Director TA Strategy (m/w/d)

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; München; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading healthcare organization in Munich is seeking a strategic Marketing Manager to oversee brand planning and execution for complex products. Candidates should have a strong background in the pharmaceutical industry with over 6 years of experience in marketing and demonstrated success in developing actionable strategies. Fluency in English is required, and good German skills are advantageous. This role involves cross-functional leadership within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Fluent in English; good German is an advantage.
• Experience in developing competitive launch strategies.

Aufgaben

• Lead P&L responsibility and strategic planning.
• Create tailored consulting solutions.
• Provide coaching across Talent Acquisition.
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams.

Kenntnisse

Strategic thinking

Business analysis

People management

Market analysis

Collaboration

Creative problem solving

Ausbildung

University degree in Economics or Natural Sciences

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Location: München, Deutschland

About the role: In this role you are responsible for defining and controlling strategy and tactics for launch brands, focus brands and brand portfolios with high complexity and size. This position is part of the Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic (CRM) team and reports directly into the TA Head CRM.

Job Description

Major Accountabilities

• Strategic Planning & P&L Responsibility: Leading the development of forward-looking strategic and tactical brand plans, including profit and loss planning, to navigate high-volatility and ambiguity with confidence and clarity

• Consulting & Solution Design: Creating and recommending tailored consulting solutions for multifaceted challenges, applying strategic-conceptual thinking to uncover insights and assess business impact

• Peer Coaching & Advisory: Providing contextual guidance and coaching to colleagues across Talent Acquisition, fostering a culture of continuous learning and shared expertise

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Orchestrating and mentoring diverse cross-functional teams, while supporting other TA roles in team development and collaborative execution

• Global & Regional Collaboration: Partnering with global and regional stakeholders to drive go-to-market readiness, brand and portfolio strategy, lifecycle management, performance reporting, and best practice sharing

• Performance & Strategy Management: Steering strategic direction through performance management and implementation control, ensuring alignment with business goals

• Market Intelligence & Strategic Optimization: Continuously analyzing market trends, customer insights, and indication data to refine and optimize strategic approaches

• Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Building: Building and strengthening relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and ensuring exceptional customer engagement across all touchpoints

What you’ll bring to the role:

• University degree in Economics, Natural Sciences, or a related field.

• Business fluent in English (spoken and written), good German skills are a strong advantage

• >6 years of relevant experience, ideally in marketing within the pharmaceutical industry with ideally 1+ years of experience in other commercial functions

• Proven track record in developing competitive, actionable launch and growth strategies

• Experience managing brands or portfolios across multiple indications

• 3+ years of direct people management and 5+ years leading cross-functional teams

• Demonstrated success in co-creating marketing strategies in collaboration with Global teams

• Strong capabilities in business planning, financial analysis, and management reporting

• Strategic, analytical, and creative thinker with a solution-oriented mindset

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:

Learn more: novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive:

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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