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About the role
- Director of Emerging Therapeutic Strategies at Novartis guiding enterprise strategy through market analysis and strategic recommendations. Collaborating across departments to maximize opportunities in emerging therapies.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and refinement of strategic agendas across emerging technologies, pathways, and whitespace opportunities.
- Conduct independent research, landscape analysis, and early framing of opportunities where Novartis may expand or refine its position.
- Develop clear, insight-driven recommendations that feed into enterprise-level decision-making.
- Support preparation for governance engagements (e.g., ECN, IMB, DTB, TAR) and participate as appropriate.
- Facilitate cross-functional alignment across BR, Development, Strategy & Growth, and commercial units by driving structured problem-solving, synthesizing diverse inputs.
- Ensure materials are well-structured, objective, and aligned to key strategic questions.
- Evaluate emerging focus areas, assessing scientific maturity, inflection points, risks, and strategic value.
- Identify opportunity gaps and propose internal or external approaches (build, partner, deprioritize) with supporting analyses.
- Partner with senior leaders where required to collaborate and effectively transition ownership of opportunities to relevant TA, platform, or commercial organizations.
- Conduct horizon scanning across priority modalities and pathways, synthesizing competitive, scientific, and market signals into actionable insights.
- Engage internal and external stakeholders selectively to deepen understanding of emerging trends, technologies, and partnership opportunities.
- Maintain awareness of cutting-edge developments to support ETS strategic foresight and leadership decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree (PhD, MD, or other advanced University degree) or equivalent experience in life science/healthcare; MBA, consulting, or equivalent experience highly desirable.
- Highly agile, with the capacity to manage coherent strategic evaluation of diverse and ambiguous scientific and technological subject matter.
- Some experience evaluating new product opportunities through M&A, BD&L, and internal research programs.
- At least 5-10 years’ experience of pharma industry and/or medical devices.
- Experience in conducting, commissioning, and analyzing primary research.
- Experience of strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle (any functional perspective).
- Experience in global roles or with high exposure to those with global responsibility.
- Ability to comfortably engage with senior leadership as well as mid-career associates to influence and challenge with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Strong financial modeling and valuations skills.
- Experience in strategic and competitive data analysis and insights generation, leveraging digital tools.
- Strong strategic vision and excellent communication, consensus building and influencing skills.
- Enterprise maximization mindset: able to align to broader enterprise strategy for trade-off against shorter-term payoffs to avoid unnecessary investments.
- Desire to propose bold choices.
- Effectively work in matrix balancing cross-functional perspectives and alignment with business priorities.
Benefits
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
- Accessibility and Accommodation: Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals.
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