Job Description Summary

Location: Basel Switzerland or East Hanover NJ, or Cambridge MA US. This role will follow a hybrid working model.
If based in the US please apply to REQ-10075152
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The Novartis Strategy & Growth, Therapeutic Area Strategy team for Neuroscience is seeking a new Therapeutic Area Strategy Director who will support the creation and update of a holistic TA strategy; provide early-phase commercial insights to project teams; guide TA-specific internal pipeline development and external licensing / acquisitions opportunities; and support integrated enterprise alignment across Biomedical Research (BR), Development, Strategy & Growth (S&G), and the Commercial US and International units.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Brings external benchmarking, analysis and insights, and judgement to support the TA Strategy Head in developing a holistic Novartis TA strategy that achieves sustainable growth in short, mid and long-term.

• Brings both understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the core Therapeutic Areas (TA) and Disease area of Neuroscience to derive insightful and differentiating competitive advantages over our peers.

• Provides key commercial insights to the R&D project teams, particularly for early phase programs. To do this effectively, in-market experience in the US is critical.

• Analyses reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.

• Supports development and delivery of TA-specific strategic external insights to support identification of growth opportunities, emerging competitive challenges and support creation of a third-party view around key strategic levers, and commissions targeted primary research.

Essential Requirements:  

• Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree (PhD, MD or other advanced University degree) and / or equivalent experience in life science/healthcare; MBA or consulting or equivalent experience highly preferred.

• In-depth TA knowledge (or track record to acquire required TA expertise effectively and rapidly) in Neuroscience.

• Highly agile having the capacity to support a number of strategic DAs within a TA and multiple programs internal and external

• Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (through M&A, BD&L and internal re-search programs).

• At least 5-7 years of Industry pharma and/or medical devices Experience in Research & Development and/or commercial functions with experience conducting, commissioning, analyzing primary research

• Experience of strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle (any functional perspective)

• Recent (post 2015) local US in-market experience; local US experience includes working within the US market with the local US customers, US health care systems / systems

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation: 

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message. 

 

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