Major accountabilities:

• Provides clinical leadership and strategic guidance for all clinical deliverables in the assigned section of a clinical program and/or programs.
• Ensure effective cross-functional communications to align with global strategy -Leads development of clinical sections of trial and program level regulatory documents -Drives execution of the section of the clinical program in partnership with global line functions.
• Supports the clinical research leaders by providing medical input into IDP and CTP reviews and contributing/driving development of disease clinical standards for new disease areas -Acts as the medical expert, engages interactions with external stakeholders (e.g., regulatory authorities, key opinion leaders, data monitoring committees, advisory boards etc.) and internal NVS stakeholders -Contributes to medical/scientific training of relevant Novartis stakeholders.
• May serve as speaker for franchise medical/scientific training -May serve on or lead global initiatives (e.g., process improvement, training, SOP development, other Clinical Development line function initiatives) -Develops high potential talents for succession positions to ensure business continuity.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarioses related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)

Key performance indicators:

• Achievement of unit objectives -Delivery of Clinical Trials to quality standards and agreed timelines -Adherence to Novartis policy and guidelines and external regulations.

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Strategy Development.
• Project Management.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Operations Management and Execution.
• Representing the organization.

Skills:

• Clinical Trials.
• Cross-Functional Teams.
• Data Analysis.
• Data Monitoring.
• Drug Development.
• Drug Discovery.
• Medical Research.
• Medical Strategy.
• People Management.

Languages :

• English.