General Manager, Australia &

- New Zealand - Recordati Rare Diseases

Overall Purpose

Lead and grow the Australia &

- Current Zealand rare disease business, delivering sustainable commercial performance while expanding patient access to innovative therapies.

The General

Manager is accountable for P&L;, strategy execution, market access, government affairs, compliance, culture, talent development, and external stakeholder engagement across ANZ.

Key Responsibilities

1.

Strategic

Leadership

- Define and execute the ANZ growth strategy and long-range plan.

- Drive portfolio prioritisation, lifecycle management, and launch preparedness.

- Build organizational capabilities required for future growth.

- Translate regional and global priorities into an executable local strategy.

2. Financial &
- Business Management

- Full ownership of ANZ P&L.;

- Deliver revenue, EBITDA objectives. Ensure cash flow sustainability.

- Lead annual budget, forecast and long-range planning cycles.

- Build investment cases for new launches to accelerate growth. Prioritise investments and resources to maximize patient impact and business outcomes.

3.

Market

Access &

- Government Affairs

- Personally lead high-priority reimbursement and funding initiatives (PBAC, MSAC).

- Manage relationships with Federal and State governments, Department of Health, PBAC, MSAC and policymakers.

- Shape the rare disease policy environment and advocate for improved patient access to care and treatments.

4. Leadership of Cross-Functional Team

- Lead a lean executive team spanning Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, PV/QA, Finance, Supply Chain.

- Coach and develop functional leaders.

- Build a high-performance culture focused on integrity, accountability, collaboration and innovation.

5.

External Stakeholder

Leadership

- Represent Recordati Rare Diseases with:

- Key opinion leaders

- Patient organisations

- Medicines Australia

- Government agencies

- Academic institutions

- Wholesalers and distributor





- Build trusted partnerships to improve outcomes for patients with rare diseases.

6. Compliance &
- Corporate Governance

- Ensure compliance with Medicines Australia Code, TGA requirements, pharmacovigilance, quality systems and corporate governance requirements. Ensure adherence to all mandated PBAC/MSAC data collection requirements.

- Act as company director and legal representative where required.

7.

Organizational

Development

- Continue the transformation of the ANZ affiliate.

- Build organizational capability, talent pipelines and succession plans.

- Foster a patient-centric and innovation-focused culture.

Experience

Essential

- 15+ years pharmaceutical industry experience.

- 5+ years senior leadership experience.

- Previous responsibility for significant P&L.;

- Experience working across Commercial, Market Access, Medical or Strategy functions.

- Government affairs exposure.

- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams.

- Hands on leadership, being willing to help when needed.

- Launch and business development experience.

- Strong Australian reimbursement knowledge (PBS, PBAC, MSAC).

Highly Desirable

- Rare disease experience.

- Global functional experience (Marketing, Market Access or Medical)

- Specialty care, oncology, haematology and/or endocrinology experience.

- Experience leading organizational transformation and culture change.

Leadership Competencies

The files consistently suggest the successor should be:

Strategic

- Able to develop long-term vision and translate it into execution.

Externally Focused

- Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

- Comfortable engaging with government, industry body, KOLs and patient groups.

Collaborative

- Builds alignment across functions and geographies.

Agile

- Thrives in a lean organization with limited layers and broad accountability.

Growth-Oriented

- Combines commercial discipline with patient impact.

Talent Developer

- Strong coach who develops future leaders.

Change Leader

- Able to build culture and drive transformation.

📌 General Management RRD Australia/New Zealand (Sydney)
🏢 Recordati
📍 Sydney