Overview

Strategically leads, oversees and manages pipeline and pre-launch activities in medical affairs. Ensures appropriate assessment and input starting from pre-phase 3 to ensure appropriate engagement, evidence and environment shaping at a country level. Manages a team of head office and field-based medical associates working on pipeline activity.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and culture: Manages head-office and field based medical affairs pipeline team. Effective cross-functional leadership. Model and instill culture, values and behaviours. Enterprise leadership and customer focus.
• Leads cross-functional launch leadership team along with value & access (pipeline and HEOR) directors and part of country medical leadership team
• Excellence in pre-launch activities including clinical engagement, evidence planning and delivery, and system shaping
• Ensures country medical input to regional and global development and pre-launch processes
• Impact and inform the Integrated Product Strategy (IPS), Integrated Evidence Generation Plans, launch excellence roadmap, Patient Journey and medical strategies.
• Generate and implement disruptive and innovative ideas and solutions to positively impact healthcare systems.

Qualifications

• Medical Qualification and GMC registered, pharmacist or life science graduate
• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in Medical Affairs although relevant Clinical Development or Market Access experience may be considered
• UK experience in launching new products and indications and evidence generation
• UK experience and strong understanding of the NHS and UK healthcare and drug development system
• Strong matrix leadership and influencing skills
• Deep knowledge of clinical development, evidence generation and UK access environment
• Strong working knowledge of healthcare systems and external stakeholder engagement

Why Novartis

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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