Summary
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the external costs planning for assigned drug development projects including cost forecasting, tracking, rephasing, and reporting.
- Demonstrate full cost awareness. Review and validate cost planning input received from the development team members and partners.
- Proactively liaise with key stakeholders and development partners for project cost tracking and phasing.
- Translate the TRD development project plan into work packages and support up-to-date and realistic development project planning and realistic forecasting.
- Provide resource management data entry into designated planning systems on behalf of respective business partners.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge in all relevant planning processes, templates, and tools and actively contribute to the development of resource planning process governance, standards, and best practices.
- Support the Project and Portfolio Excellence Data and Systems team in creation of business insights and visualizations.
Essential Requirements:
- Technical or Business Administration Degree and fluent in English.
- At least 3-5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry in technical development (potentially in other development functions, project management or finance as well)
- Technical and/or business school education, broad understanding and background of development and technical operations environments.
- High data and digital affinity. Must demonstrate ability and willingness to learn new systems and processes quickly and readily.
- Willing and able to work hands-on with complex IT system.
- Experience in working within a global team and be a supportive team player.
- Good communication, time management and organizational skills. Must be able to interact with different stakeholders from different sectors and levels.
- Must be able to work independently and handle new assignment with minimal supervision.
Desirable Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science in Pharma or Life Science
- German Language
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. Level 3 : In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is €54,735.38 /year (on a full-time basis). The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.
If because of a medical condition, physical disability or a neurodiverse condition you require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please reach out to disabilities.austria@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request as well as your contact information. The support which we can provide will include advice on suitable positions as well as guidance at all stages of the application process. Austrian law provides candidates the opportunity to involve the local disability representative, Behindertenvertrauensperson (BVP), in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
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.
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities
If because of a medical condition, physical disability or a neurodiverse condition you require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request as well as your contact information. The support which we can provide will include advice on suitable positions as well as guidance at all stages of the application process. Austrian law provides candidates the opportunity to involve the local disability representative, Behindertenvertrauensperson (BVP), in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
