Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, CRM

About the role

The Strategy & Growth Therapeutic Area Strategy team for Cardio, Renal, and Metabolic (CRM) is seeking a Strategy Director. This role will support the development and ongoing evolution of a holistic TA strategy, provide early-phase commercial insights to project teams, and guide TA-specific internal pipeline development as well as external licensing and acquisition opportunities. The role will also support integrated enterprise alignment across Biomedical Research (BR), Development, Strategy & Growth (S&G), and Commercial US and International teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Bridges external benchmarking, analysis, and insights to support the TA Strategy Head in developing a holistic Novartis TA strategy that achieves sustainable growth in short, mid, and long-term.
• Derives insightful and differentiating competitive advantages over peers through understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and core TA and Disease areas of CRM.
• Provides key commercial insights to the R&D project teams, particularly for early phase programs, with in-market experience in the US being critical.
• Analyzes reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.
• Sets and delivers TA-specific strategic external insights to support identification of growth opportunities, emerging competitive challenges, and creation of a third-party view around key strategic levers, and commissions targeted primary research.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree (PhD, MD or other advanced University degree) and / or equivalent experience in life science/healthcare; MBA or consulting or equivalent experience highly preferred.
• In-depth TA knowledge (or track record to acquire required TA expertise effectively and rapidly) in CRM.
• Highly agile, capable of supporting a number of strategic DAs within a TA and multiple programs internal and external.
• Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (through M&A, BD&L and internal research programs).
• Experience conducting, commissioning, and analyzing primary research.
• Experience of strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle (any functional perspective).
• Recent (post 2015) local US in-market experience; local US experience includes working within the US market with the local US customers, US health care systems / systems.

Benefits & Rewards

The salary for this position is expected to range between $176,400 and $327,600 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

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?

Benefits and Rewards

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EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.