Director Launch Excellence
Director Launch Excellence
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$ 185500 - 344500
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Novartis is poised to launch numerous innovative medicines across four therapeutic areas driven by a foundation of robust strategy flawless field and impactdriven performance vigilance metrics. The Director Launch Excellence will ensure enterprise governance and frameworks for new product launches are implemented with quality and timeliness to elevate Novartis launch discipline. Reporting to the VP Launch Excellence the Director Launch Excellence will partner closely with crossfunctional launch teams to establish consistent tools processes and KPI dashboards ensuring launch excellence against specific business deliverables.This position will be located at East Hanover NJ and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 1015 travel as defined by the business (domestic and/or international. #LIHybrid
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Key Responsibilities:
Serve as the owner of launch processes disciplines and toolkits including blueprints frameworks archetypes playbooks sharing and disseminating these across launch teams.
Create a community of practice across disease areas for upcoming launches to be able to gather aggregate and share best practices and crossfunctional perspectives across teams ensuring that teams are building on launch learnings across the organization
Ensure internal and external bestpractice sharing exists across launches identifying within/outside pharma industry bestpractices and market insights
Manage a consistent and robust product launch process and governance as a control tower structure to provide oversight and to ensure consistency of tracking and incorporating best practices across launches
Work with internal launch stakeholders to ensure launch process management and successful completion of launch readiness tasks (standardized approach across brands including Blueprint/ Playbook Governance and KPIs specific to the product archetype)
Work with brand leads to schedule and prepare for governance meetings launch readiness review meetings coordinate training sessions at key points during development and planning journey
Coordinate Launch Readiness Review assessments across launch brands to ensure strategic and tactical plans are reviewed and aligned with senior leadership
Establish reporting dashboards to manage reporting of key metrics and KPIs including leading and lagging indicators to ensure launch success providing mechanism for teams to share critical updates for oncology leadership team
Leading overall business planning (aligned to innovative medicines approach) working with the Planning & Launch Lead as well as crossfunctionally to ensure that strategic planning & financialplanning deliverables are created at a highlevel and in a timely manner
Best practicesharing creating a community of practice for the Portfolio & Customer Experience Marketing Teams regarding strategy tactical execution insights as well as overall transformation and new waysofworking
Essential Requirements:
Education: Bachelor degreerequired; advanced degree i.e. MBA PhD MA preferred
8 years in pharmaceutical biotech medical devices medtech healthcare or healthcare consulting industry
At least 5 years commercial background with US market launch and product lifecycle stages experience
Desirable Requirements:
Crossfunctional lifesciences launch experience
Multifunctional experience in a pharmaceutical biotech orlifesciences consulting environment
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $185500 and $344500/year; however while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/25 through 12/31/25 fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to geographical location experience level knowledge skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a signon bonus restricted stock units and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation sick time and parental leave) dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an atwill position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.
EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodations
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Agility Agility Asset Management Business Development Business Strategy Commercial Excellence CrossFunctional Collaboration CrossFunctional Team Leadership Customer Orientation Digital Marketing Healthcare Sector Understanding Influencing Skills Inspirational Leadership Joint Ventures Key Account Management Market Access Marketing Strategy Market Share Market Trend Medical Affairs Negotiation Skills People Management Priority Disease Areas Expertise Product Launches Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 3 moreRequired Experience:
Director
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Full-Time
