At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

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Your Role: Assistant Manager – Marketing (Dairy)

As the Product Executive, you will partner closely with the Senior Marketing Manager / Marketing Head to deliver executional marketing excellence for the Dairy category and key brands. In this role, you will support brand strategy development and lead the rollout of local marketing initiatives to drive sales performance. You will be accountable for executing integrated campaigns, tracking results, and ensuring strong collaboration across sales and marketing teams.

Your Responsibilities:

• Support the Marketing Head / Senior Marketing Manager to translate global and regional strategies into local execution plans to achieve business objectives

• Execute country marketing activities and campaigns to deliver sales targets in close partnership with the Sales team

• Lead brand activation initiatives and manage end-to-end integrated campaigns (digital and traditional) from concept through measurement

• Coordinate the production and approval of marketing materials with internal stakeholders and external agencies, ensuring compliance requirements are met

• Track marketing performance metrics, identify gaps versus targets, and recommend adjustments to optimise outcomes

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in marketing, brand management, product marketing, or category marketing (preferably within FMCG/animal health/pharmaceutical or related industries)
• Top 2 skills: Strong marketing execution & campaign management, with solid cross-functional stakeholder collaboration

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Experience supporting brand planning and activation for category and key brands

• Strong commercial mindset with ability to work closely with Sales teams to drive outcomes

• Experience in market intelligence, competitor monitoring, and customer insights initiatives

• Ability to manage pricing, exposure, and product positioning activities

• Digital marketing experience or hands-on exposure (added advantage)

Additional Information:

• Travel: Field engagement required (minimum 1 week per month; approximately 20–30% annually, depending on business needs)

• Location: India

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status