Director, Portfolio Advocacy Region Europe

Summary

"We're a team of dedicated and smart people united by a drive to achieve together"
The Director, Portfolio Advocacy RE will drive and execute targeted advocacy activities for policy priorities across the Novartis portfolio in Region Europe, focusing on both in-market and launch products in alignment with regional commercial priorities. This role will also play a crucial role in collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and aligning policy priorities across Portfolio Policy, Region and Country Public Affairs to shape advocacy activities across the Novartis portfolio in Region Europe.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Drive advocacy activities for policy priorities across the NVS portfolio in Region Europe
• Focus on regional priorities, for both in-market and upcoming launches, and define clear launch prep timeline based on key market needs
• Shift priorities fluently in function of enterprise priorities and portfolio policy guidance within the region
• Connect with Portfolio Advocacy counterparts in the other PA regions to build strong network and share best practices across regions
• Build interfaces with commercial counterparts in the international region and with key countries
• Focus on execution of advocacy plans at country and regional level
• Represent Novartis in key trade associations at regional level with focus on relevant therapeutic areas or topics, aligned with Portfolio EDs
• Aligned, measurable joint objective setting for the countries for portfolio topics with Country PA Heads and RE PA cluster leads, connecting the dots between the product, country and region lens

Essential Requirements:

• Proven experience in the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in a policy, advocacy or commercial role
• Prior work experience at regional level and within a local market organisation
• Strong understanding of advocacy work and engaging external stakeholders, skilled in building forward-looking Public Affairs plans
• Deep understanding of interaction of policies and business, issue spotting and anticipation using data and analytics
• Critical thinking, predictive and enterprise mindset and outcome-focused performance management

Desirable Requirements

• Master's degree (e.g. MSc) / University Diploma or equivalent in relevant discipline

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Division
Corporate Affairs

Business Unit
Corporate

Location
Switzerland

Site
Basel (City)

Company / Legal Entity
C010 (FCRS = CH010) Novartis International AG

Functional Area
Communications & Public Affairs

Job Type
Full time

Employment Type
Regular

Shift Work
No