Summary
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
You lead and manage the product portfolio of the therapeutic area, oversee the pre-launch and launch plans, develop a high-performing team, build strong customer relationships, and deliver sales and profits with innovation. Internally you co-lead the strategic planning and x-functional, hands on execution.
This position is part of the Medical Affairs & CSO team and reports directly into the Medical Lead Oncology.
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Performance & Launch
Deliver sales, market share, and profitability goals for the therapeutic area (TA)
Grow the TA by managing existing products, launching new products and line extensions, and forming strategic partnerships
Lead and coordinate cross-functional and cross-divisional launch planning and execution for key launches
Optimize and enhance sales force performance and capabilities, and ensure adherence to Ethics, Risk & Compliance policies and financial targets
Strategic agility / Business Acumen / Results-orientation
Translate Global TA strategy, content and solution into localized strategy and tactical measures; develop and execute on tactical brand/launch plan at the local level, collaborating with all functions including Medical, Value & Access, Business Excellence and Execution
Support strategic portfolio development activities for the business
Leadership & Culture
Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Medical, Value & Access) to effectively execute on prioritized tactics
Successfully lead the TA team, build high performing culture, foster innovation, and manage all people-management related processes (recruiting, performance management, coaching). Identify and build key capabilities, talent pipeline and ensure proper development of assigned people
As a member of the Country Leadership Team, the TA head plays a crucial role in driving change within the organization to enhance cross-functional collaboration, prioritize effectively to increase efficacy, and increase execution to maximize the impact of the organization
Drive the spirit of “ONE Team” across all functions (TA first) and build diverse, effective & agile teams who deliver consistently
Inspire people through role modelling cultural behaviors to enable the organization to transform & perform
What you’ll bring to the role:
University degree (Science or Commercial), MBA or Doctoral degree (MD/Pharm. D/PhD) preferred
Business fluent in English (and ideally in German and/or French)
10+ years of relevant experience working with high-performing regional and local marketing, medical and or access teams in healthcare/life sciences industry
Direct people management experience ensuring accountability to drive results – holding self and others accountable to meet commitments and drives performance, builds a strong x-functional team
Proven ability to actively influence and collaborate with peers to drive change and achieve common goals
Successfully delivered top & bottom-line targets (P&L responsibility)
Proven experiences of anticipating external market dynamics and translating them successfully in TA strategy
Proven ability to drive successful launches
Customer facing experiences (patients, HCP`s, healthcare partners, government)
Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll receive:
You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you
would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
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