Director of Medical AI & Innovation at Novartis translating medical challenges into AI opportunities. Leading GMA AI products and ensuring alignment with business objectives and medical affairs expertise.
Responsibilities
Accountable for translating key medical challenges into scalable, innovation opportunities solved by AI, including accountability for GMA AI products throughout product lifecycle and co-development of use cases endorsed in Dev AI strategy.
Own and advance individual GMA AI product(s), ensuring strategic-fit and realization of business benefits, in collaboration with the GMA Business Owners.
Accountable for integrative planning and management of GMA AI product(s).
Operate as dedicated functional partner for GMA AI use cases & products striving to maximise value & adoption in alignment with GMA objectives and business priorities.
Partner, collaborate and actively align on the above with medical subject matter experts (SMEs), GMA Business Owners and technical counterparts (DDIT).
Drive cross-functional alignment with close partners e.g., the AI & Innovation Product Manager (SPPO, Dev AI), ensuring continual alignment between the MA AI and Dev AI product roadmaps, and leveraging the best practices & products being scaled outside of the medical affairs domain.
Engage and partner with AI and Innovation Lead (SPPO, Dev AI), including providing medical external insights/expertise, to ensure synergy with Dev AI CCE strategy and apply best practices to drive user adoption of MA AI products.
Establish effective relationships with business stakeholders, DDIT, change management and enabling functions to ensure robust operating model for MA AI portfolio.
Promote collaborative and entrepreneurial culture and mindset. Be an agent for change and engage support for innovative ideas, methods, technologies, partnerships, and solutions to maximize value for Novartis.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, life sciences or related field required; advanced degree (MSc, MBA etc.) preferred (or relevant business experience)
Fluent English (oral and written)
Minimum 8 years of working experience in technology & business solution, digital transformation, or related fields (ideally in healthcare, drug development or life sciences)
Drug development and/or medical affairs and/or commercial experience (R-D-C continuum), including demonstrated innovation & transformation at functional scale
Proven track-record in leading high performing, multidisciplinary teams and diverse profiles
Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, and lead efforts to drive change within organizations; underpinned by excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
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