REQ-10051307
May 08, 2025
United Kingdom

Summary

The SSD Manager designs and manages projects/solutions with the aim to address and solve specific pain points in the patient journey in order to accelerate time to treatment in the priority therapeutic areas. This position reports to SSD Lead and has no direct reports. This is a high impact role maximizing the number of patients to benefit from Novartis brands.

About the Role

Location:

This is a London office based role with hybrid working which means 12 days in the office each month.

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Major Accountabilities 

  • Design and manage innovative and scalable projects and solutions, based on needs identified by the cross-functional teams, the product life cycle and patient journey phase
  • Drives the medical, legal and compliance processes, ensuring fast and efficient approval of projects. 
  • Support the Digital Medicines strategy by advising on or developing or managing solutions that require digital implementation
  • Identify, assess, and select external vendors based on proven track record of delivering successful and scalable solutions
  • Manage project financials in alignment with TA and wider business
  • Collaborate with the solutions implementation team to manage the ongoing implementation of projects including dispersal of allocated funding
  • Defines KPIs for each solution and tracks performance and measurement of impact.

Experience:

  • Demonstrated success in managing large scale, long term Pharmaceutical projects with a lasting outcome
  • This may come from a role in market access, marketing, medical, compliance or other relevant role within the pharmaceutical industry
  • Experience of prioritisation through juggling multiple projects including budget management
  • Good understanding of patient journey concepts and UK NHS system as a whole  
  • Good knowledge of Pharma compliance
  • Strong collaboration skills, negotiation skills to engage and manage stakeholders internally and externally
  • Service mind-set; solution connected to the problem, customer experience approach

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.

Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture(link is external)

You’ll receive:
Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Pension scheme, Share purchase scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, subsidised dining facilities, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities.

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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(link is external)

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International
Universal Hierarchy Node
United Kingdom
London (The Westworks)
Market Access
Full time
Regular
No

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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REQ-10051307

Solution & Service Design Manager

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