Head of Innovation, BE&E and Mature

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Summary

• Accountable for achieving sales and growth targets, generating and managing partnership deals, and guaranteeing the execution of transformational initiatives based on a deep understanding of customers, market dynamics, policies, and innovation within and outside the pharmaceutical industry.
• Support sustainable growth by leveraging strong commercial execution capabilities and providing expertise in Commercial Excellence, Digital, and Launches while coordinating the execution of commercial plans and growth initiatives.
• Responsible for defining portfolio mix and strategies, monitoring marketing/sales campaigns against milestones and budgets.

About The Role

Job to be done:

• Evolve customer experience & engagement model: design and execute an integrated customer experience and engagement strategy for therapeutic areas (e.g., multichannel strategy and solutions to enhance customer engagement).
• Future competitiveness: drive field force effectiveness, field excellence, and operations to harmonize and systemize performance monitoring.
• Digital solutions: localize global digital platforms to develop and implement fit‑for‑purpose digital solutions to maximize the number of patients for priority brands.
• Drive data strategy and governance (including AI products) and transform NVS into a data‑driven decision‑making company, including external partnerships.
• Anticipate future commercial & field capabilities (including agile working methodologies), drive change, and experiment with new ways of working.
• Build strong cross‑functional agile teams, coach and develop talent: attract, retain, and engage highly capable and diverse talents and build effective teams that consistently deliver.
• Innovation and patient journey: focus on solution design to sustain diagnosis, adoption, and adherence to maximize patient access and sustain value generation.
• Mature brands/portfolio brands: maximize value (top and bottom line) and patient access to our portfolio of “in‑market” brands.

Critical Experience & Knowledge

• Leading teams: direct team leadership experiences (team of 10‑20 people) and inspire them to deliver growth and change.
• P/L management: successfully delivered top and bottom‑line targets.
• Strategic thinking: proven management of large, diverse projects implementing innovative customer engagement systems, solutions, and tools.
• Innovative business models: proven experience developing innovative commercial models.
• Managing matrix & collaboration: proven ability to influence matrix organizations – lead by influence.
• Digital savviness: experience adopting new technologies and good understanding of digital trends, solutions, technology platforms, and products.
• Leading change & transformation: experience leading change‑management initiatives.
• X‑functional experiences & skills: profound experience in more than one of the following functions (X‑functional): Marketing, BE&E, Value & Access, Consulting, Strategy, Data & Analytics in a small or mid‑size market or above or country (also outside pharmaceutical industries).

Leadership Capabilities / Expectations

• Navigating complexity: focus on larger, longer‑term issues, create plans and strategies to shape assets, challenge the status quo, align and drive teams and organizations around change, and navigate matrix and people‑related dynamics.
• Delivering impact: establish credibility and influence across diverse stakeholders, navigate an environment of shared outcomes and cross‑business accountabilities, and demonstrate enterprise leadership.
• Leading people: create empowered leaders to execute efficiently, cultivate systematic development across the organization, and build teams with diverse perspectives and capabilities.
• Executive communication: clearly and effectively communicate with senior stakeholders—both internal and external—to align on vision, purpose, and goals, build trust, and drive engagement.

Why Novartis

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you—collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture.

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Seniority Level

Executive

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Product Management and Marketing

Industries

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing