Associate Director, US Market Access TA Strategy Cardiovascular

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With a strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.<br><br>Job Purpose: <br>The Associate Director, US Market Access Therapeutic Area Strategy is responsible for supporting the optimization of the market access strategy for launch and inline brands through the delivery of the tactics designed to achieve the market access strategy. This role will work across the US market access organization to ensure that different subgroups are involved and/or informed in tactical execution as appropriate (i.e., Strategic Pricing & Contracting, Commercial Access Integration, Patient & Support Services, Finance). Additionally, this individual will ensure that market access tactics are executed against across the broader affected organization (i.e., the Product, Integrated Marketing, and Customer Engagement Organizations). The overarching objective is to ensure that each of our products is positioned for optimal payer coverage, affordability for appropriate patients, and durable value for Novartis over time and as the product matures and/or extends into new indications.<br><br>Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:<br>• Assisting in the development of annual Market Access product-specific tactical plans and partnering with brand and other Market Access teams to ensure that annual budgets are secured <br>• Engaging with the Integrating Marketing and Customer Engagement Organizations to ensure that we are working efficiently and market access strategies are seamlessly executed upon across the organization<br>• Supporting development of critical market research including development of qualitative and quantitative areas of study, and determining fundamental go-to-market principles to achieve optimal product commercialization<br>• Master the NVS Material Approval Process, including FUSE platform, compliance with pharma/FDA marketing policies, and vendor payment systems<br>• Responsible for managing multiple budgets and deliverables, including organizing interim project read-outs to ensure cross-functional alignment and ensuring deliverables do not exceed allocated budget<br>• Mastering the NVS Material Approval Process, including FUSE platform, compliance with pharma/FDA marketing policies, and vendor payment systems<br><br>This is a US based position. No international relocation will be provided for this position.<br><br>This position will be located at East Hanover, NJ site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require up to 20% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international)<br>Please note that this role would not provide relocation and only local candidates will be considered.<br><br>[#video#https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ggbnzRY9z8w{#400,300#}#/video#]