Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, Neuroscience

Novartis; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Novartis is seeking a Therapeutic Area Strategy Director for Neuroscience to lead the creation and update of a holistic TA strategy, providing early-phase commercial insights to project teams and guiding internal pipeline development and external licensing opportunities.

You will align initiatives across Biomedical Research, Strategy & Growth, and the Commercial US and International units, bringing US in-market experience to bear and driving growth through strategic investments and partnerships.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (PhD/MD or other) and/or MBA or consulting experience highly preferred.
• In-depth TA knowledge (Neuroscience) or ability to acquire quickly.
• Highly agile to support multiple strategic DAs within a TA and multiple programs.
• Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities via M&A, BD&L and internal programs.
• At least 5-7 years of pharma and/or medical devices experience in R&D and/or commercial functions.
• Experience in strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle (any function).
• Recent post-2015 local US in-market experience; familiarity with US market and healthcare systems.

Aufgaben

• Brings external benchmarking, analysis and insights to support holistic TA strategy development.
• Derives differentiating competitive advantages in Neuroscience for Novartis.
• Provides key commercial insights to R&D project teams, with emphasis on early phase programs in the US.
• Analyzes reports and publications to extract key messages and build product forecasts.
• Supports TA-specific external insights to identify growth opportunities and commissions targeted primary research.

Kenntnisse

External benchmarking

Analysis and insights

US market experience

M&A / BD&L experience

TA knowledge Neuroscience

Strategic thinking

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (PhD/MD/MBA)

Jobbeschreibung

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.

About The Role

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

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