Managed Access Program Manager maternity leave

Salary Range:

45.30000 - 84.10000

Job Description Summary

The MAP Manager is responsible for the end to end coordination and operational execution of Managed Access Programs (MAPs) and other early or compassionate access programs within the country. The role contributes to defining and implementing compliant high quality access solutions for patients prior to or outside of commercial availability in line with local regulations and Novartis standards. Reporting to the Medical Governance Lead and Scientific Service Manager the MAP Manager ensures that all MAP related activities are executed with strong governance audit readiness and cross functional alignment while enabling Medical Affairs strategy execution without holding final governance approval authority.

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to country strategy and planning for Managed Access Programs (MAPs) providing operational and strategic support to Medical Affairs teams.
• Identify and evaluate future MAP opportunities in collaboration with Medical Regulatory Market Access Pharmacovigilance and Supply Chain stakeholders.
• Lead the operational execution of MAPs Early Access Programs and Post-Study Drug Supply (PSDS) ensuring compliance with local regulations and Novartis procedures.
• Develop and implement operational frameworks covering logistics forecasting supply management product importation labelling and distribution.
• Coordinate MAP safety reporting activities and support regulatory submissions and documentation in partnership with Pharmacovigilance.
• Ensure product availability timely delivery to sites and effective program close-out transition or termination processes.
• Manage compliance quality audit readiness risk monitoring and regulatory intelligence related to access programs.
• Act as the key country contact for MAP activities managing stakeholders vendors contracts KPIs and continuous process improvements.

Essential requirements:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Pharmacy Life Sciences Health Sciences or a related scientific field.
• Fluency in English and the local language both written and spoken.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Medical Affairs clinical operations logistics regulatory affairs or related pharmaceutical functions.
• Experience with Managed Access Programs (MAPs) compassionate use early access programs or clinical trial logistics.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical regulations compliance requirements and quality standards in regulated environments.
• Proven project management operational coordination and vendor management experience.
• Ability to define monitor and analyze KPIs quality metrics and operational performance indicators.
• Strong collaboration communication analytical and organizational skills with a patient-centric and compliance-focused mindset.

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Skills Desired

Budget Management Clinical Research Clinical Trials Coaching Data Analysis Data Integrity Learning Design Risk Monitoring