Global Head Global Clinical Supply (m/f/d)

Novartis AG; Basel; On-site; CHF 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis AG in Basel, Switzerland is seeking a Global Head Global Clinical Supply to lead end-to-end clinical supply performance across the development portfolio. You will drive a data-driven supply orchestration and align clinical and technical teams to ensure on-time patient supply.

In this senior role, you will set strategic direction, oversee partnerships, and steer a digital transformation of TRD's clinical supply chain while safeguarding quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability of medicines worldwide for global and local clinical studies by driving an agile Clinical Supply Chain.
• Represent TRD at cross-functional decision- / governance boards (as appropriate).
• Establish and maintain strong business relations and interfaces to key partners and stakeholders outside TRD such as Development Operations / Clinical, BR.
• Lead the significant digital transformation of the end-to-end clinical supply chain and drive performance improvements.

Job description

Role Purpose

The Global Head Global Clinical Supply is accountable for global, end-to-end clinical supply performance, ensuring Novartis medicines reach patients on time, every time and enabling successful delivery of the development portfolio. The role sets GCS strategic direction and translates it into supply strategies, investment priorities and organizational capabilities that deliver reliable execution and sustainable value. As the strategic interface between clinical and technical teams, the role aligns enterprise decisions and partnerships to anticipate risk, navigate complexity and respond to evolving portfolio needs. The role leads a significant digital and organizational transformation, moving GCS from manual coordination towards integrated, data-driven and AI-enabled supply orchestration. It owns adoption and business outcomes—not technology implementation alone—while safeguarding quality, compliance and uninterrupted patient supply. As a member of the TRD Global Leadership Team, the role shapes TRD strategy and builds the leadership, capabilities and culture required to sustain performance through transformation.

Summary

Location: Basel, Switzerland #onsite

Role Purpose

The Global Head Global Clinical Supply is accountable for global, end-to-end clinical supply performance, ensuring Novartis medicines reach patients on time, every time and enabling successful delivery of the development portfolio. The role sets GCS strategic direction and translates it into supply strategies, investment priorities and organizational capabilities that deliver reliable execution and sustainable value. As the strategic interface between clinical and technical teams, the role aligns enterprise decisions and partnerships to anticipate risk, navigate complexity and respond to evolving portfolio needs. The role leads a significant digital and organizational transformation, moving GCS from manual coordination towards integrated, data-driven and AI-enabled supply orchestration. It owns adoption and business outcomes—not technology implementation alone—while safeguarding quality, compliance and uninterrupted patient supply. As a member of the TRD Global Leadership Team, the role shapes TRD strategy and builds the leadership, capabilities and culture required to sustain performance through transformation.

About The Role

Patient supply accountability, strategy and enterprise partnerships

• Is ultimately accountable to ensure the availability of our medicines worldwide for all global and local clinical studies by driving an agile Clinical Supply Chain through streamlined and robust processes and systems;
• As a member of TRD Global Leadership Team, actively contribute to TRD strategy, vision and operations; represent TRD at cross-functional decision-/ governance boards (as appropriate).
• Establish and maintain strong business relations and interfaces to key partners and stakeholders outside TRD such as Development Operations / Clinical, BR;

Digital transformation, data, AI and change

• Seeks for opportunities & drives continuous performance improvement programs on the supply chain structure, organization, processes and supporting systems to ensure optimal positioning of GCS organization towards future trends;
• Leads the significant digital transformation of the end-to-end clinical supply chain,