Therapeutic Area Strategy Director, Neuroscience
Novartis
8 hours ago
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Marketing
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the TA Strategy Head in developing and maintaining a holistic Novartis Therapeutic Area (TA) strategy that drives sustainable growth across short-, mid-, and long-term horizons.
- Apply pharmaceutical industry knowledge and deep understanding of Neuroscience TA/disease areas to identify differentiating competitive advantages.
- Provide key early-phase commercial insights to R&D project teams (US in-market experience is critical).
- Analyze reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.
- Develop and deliver TA-specific strategic external insights to identify growth opportunities and emerging competitive challenges; create third-party views around key strategic levers; commission targeted primary research.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or other advanced university degree) and/or equivalent life science/healthcare experience; MBA or consulting experience (or equivalent) highly preferred.
- In-depth Neuroscience TA knowledge (or a track record to acquire required TA expertise effectively and rapidly).
- Ability to support multiple strategic DAs within a TA and multiple internal/external programs.
- Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (M&A, BD&L, and internal R&D programs).
- 5–7+ years of industry pharma and/or medical devices experience in R&D and/or commercial functions, including experience conducting, commissioning, and analyzing primary research.
- Experience developing strategy and shaping assets early in the lifecycle.
- Recent (post-2015) local US in-market experience; includes working with US customers and US healthcare systems.
Application Instructions:
- If based in Europe, apply to REQ-10075151.
- Support the TA Strategy Head in developing and maintaining a holistic Novartis Therapeutic Area (TA) strategy that drives sustainable growth across short-, mid-, and long-term horizons.
- Apply pharmaceutical industry knowledge and deep understanding of Neuroscience TA/disease areas to identify differentiating competitive advantages.
- Provide key early-phase commercial insights to R&D project teams (US in-market experience is critical).
- Analyze reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.
- Develop and deliver TA-specific strategic external insights to identify growth opportunities and emerging competitive challenges; create third-party views around key strategic levers; commission targeted primary research.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or other advanced university degree) and/or equivalent life science/healthcare experience; MBA or consulting experience (or equivalent) highly preferred.
- In-depth Neuroscience TA knowledge (or a track record to acquire required TA expertise effectively and rapidly).
- Ability to support multiple strategic DAs within a TA and multiple internal/external programs.
- Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (M&A, BD&L, and internal R&D programs).
- 5–7+ years of industry pharma and/or medical devices experience in R&D and/or commercial functions, including experience conducting, commissioning, and analyzing primary research.
- Experience developing strategy and shaping assets early in the lifecycle.
- Recent (post-2015) local US in-market experience; includes working with US customers and US healthcare systems.
Application Instructions:
- If based in Europe, apply to REQ-10075151.