Senior Director - Global Commercial, Cell & Gene Therapy
Inseriert am: 26.05.2021
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Job ID 319913BR Position Title Senior Director – Global Commercial, Cell & Gene Therapy Apply to Job
Job Description
4,400 that’s the number of patients around the world that have been delivered a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. This has been approved for use in adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) (a subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) or for patients up to 25 years of age who have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
You will lead the global cross-functional team to develop and execute strategic and tactical plans across all approved indications. Drives marketing mix, cross-functional matrix organization (manufacturing, hub services, etc.) and implement operational plans to optimize sales, market share and revenue growth in the short and long term.
Major Accountabilities
• Influence across the matrix and markets by leading the differentiation pillar at the WorldWide Brand Team (WWBT) to identify near and long-term opportunities for the product in DLBCL & pALL and devise appropriate strategies to maximize value in the indication.
• Co-leading the WWBT to co-create with the key markets brand key assets, strategy and tactics
• Driving planning and implementation process for the strategic and tactical plans on differentiation.
• Build relationship with global medical experts and leverage the insights collected to support launch plan and lifecycle management activities
• Work closely with the Regions/markets and manufacturing to identify, understand the drivers and barriers to success for short and long-term commercial success
• Capture best practices and look for opportunities to scale learnings, synergies across both Global and regional launch and promotional activities
• Analyse Regional/CPO brand performance, as required, to advise discussions on opportunities and issues in driving accelerated profitable growth.
• Support markets by timely response to market requests for information and materials
Minimum requirements
What you’ll bring to the role:
• University degree in bioscience, medicine, business, and/or economics, MBA is preferred
• 8 years+ operational experience with the emphasis on product/brand management, ideally across a variety of different therapy areas.
• Sales experience within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
• Proven track record of working cross-functionally (medical, finance, sales, health economics, marketing access)
• Strong strategic mind-set and in- depth knowledge of customer/marketplace, key dynamics, and current knowledge of key competitors and their likely strategies
• Well-developed understanding of Region regulatory and market environment including relationship building with KOLs, Key Accounts, regulatory bodies and/or media
• Well-developed planning and resource allocation skills;
• Ideally first leadership experience with proven ability and capacity to empower associates of widely varying backgrounds across a dispersed and matrix organization
• Languages: English (At least 1 additional European language preferred)
Why Novartis?
769 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2020, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
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