specialist and patient communication

"I have a doctorate in pharmaceutical marketing and medical products."

Qualifications

PhD in microbiology and biochemistry - university lecturer in health care marketing - foreign language: English

Stations

Novartis - Bristol-Myers Squibb - Takeda - Abbott/Abbvie - Johnson & Johnson - AstraZeneca - CSL Behring

More about the interim manager

The interim manager is a proven expert in the marketing of prescription drugs and medical devices. Since 2007, the doctor of microbiology and biochemistry has successfully completed numerous mandates - with large pharmaceutical companies, SMEs and start-ups. The interim manager takes over the management of pharmaceutical marketing departments on a temporary basis and is available for project assignments and consulting.

The interim manager stands for professional cross-channel marketing planning based on thorough market research as well as well thought-out strategic planning. He is just as confident in communicating with healthcare professionals as he is in addressing patients.

He has in-depth marketing and specialist knowledge for a wide range of indications. These include cardiovascular, gastroenterology, ophthalmic surgery (eye surgery), laboratory diagnostics, pain, rheumatology, neurology, wound healing, oncology, haematology and various rare diseases.

The interim manager places particular emphasis on ensuring a continuous transition without interrupting marketing processes after his assignment by sharing his expertise with teams and managers. In this context in particular, his clients benefit from the fact that he taught "Health Care Marketing" for many years as an external lecturer at the Duale Hochschule in Lörrach at the Chair of Business Administration with a focus on Health Care Management.

His biology degree and subsequent doctorate in microbiology and biochemistry allow him to quickly familiarize himself with medical and scientific issues. His career start in the pharmaceutical sales force gave him an insight into sales in the pharmaceutical industry in particular. He quickly switched to marketing, where he then took on various tasks as an employed product manager at different companies. His activities as an employee ended with a seven-year management position in which he headed up the marketing department for ophthalmic medical products.

He brings projects forward with a great deal of commitment and dynamism. Goals are defined and implemented in close coordination with the customer. Through realistic planning, he pursues his goals very straightforwardly and meets deadlines. He knows how to inspire field sales teams with his actions. The social skills he has acquired over many years make him an excellent team player.

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Last updated on 17.04.2026

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