Director, Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Basel - Switzerland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

Location: Basel Switzerland or Cambridge MA US. This role will follow a hybrid working model.
If based in the US please apply to REQ-
LI-#hybrid

The Novartis Strategy & Growth Emerging Therapeutic Strategies (ETS) team is seeking a new Director to support the advancement of Novartis enterprise strategy for ETS by independently driving strategic analyses shaping recommendations and leading defined workstreams across emerging technologies and therapeutic opportunities. This individual will operate with autonomy across the groups remit while partnering closely with leadership as necessary to encourage enterprise-level alignment and execution.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Enterprise Leadership on Where to Play

Contribute to the development and refinement of strategic agendas across emerging technologies pathways and whitespace opportunities.
Conduct independent research landscape analysis and early framing of opportunities where Novartis may expand or refine its position.
Develop clear insight-driven recommendations that feed into enterprise-level decision-making.

2. Governance Leadership & CrossFunctional Alignment

Support preparation for governance engagements (e.g. ECN IMB DTB TAR) and participate as appropriate.
Facilitate cross-functional alignment across BR Development Strategy & Growth and commercial units by driving structured problem-solving synthesizing diverse inputs.
Ensure materials are well-structured objective and aligned to key strategic questions.

3. Strategic Portfolio Direction & Prioritization

Evaluate emerging focus areas assessing scientific maturity inflection points risks and strategic value.
Identify opportunity gaps and propose internal or external approaches (build partner deprioritize) with supporting analyses.
Partner with senior leaders where required to collaborate and effectively transition ownership of opportunities to relevant TA platform or commercial organizations.

4. External Horizon & Technology Landscape Leadership

Conduct horizon scanning across priority modalities and pathways synthesizing competitive scientific and market signals into actionable insights.
Engage internal and external stakeholders selectively to deepen understanding of emerging trends technologies and partnership opportunities.
Maintain awareness of cutting-edge developments to support ETS strategic foresight and leadership decision-making.

Key Performance Indicators

Successfully complete projects / ad-hoc requests as defined.
Positive feedback from project sponsors and (internal and external) key stakeholders regarding quality of project output and interaction.
High-quality strategic outputs that inform enterprise-level decisions and direction in relation to emerging technologies and therapy area diversification.
Evidence of creativity and proactivity in identifying potential areas of scientific breakthrough that drive growth.
Effective cross-functional coordination and positive feedback from collaborators and project sponsors.
Timely and accurate delivery of insights supporting early-stage program teams.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while ensuring strong alignment with team leadership.

Essential Requirements:

Bachelors degree required advanced degree (PhD MD or other advanced University degree) or equivalent experience in life science/healthcare; MBA consulting or equivalent experience highly desirable.
Highly agile with the capacity to manage coherent strategic evaluation of diverse and ambiguous scientific and technological subject matter.
Some experience evaluating new product opportunities through M&A BD&L and internal research programs.
At least 5-10 years experience of pharma industry and/or medical devices.
Experience in conducting commissioning and analyzing primary research.
Experience of strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle (any functional perspective).
Experience in global roles or with high exposure to those with global responsibility
Ability to comfortably engage with senior leadership as well as mid-career associates to influence and challenge with excellent interpersonal skills.
Strong financial modeling and valuations skills.
Experience in strategic and competitive data analysis and insights generation leveraging digital tools.
Strong strategic vision and excellent communication consensus building and influencing skills.
Enterprise maximization mindset: able to align to broader enterprise strategy for trade-off against shorter-term payoffs to avoid unnecessary investments. Desire to propose bold choices.
Effectively work in matrix balancing cross-functional perspectives and alignment with business priorities.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and Accommodation:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Skills Desired

Analytical Skill Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Development Business Partners Business Strategy Change Management Data Analytics Finance Go-To-Market Strategy Influencing Skills Leadership Management Consulting Strategic Planning

Required Experience:

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Job Description SummaryLocation: Basel Switzerland or Cambridge MA US. This role will follow a hybrid working model. If based in the US please apply to REQ-LI-#hybridThe Novartis Strategy & Growth Emerging Therapeutic Strategies (ETS) team is seeking a new Director to support the advancement of Nova...