Rishi Nagar

About Rishi Nagar

I believe enduring brands and businesses are built through clear strategy, disciplined execution, and strong commercial governance. When portfolio choices, market activation, and leadership align, organizations scale sustainably and create long-term value.As Senior Director – Global Commercial & Marketing CoE at Viatris, Lead enterprise-wide marketing and commercial transformation across multiple geographies, supporting 60+ countries and large, complex portfolios. My work focuses on building scalable commercial engines - strengthening P&L performance, launch excellence, portfolio lifecycle management, and enterprise marketing capabilities - while ensuring operational rigor, continuity, and measurable impact. I partner closely with global leadership teams to align brand strategy, GTM execution, and capability frameworks with long-term organizational priorities.Across my career spanning Viatris, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Dr. Reddy’s, Glenmark, Cadila, and Strides, I have led global, regional, and country-level mandates across innovator, branded generics, biosimilars, OTC, and specialty businesses. My experience includes full P&L ownership, portfolio and franchise leadership, market expansion across India, Europe, Africa, JANZ and MEA and building high-performing teams in both growth and transformation environments. ’ :• Enterprise commercial and marketing transformation• P&L stewardship and portfolio lifecycle leadership• Launch excellence and market activation at scale• Trusted CXO advisory in enterprise-level decision-making.• Developing strong, accountable leadership teamsI’m driven by building commercial institutions that are scalable, disciplined and resilient - organizations that consistently translate strategy into execution and create sustained impact across markets.

Experience

1. Senior Director Global Marketing

   Viatris

   Jan 2018 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   At Viatris (formerly Mylan), I progressed through successive leadership roles with expanding global scope, ultimately leading the Global Marketing Services Centre of Excellence. Partnering with global and regional commercial leaders to shape brand lifecycle strategy, go-to-market alignment, and scalable marketing operations across Europe, Emerging Markets, JANZ and other priority regions, supporting 60+ countries and a diversified portfolio across 12+ therapeutic areas.I built and institutionalized a global CoE model supporting 1,600+ brands and SKUs, enabling consistent, high-quality execution across brand management, digital, creative, medical marketing, content and marketing operations. Working closely with Europe and international teams, this model strengthened launch sequencing, multichannel engagement, and demand generation, contributing to improved early-uptake performance, portfolio expansion and increased new-product contribution across priority franchises.Alongside commercial delivery, I have led enterprise-wide digital and GenAI enablement initiatives to modernize marketing ecosystems, improving speed, quality, and productivity at scale. Also played a central role in integration and portfolio transition programs, ensuring business continuity during periods of change, while building leadership depth and high-performing global teams to deliver sustained commercial and P&L impact.

Education

• National Medical Forum

  Certificate course in Medical Journalism, Medical Journalism

• The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

  Strategic Marketing Leadership Program, Business Strategy & Strategic Marketing

• Indian Institute of Skill Development Training

  Professional Diploma in Public Health Management, Public Health Management

• European Institute of Management & Technology -EIMT

  Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), Business Administration and Management, General

• University of Toronto

  Introduction to Psychology, Psychology

• Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany

• Indian Institute of Skill Development Training

  Certificate in Hospital Management, Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  International and Intercultural Communication

  2018 — 2018

• Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - SMU

  MBA, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

  2008 — 2010

Skills

• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Market Planning
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Pharmaceutical Sales
• Key Account Management
• Sales Management
• Market Access
• Pharmaceutics
• Sales Effectiveness
• Market Research
• Business Planning
• Product Development
• Business Development
• Product Launch
• Product Marketing
• Brand Management
• Strategy
• Hospital Sales
• Marketing Management
• Market Analysis
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Cardiology