Summary
About the Role
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain trusted long-term relationships with patient organizations and communities in relevant Dermatology and Rheumatology disease areas, centered on two-way communications and collaborations to advance shared priorities
- Partner with patient organizations to educate and mobilize patients to seek optimal care and elevate the voice of the patient to inform decisionmakers in the patient treatment journey, including HCPs, policymakers and payers
- Execute integrated patient advocacy strategies aligned to critical business and corporate priorities based on deep understanding of the patient/carer experience and unmet needs
- Ensure patient/carer insights and implications for launch and growth brands are systematically actioned across corporate affairs and with cross-functional partners
- Represent Novartis at key advocacy events and meetings
- Stay abreast of key environmental and policy issues impacting the company’s ability to operate and pre-emptively drive initiatives and build relationships to shape the environment
- Utilize corporate affairs function analytics and insights framework within scope of work
- Manage risk to Novartis and brand reputation
- Monitor and evaluate performance to achieve and maintain best-in-class outcomes, while being fully compliant
- Effectively manage budget and maximize agency ROI
Role Requirements:
- Success rate in achieving desired business objectives and outcomes for specified therapeutic area
- Functional alignment of strategies, priorities, and objectives across therapeutic area
- Management, and resolution of critical issues
- Utilization of OGSM framework planning approach with measurable results and assessment of business impact
- Feedback from internal stakeholders indicating effective collaboration
- Feedback from patient organizations and key advocates indicating impact and a positive and transparent image for Novartis
- Ownership of development plan
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 10+ years of experience in patient advocacy or related discipline with a healthcare and/or pharmaceutical background, prior experience in Dermatology or Rheumatology disease areas preferred
- Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships with patient organizations, professional associations and other stakeholders
- Commercial experience
- Development and implementation of integrated plans and projects against business objectives and priorities
- Influencing and navigating complexity
- Management of agency partners and budget
- Crisis and issues management
Desirable Requirements:
- Business acumen, critical thinking and collaborative enterprise mindset
- Understanding of US policy landscape
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
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Novartis Compensation and Benefit Summary: The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $158,400.00 - $237,600.00 / year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/24 through 12/31/24, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
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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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EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodations
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