Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, Neuroscience

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 151.000 - 280.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Novartis is seeking a Therapeutic Area Strategy Director in Basel to support the Neuroscience TA strategy and guide early commercial insights for project teams. You will help align BR, S&G, and Commercial units across markets.

The role requires deep TA knowledge in Neuroscience, strong external benchmarking, and the ability to shape and evaluate growth opportunities through internal and external research. US in-market experience is highly valued.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (PhD/MD or equivalent) highly preferred.
• In-depth TA knowledge in Neuroscience or rapid acquisition capability.
• Highly agile with capacity to support multiple DAs within a TA and programs.
• Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (M&A, BD&L, internal research).
• 5–7 years of pharma/medical devices experience in R&D or commercial with primary research.
• Experience in strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle.
• Recent post-2015 US in-market experience with US customers and health systems.

Aufgaben

• Brings benchmarking, analysis and insights to support holistic TA strategy for growth.
• Leverages neuroscience knowledge to differentiate competitive advantages.
• Provides commercial insights to R&D teams; US in-market experience is critical.
• Analyzes reports and publications to extract key messages and forecasts.
• Supports TA external insights and growth opportunities; coordinates primary research.

Kenntnisse

Agile

Building Constructions

Business Development

Business Strategies

Communication

Curious Mindset

Data Analytics

Decision Making

Go-to-Market Strategies

Influencing Skills

Leadership

Prioritization

Strategic Alliances

Strategic Planning

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (PhD, MD or other)

Jobbeschreibung

Salary Range:

CHF150,500.00 - CHF279,500.00

Job Description Summary

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.

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 [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Skills Desired

Agile (Programming Methodology) (Inactive), Building Constructions, Business Development, Business Strategies, Communication, Curious Mindset, Data Analytics, Decision Making, Digital Oscilloscope, Finance, Go-to-Market Strategies, Influencing Skills, Leadership, Operations (Inactive), Pipeline (Software) (Inactive), Prioritization, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Planning