Portfolio Manager

Novartis AG; Mollis; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis AG in Switzerland seeks a Business Development & Licensing professional to enhance the drug portfolio's value through external alliances and deal closing.

You will support BD&L strategies, manage partnerships, coordinate projects, and provide financial and strategic insights to assist long-term forecasting.

English and Arabic are required; AI tools like PowerBI, Altryex and Claude are referenced for analytics and decision support.

Qualifications

• BD&L experience or strong interest in forming strategic partnerships.
• Ability to interpret financial data and forecast outcomes.
• Cross-functional collaboration across regions and functions.

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing BD&L strategies and plans.
• Support alliance management and partner risk oversight.
• Coordinate BD&L projects and reporting.
• Summarize technical/market insights to inform decisions.

Skills

Business Development

Collaboration

AI Proficiency

Customer Experience

Project Management

Sales

Tools

PowerBI

Altryex

Claude

Job description

Job Description Summary

To enhance the value of Novartis' drug portfolio and out-licensing opportunities via leading and developing external alliance agreements and assisting in closing business deals and contributing in decision making. Value creation by seeking, structuring, negotiating and managing collaborative arrangements with partner companies. Responsible for providing financial and strategic insights, and contributing to long term forecasting and strategic planning.

Job Description

Major Accountabilities:

• Assist in the execution of the organization's BD&L strategies and plans.
• Support Business Development activities to enhance the value of alliances and manage partnership risks.
• Support BD&L project management.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
• Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)

Key Performance Indicators:

• The role may support the decision making and working for a particular region/ local level.
• The role may support a certain set of activities for a division

Minimum Requirements:

Work Experience:

• Functional Breadth.
• Project Management.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• AI Certified tools such as (PowerBI, Altryex, Claude etc..)

Skills:

• Business Development.
• Collaboration.
• AI Proficiency
• Curiosity.
• Customer Experience.
• Education.
• Evaluation.
• Finance.
• Lifesciences.
• Media Campaigns.
• Merchandising.
• Proactivity.
• Project Management.
• Sales.
• Scouting.
• Search.
• Selling Skills.
• Transactions.
• Wireless Communication.

Languages:

• English.
• Arabic.

Skills Desired

• Business Development, Collaboration, Curious Mindset, Customer Experience (CX), Education (Inactive), Evaluation (Inactive), Finance, Lifesciences (Inactive), Media Campaigns, Merchandising, Proactive Behavior, Sales, Scouting (Inactive), Search (Inactive), Selling Skills (Inactive), Transactions (Inactive), Waterfall Model, Wireless Communications