Global Business Director Malaria at Novartis

Major Accountabilities

• Participate in the Global Program team and collaborates with the Global Business Executive Director (GBED) to create and execute an effective and innovative program strategy.
• Contribute to the development of the Malaria program strategy across all customer groups and channels and collaborate with other functions to ensure business strategy execution.
• Support strategic portfolio activities and work with the global/regional and cluster teams to support commercial assessments, , forecasting, product in-licensing and lifecycle management.
• Drive and oversee the launch planning and execution of upcoming key launches by ensuring seamless cross-functional and (as applicable) cross-divisional collaboration.
• Credible in external environment while engaging with external partners and stakeholders Leads the insight gathering from external environment, key stakeholders and key countries and drives their consolidation; integrating learnings from competitive intelligence into strategies leads the design of market research studies using primary/secondary data and competitive intelligence and prelaunch activities.
• Partner cross functionally with Market Access and Pricing, Finance, Account Management, Insights and Analytics and other teams, to develop and execute synergistic strategies to leverage latest learning and insights.
• Anticipate impact of environmental factors on key customer segments (legislative, economic, clinical, advocacy) to develop proactive tools and resources addressing customer needs.
• Coordinate and integrate cross-functional teams (including regional team) to effectively execute the aligned and agreed global strategy.
• Collaborate and support Regional and local team execution and support launch excellence framework implementation.
• Ensure adherence and compliance to all Novartis policies and procedures.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Role Requirements
EDUCATION

• MSc / MBA, or equivalent degree in Science and / or Business.
• Computer literate; MS office, excel and PowerPoint

LANGUAGES

• Fluency in English as a business language. Other languages such as French will be a plus.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of marketing-related analytic experience is required, experience in data science.
• Previous Therapeutic Area experience or pharmaceutical industry experience is strongly desirable.
• Commercial / Marketing / pricing /market access experience.
• Proven ability to lead in a matrix organization and drive collaboration and accountability within x-functional teams.
• Self-starter with agility to define strategy, execute end to end with limited support and in a in a lean environment with limited resources.
• Mental agility and sound strategic and analytical thinking.
• Must possess excellent communication and presentation skills with the proven record of effective translation of complex analysis to business solutions, strong project management experience, and the ability to synthesize & simplify input from multiple stakeholders in order to provide recommendations that can impact business.
• Must excel in problem-solving, be curious, possess the will to win, and must demonstrate innovative thinking in a matrix organization.
• Solid Knowledge of global health systems, landscape and markets in Low-Middle Income countries.
• Establish strong business partnerships with external partners, local internal affiliates colleagues in LICs & LMICs as well as global health organizations.
• Travel as required.
• While entrepreneurial, ability to maintain the highest degree of integrity, represent the company’s high ethics, moral behavior, and professionalism.
• The highest ethics and moral standards; unquestioned integrity needed for the complexity of this role.