Job Description Summary
Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path unique opportunities will present themselves both professionally and personally. Join us the future is ours to shape!Job Description
Your Key Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Develop and drive cross-functional corporate strategy projects aiming to steer and shape Sandoz mid- and long-term growth and success including:
Overall Corporate or Business Unit Strategy shaping and refinement
High-profile M&A and Business Development
Creation and definition of growth and efficiency opportunities incl. business case development
Business product and project assessments
Market and competitive analysis
Depending on project size either lead the project together with the Head of Corporate Strategy Team or lead key workstreams autonomously ensuring alignment with project objectives. Key activities include:
Analyzing ambiguous problems developing structured approaches and implementing effective solutions
Extracting meaningful insights and actionable recommendations from complex data
Managing cross-functional (senior) stakeholders and owning overall project (workstream) governance and charter
Communicating effectively and with precisions with all audiences including Sandoz Leadership Team to ensure message resonate
Continuously identify improvement possibilities and contribute to their implementation fostering your own entrepreneurship within Sandoz
Support on ad-hoc challenges and sprints to accelerate operative business decisions
Create key strategy documents and memos to facilitate for example the yearly Strategy Cycle with Sandoz Board of Directors
What youll bring to the role:
Essential Requirements:
3 years of experience in Top Tier Consulting firms (such as McKinsey BCG Bain)with relevant project experience
Preferably full specialization into life sciences healthcare pharmaceuticals or generics throughout professional career
Familiarity with finance and financial business planning decision making as well as reporting
Ability to lead smaller projects and drive independent workstreams in the context of a broader cross-functional team
Demonstrated ability to synthesize information to develop recommendations and persuade / influence organization of recommended path
Excellent analytical skills (problem structuring and problem solving) allowing to handle complex data incl. financial modelling
Leadership/Project experience in matrix organization to manage without authority
Excellent executive communication and presentation skills
Agility in shifting between various projects and to be accountable for individual & team
Comfort with high-paced environment and ambiguous often-changing challenges
Proven self-starter with high standards of excellence and an innovative mind
Proficiency with MS Office (esp. PowerPoint Excel) statistical programming/analytics/visualization (e.g. Tableau SQL Python)
Languages: English is a must ideally also German
Youll receive:
Sandoz has an employee-first approach and thats why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200000 learning videos and 5000 courses.
In addition to the various learning opportunities we offer company benefits such as:
30 days of annual leave
Holiday allowance
Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards marriage celebration etc.)
Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
Parental leave
Other offerings such as bike leasing
Why Sandoz
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz a leader in this sector provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100 countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities production sites new acquisitions and partnerships we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost high-quality medicines sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful flexible-hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
Join us!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position regardless of gender ethnicity religion sexual orientation age and disability.
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Skills Desired
Building Construction Business Development Business Networking Business Partners Business Strategy Collaboration Corporate Development Curiosity Decision Tree (Forecasting Model) Diversity & Inclusion Finance Go-To-Market Strategy Influencing Skills Key Account Management Leadership Lean Six Sigma Management Consulting Pmp (Project Management Professional) Strategic Planning Transformation ProgramsRequired Experience:
Senior Manager