Novartis Group Companies
Director, Pipeline Strategy and Innovation Excellence - Remote
Novartis Group Companies, East Hanover, New Jersey, us, 07936
Job Description Summary
Location: Remote, East Hanover, NJ Preferred
Over the next 4-years, Novartis is expected to launch up to 37 new medications and line extensions and our Novartis Patient Support team is on the forefront of transforming how the industry helps patients get access to treatment. Our ambition is high, but we are proud and not satisfied. If you'd like to be part of our journey, then come join our team!
The Director of Pipeline Strategy and Innovation Excellence is a critical thought leader who will enrich the customer, patient and internal stakeholder experience delivered by Novartis Patient Support (NPS) programs across our portfolio. As NPS continues to develop transformative capabilities, this role will be key to unlock efficiencies, embed future forward technology and accelerate the delivery of simple, scalable, consumer experiences. The role requires a deft understanding of data-driven perspectives on what current "best practices" look like within Novartis Programs, supplemented with ongoing, strategic review of innovation in the external marketplace.
This individual is responsible for building strategic foresight and an intimate understanding of emerging 3-year needs based on anticipated portfolio evolution. The ideal candidate easily digests clinical trial design and early asset literature to develop an understanding for emerging therapeutic product profile, competitive positioning and alignment to existing NPS product archetypes, identifying gaps in our current capabilities for future development.
The ideal candidate will formalize hypothesis-driven innovation scans from a variety of external sources to drive a cycle of perpetual innovation at every step of the patient journey managed by NPS. The role assumes experience and comfort working closely with external & internal stakeholders across functions in a large pharma environment. Successful candidates will have a strong background in patient services, with high emphasis on identifying innovations that simplify & modernize the experiences delivered via Patient Support Programs. The role builds on the robust voice and strategic ownership of such investments already in place in the US business for Novartis. It comes with high visibility to senior Leadership in the US.
This Director will partner with a team of 2 Associate Directors.
Job Description
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Pipeline Strategy
Needs Assessment:
Reads clinical pipeline to understand emerging needs. Understands clinical trial design for emerging NPS portfolio, risks, requirements and how they will likely translate into product label.
Competitive Positioning:
Compares Novartis asset therapeutic profiles to emerging competitive set to assess competitive positioning and payer dynamics. Evaluates the design on competitive tactics to inform Novartis strategy.
Strategic Foresight:
Develops 3-year strategic roadmap and benchmarks for patient services capabilities, leveraging design menus to understand where capabilities already exist and where we need to learn more.
Accelerate:
Creates accelerator packages to equip and train Disease State Teams and LaunchEx stakeholders as they pick up work on an asset in the T-18 timeframe.
Ecosystem Landscaping:
Research available offerings from other ecosystem players (e.g. Payers, Specialty Pharmacies, Health Systems and advocacy) and marries with patient insights to determine optimal design of manufacturer investments.
Disseminate Findings:
Partners with Insights, Innovation and Design team members to socialize findings and build the optimal strategy for transition to Launch Excellence and Disease State Teams.
Inform Strategic Decisions:
Drives inputs on launch and Program migration roadmaps and sequencing via strategic capability choices.
Collaborate:
Actively collaborates with cross functional matrix partners (e.g. medical affairs, market access, marketing) to gather data and inputs to feed strategy.
Maintain Ethics and Compliance Standards:
Works within ethical and compliance policies to support a diverse and inclusive environment.
Innovation Excellence:
Intake Unmet Needs:
Continuously monitors customer needs and competitor activity to ID risks and opportunities and associated new, patient support innovation.
Opportunity Assessment:
Partners with procurement/Vendor Management, attends congresses, and understand the capabilities and new, innovation offerings for our current NPS partners.
Business Case Development:
Determines best way to measure technology and build business case for investment.
Experimental Design and Pilot:
Structures test and measure exercises (betas, pilots), partner with OP/Ex, Launch Ex, Quality/Performance Excellence and DDIT.
Go/No Go Recommendation:
Updates business case with pilot results and aligns Leadership team and Governance stakeholder on go/no go recommendations.
Hypercare and Product Integrations:
Seamlessly transitions work to vendor management, product and disease state stakeholders/Patient Support Center (PSC) at the appropriate time in the evolution in the program.
What you'll bring to the role:
Required Experience:
Bachelor's degree required in disciplines relevant to healthcare, pharmaceuticals, patient services and marketing. Advanced degree (master's or beyond) preferred.
10+ years' experience in global, large pharmaceuticals or biopharma commercial functions or 10+ years of combined experience across biopharma consulting, pharma, health ecosystem, social sciences and advanced analytics.
Experience with patient support benchmarking, understands data that is publicly available vs. where market research is required.
Strong understanding of medical, legal regulatory and compliance environment and how to partner with stakeholders on early risk spotting to drive approvals.
Launch marketing or pipeline and launch strategy experience desired in the late clinical space.
Change management and project management experience.
Strong unstructured problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively without a blueprint.
Experience in understanding technology and software capabilities that connect to deliver superior patient and customer experiences in pharma and healthcare.
Experience in the coordination of teams with diverse skill sets (e.g. technical, clinical, operations, etc.) and the execution of large scale, multi-disciplinary projects.
Strong unstructured problem-solving skills and strong interpersonal skills to effectively convey management needs to colleagues and functions throughout the company.
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!
You'll Receive:
You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook.
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.
EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers who are focused on building and advancing a culture of inclusion.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodations:
The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.
Salary Range:
$192,000.00 - $288,000.00
Skills Desired:
Agility, Brand Awareness, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Insights, Data Strategy, Digital Marketing, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, People Management, Product Marketing, Product Roadmap, Return on Investment (ROI), Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing
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Location: Remote, East Hanover, NJ Preferred
Over the next 4-years, Novartis is expected to launch up to 37 new medications and line extensions and our Novartis Patient Support team is on the forefront of transforming how the industry helps patients get access to treatment. Our ambition is high, but we are proud and not satisfied. If you'd like to be part of our journey, then come join our team!
The Director of Pipeline Strategy and Innovation Excellence is a critical thought leader who will enrich the customer, patient and internal stakeholder experience delivered by Novartis Patient Support (NPS) programs across our portfolio. As NPS continues to develop transformative capabilities, this role will be key to unlock efficiencies, embed future forward technology and accelerate the delivery of simple, scalable, consumer experiences. The role requires a deft understanding of data-driven perspectives on what current "best practices" look like within Novartis Programs, supplemented with ongoing, strategic review of innovation in the external marketplace.
This individual is responsible for building strategic foresight and an intimate understanding of emerging 3-year needs based on anticipated portfolio evolution. The ideal candidate easily digests clinical trial design and early asset literature to develop an understanding for emerging therapeutic product profile, competitive positioning and alignment to existing NPS product archetypes, identifying gaps in our current capabilities for future development.
The ideal candidate will formalize hypothesis-driven innovation scans from a variety of external sources to drive a cycle of perpetual innovation at every step of the patient journey managed by NPS. The role assumes experience and comfort working closely with external & internal stakeholders across functions in a large pharma environment. Successful candidates will have a strong background in patient services, with high emphasis on identifying innovations that simplify & modernize the experiences delivered via Patient Support Programs. The role builds on the robust voice and strategic ownership of such investments already in place in the US business for Novartis. It comes with high visibility to senior Leadership in the US.
This Director will partner with a team of 2 Associate Directors.
Job Description
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Pipeline Strategy
Needs Assessment:
Reads clinical pipeline to understand emerging needs. Understands clinical trial design for emerging NPS portfolio, risks, requirements and how they will likely translate into product label.
Competitive Positioning:
Compares Novartis asset therapeutic profiles to emerging competitive set to assess competitive positioning and payer dynamics. Evaluates the design on competitive tactics to inform Novartis strategy.
Strategic Foresight:
Develops 3-year strategic roadmap and benchmarks for patient services capabilities, leveraging design menus to understand where capabilities already exist and where we need to learn more.
Accelerate:
Creates accelerator packages to equip and train Disease State Teams and LaunchEx stakeholders as they pick up work on an asset in the T-18 timeframe.
Ecosystem Landscaping:
Research available offerings from other ecosystem players (e.g. Payers, Specialty Pharmacies, Health Systems and advocacy) and marries with patient insights to determine optimal design of manufacturer investments.
Disseminate Findings:
Partners with Insights, Innovation and Design team members to socialize findings and build the optimal strategy for transition to Launch Excellence and Disease State Teams.
Inform Strategic Decisions:
Drives inputs on launch and Program migration roadmaps and sequencing via strategic capability choices.
Collaborate:
Actively collaborates with cross functional matrix partners (e.g. medical affairs, market access, marketing) to gather data and inputs to feed strategy.
Maintain Ethics and Compliance Standards:
Works within ethical and compliance policies to support a diverse and inclusive environment.
Innovation Excellence:
Intake Unmet Needs:
Continuously monitors customer needs and competitor activity to ID risks and opportunities and associated new, patient support innovation.
Opportunity Assessment:
Partners with procurement/Vendor Management, attends congresses, and understand the capabilities and new, innovation offerings for our current NPS partners.
Business Case Development:
Determines best way to measure technology and build business case for investment.
Experimental Design and Pilot:
Structures test and measure exercises (betas, pilots), partner with OP/Ex, Launch Ex, Quality/Performance Excellence and DDIT.
Go/No Go Recommendation:
Updates business case with pilot results and aligns Leadership team and Governance stakeholder on go/no go recommendations.
Hypercare and Product Integrations:
Seamlessly transitions work to vendor management, product and disease state stakeholders/Patient Support Center (PSC) at the appropriate time in the evolution in the program.
What you'll bring to the role:
Required Experience:
Bachelor's degree required in disciplines relevant to healthcare, pharmaceuticals, patient services and marketing. Advanced degree (master's or beyond) preferred.
10+ years' experience in global, large pharmaceuticals or biopharma commercial functions or 10+ years of combined experience across biopharma consulting, pharma, health ecosystem, social sciences and advanced analytics.
Experience with patient support benchmarking, understands data that is publicly available vs. where market research is required.
Strong understanding of medical, legal regulatory and compliance environment and how to partner with stakeholders on early risk spotting to drive approvals.
Launch marketing or pipeline and launch strategy experience desired in the late clinical space.
Change management and project management experience.
Strong unstructured problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively without a blueprint.
Experience in understanding technology and software capabilities that connect to deliver superior patient and customer experiences in pharma and healthcare.
Experience in the coordination of teams with diverse skill sets (e.g. technical, clinical, operations, etc.) and the execution of large scale, multi-disciplinary projects.
Strong unstructured problem-solving skills and strong interpersonal skills to effectively convey management needs to colleagues and functions throughout the company.
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!
You'll Receive:
You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook.
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.
EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers who are focused on building and advancing a culture of inclusion.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodations:
The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.
Salary Range:
$192,000.00 - $288,000.00
Skills Desired:
Agility, Brand Awareness, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Insights, Data Strategy, Digital Marketing, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, People Management, Product Marketing, Product Roadmap, Return on Investment (ROI), Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing
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