Job ID276433BRPosition TitleWorldWide Medical Affairs DirectorApply to Job
Job Description
210,000! This is the number of patients helped to date with our blockbuster medicine that has revolutionized and continues to revolutionize the psoriasis and spondyloarthirtis disease management. We are looking for highly energized, creative, and passionate people to join the Novartis immuno-dermatology Medical Affairs team to be involved in bringing products to market that improve patients’ lives.
In your role as WorldWide Medical Affairs Director, your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Provide medical scientific input for the assigned programs to build together with the WW Brand Medical Director the Medical Affairs strategy and plan in collaboration with relevant cross-functional teams (clinical, patient advocacy, public affairs, commercial, access).
• Serve as a disease area scientific and medical expert on the assigned product within our internal cross-functional teams and external customers e.g., Health Care Professionals (HCPs), Market Access and Patient Advocacy Groups (PAGs).
• Provide guidance to Chief Scientific Office’s and their teams on program priorities and required country support including Medical Scientific Liaison education on pipeline.
• As a member of the Global Medical Affairs Team, act as medical key point of contact for assigned studies, including providing medical scientific input, developing and contributing to study-related documents, review presentation materials for study/program-related advisory boards, investigator meetings, protocol training meetings for Novartis local medical organizations and external speaker at meetings when required.
• Deputize the WW Brand Medical Director in Global Project Teams (GPT), Clinical Development Unit CPO alignment meetings and internal decision boards as the Medical Affairs advocate.
• Contribute to talent and career development of MA and Development colleagues through active participation in on-boarding, training and mentoring activities.
Minimum requirements
What you’ll bring to the role:
• Education: MD, PharmD or PhD with knowledge for ≥ 6 years of medical affairs/ MD with Clinical research experience for at least 3 years, preferably in the immuno-dermatology therapeutic area.
• Proven ability to interpret, discuss and represent efficacy, statistical and safety data relating to the assigned area. Advanced medical/scientific writing and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work both independently and in a cross-functional team setting, including a highly-matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to establish strong scientific partnership with key investigators in assigned TA.
• Medical and/or scientific expertise within a disease area required.
WHY CONSIDER NOVARTIS?
750 million. That’s how many lives our products touch. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?
We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are empowered to ask new questions, make bolder decisions and take smarter risks.
We are Novartis. Join us and help us reimagine medicine.DivisionPHARMABusiness UnitGLOBAL MEDICAL AFFAIRSLocationSwitzerlandSiteBaselCompany/Legal EntityNovartis Pharma AGFunctional AreaResearch & DevelopmentJob TypeFull TimeEmployment TypeRegular
