Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, Neuroscience

Role: Therapeutic Area Strategy Director supporting Novartis' Neuroscience TA strategy, focusing on early-phase insights, pipeline development, and external licensing opportunities. Responsibilities: develop holistic TA strategy through external benchmarking and analysis, provide commercial insights to R&D teams—especially for early programs, analyze industry reports and forecasts, and support strategic external insights to identify growth avenues and competitive challenges. Requirements: Bachelor's degree, with an advanced degree (PhD, MD, MBA) preferred; at least 5+ years in pharma/medical device R&D or commercial functions, with experience in strategy development and early lifecycle asset shaping; strong understanding of Neuroscience, with recent US market experience; proven experience evaluating product opportunities via M&A, BD&L, or internal research. HighValue: Neuroscience, early-phase (preclinical or Ph1-3) pipeline, US market experience, strategic insights, competitive analysis, and M&A evaluation. WorkSetup: not specified, but implies collaboration across global units.