Summary
About the Role
Main Responsibilities:
Medical Strategic Plans
- Develop and execute local Medical Affairs strategic plans aligned with other functions, franchise, and medical strategies.
- Identify strategic opportunities and engage with key scientific leaders and healthcare partners to co-design strategies and studies.
- Gather and share relevant insights to shape disease area strategy.
Integrated Evidence Co-development
- Co-develop integrated evidence plans and ensure local execution in partnership with Global Drug Development and other stakeholders.
- Identify Real World Evidence (RWE) needs and utilize innovative methodologies to improve patient and clinical adoption.
- Lead Post Trial Access (PTA) and Managed Access Programs (MAP), evaluate Investigator-Initiated research studies and Trials (IITs), and Research Collaborations (RC).
Medical Expertise Provisions
- Provide medical expertise on pipeline programs, disease areas, and approved brands.
- Raise awareness of Novartis' brands and disease areas through publications, presentations, and educational activities.
- Provide medical expertise and leadership to functional partners in collaboration with various teams.
- Support training activities and regulatory affairs.
Patient Advocacy
- Map and prioritize relevant Patient Advocacy Groups (PAG) based on strategic importance.
- Develop and implement patient advocacy strategies for specified therapeutic areas.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to support patient advocacy strategies.
- Ensure patient inputs are considered in project design and co-create initiatives with patient groups.
- Implement engagement plans with patient organizations and collaborate with agency partners.
- Use innovative patient engagement channels and enhance patient advocacy efforts.
- Engage with external stakeholders for co-creation opportunities and integrate patient perspective into access and HTA activities.
Represents Medical Practice and Patient Care
- Advocate for the best interest of patients and those who care for them.
Essential Requirements:
- Required Degree: MD or PharmD/PhD in Health Sciences in Health Sciences or related field
- Desired: Specialist Degree or specialist qualification related to discipline for which is responsible. Business degree (e.g. MBA)
- Languages: English and Czech - fluent, written and spoken
- Pharmaceutical industry experience
- Significant clinical and research background, including GCP knowledge
- Strong medical and scientific knowledge across various disease areas
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Strong business acumen
- Exceptional communication skills and customer orientation
- Proficient in medical and scientific writing
- Preferred experience in innovative study designs, such as RCT/RWE mixed designs
- Preferred experience in implementation science
- Proven track record of co-creation and co-execution of protocols with stakeholders in healthcare systems
You’ll receive:
- Competitive salary with annual bonus
- Company car
- Monthly pension contribution matching your contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary
- Company Shares Program
- Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis)
- 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) MultiSport Card (costs covered by company)
- 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report
- Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus for 12,500 CZK per year
- Meal vouchers for 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by the company)
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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