Communications and Patient Advocacy Head

BR03 (FCRS = BR003) NOVARTIS BIOCIENCIAS S.A; Santo Amaro; Híbrido; BRL 500 000 - 700 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Life insurance

Home office policy (2x per week)

Retirement and wellbeing plans

Flexible working arrangements

Birthday day-off

Parental leave

Subsidized dining facilities

Health insurance

Gympass

Employee resource groups

Resumo da oferta

Novartis Biociências S.A. in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is seeking a Communications and Patient Advocacy Head to elevate the company’s reputation and strengthen stakeholder engagement.

This role focuses on shaping how patients, healthcare communities, and policymakers perceive one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. As Head of Communications and Advocacy for Patients, you will lead high-impact strategies, amplify patient perspectives, advise senior leaders, and build relationships with patient

Qualificações

• Significant experience leading communications, public affairs, patient advocacy, or related functions.
• Fluent in English and Portuguese, with the ability to communicate effectively in a business environment.
• AI fluency in day-to-day execution and understanding of AI impact on external landscape.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and execute integrated communications and patient advocacy strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Build trusted relationships with patient organizations, healthcare stakeholders, and external partners.
• Lead corporate, brand, digital, and executive communications initiatives across key audiences.
• Amplify patient perspectives to shape organizational priorities and healthcare engagement efforts.
• Provide strategic counsel to senior leaders on communications, reputation, and stakeholder management.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen Novartis' reputation and visibility in the external environment.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration across functions and markets.

Conhecimentos

Computer Programming

Creativity

Leadership

Manufacturing Production

Press Releases

Social Media

Team Player

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description Summary

Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid Location: WT Morumbi, Sao Paolo, Brazil Relocation Support: This role is based in WT Morumbi ,Sao Paolo, Brazil. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. Imagine shaping how patients, healthcare communities, policymakers, and society experience one of the world's leading healthcare companies. As Communications and Patient Advocacy Head, you will play a pivotal role in elevating Novartis' reputation, strengthening stakeholder engagement, and ensuring patient voices remain at the heart of everything we do. This is an exciting opportunity to lead impactful communication and advocacy strategies that drive meaningful change, influence healthcare conversations, and support our mission to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives.

Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid Location: WT Morumbi, Sao Paolo, Brazil Relocation Support: This role is based in WT Morumbi ,Sao Paolo, Brazil. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. Imagine helping shape how patients, health communities, policymakers, and society perceive one of the leading health companies worldwide. Como Head de Comunicação e Advocacy para Pacientes, você desempenhará um papel fundamental na elevação da reputação da Novartis, no fortalecimento do engajamento com stakeholders e na garantia de que a voz dos pacientes permaneça no centro de tudo o que fazemos. Esta é uma oportunidade empolgante para liderar estratégias de comunicação e advocacy de alto impacto, promovendo mudanças significativas, influenciando discussões sobre saúde e apoiando nossa missão de reimaginar a medicina para melhorar e prolongar a vida das pessoas.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute integrated communications and patient advocacy strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Build trusted relationships with patient organizations, healthcare stakeholders, and external partners.
• Lead corporate, brand, digital, and executive communications initiatives across key audiences.
• Amplify patient perspectives to shape organizational priorities and healthcare engagement efforts.
• Provide strategic counsel to senior leaders on communications, reputation, and stakeholder management.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen Novartis' reputation and visibility in the external environment.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration across functions and markets.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience leading communications, public affairs, patient advocacy, or related functions.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic engagement plans with measurable impact.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across patient groups, healthcare organizations, and leadership teams.
• Experience advising senior leaders on reputation, communications, and complex business challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and driving collaboration across matrix organizations.
• Candidates must be fluent in both English and Portuguese, with the ability to communicate effectively in a business environment.
• AI fluency in day-to-day execution and efficiency, as well as understanding of AI impact on external landscape.

You’ll receive:

• Competitive salary
• annual bonus
• life insurance
• home office policy (home office 2x a week)
• retirement and wellbeing plans
• flexible working arrangements
• birthday day-off
• parental leave
• subsidized dining facilities
• health insurance
• employee recognition platform
• Gympass
• employee resource groups and virtual self-development tools

If you want to learn more about our benefits, you can access the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

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

Por que a Novartis?

Nosso propósito é reinventar a medicina para melhorar e estender a vida das pessoas, e nossa visão é nos tornarmos a empresa de medicamentos mais valorizada e confiável do mundo. Como podemos alcançar isso? Com as nossas pessoas. São nossos colaboradores que nos impulsionam todos os dias para alcançar nossas ambições. Faça parte dessa missão e junte-se a nós! Saiba mais aqui: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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.

Compromisso com a Diversidade e Inclusão:

A Novartis está comprometida em construir um ambiente de trabalho excepcional e inclusivo, com diversos times representativos de pacientes e comunidades que atendemos.

Skills Desired

• Computer Programming
• Creativity
• Leadership
• Manufacturing Production
• Press Releases
• Social Media
• Team Player

Improving the lives of people living with disease takes more than innovative science. It takes a focus on the needs of people and a community committed to meeting them. It takes a team of people like you. Working together. Learning together. Thriving together. Discover how you can join us in changing people’s lives.

Você receberá:

• Salário competitivo
• bônus anual
• seguro de vida
• política de home office (home office 2 vezes por semana)
• planos de aposentadoria e bem-estar
• horários de trabalho flexíveis
• day off de aniversário
• licença parental
• restaurante subsidiado
• plano de saúde
• plataforma de reconhecimento de funcionários
• Gympass
• grupos de recursos para colaboradores e ferramentas virtuais de autodesenvolvimento

Se quiser saber mais sobre nossos benefícios, acesse o Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards