Head, Strategy & Operations (Clinical Development)

766 million! That's how many lives our products touch. At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend people's lives. We use innovative science and technology to address some of society's most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. How can we continue to advance our science to help even more patients in need? We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous, and collaborative people are empowered to ask new questions, make bolder decisions, and take smarter risks.<br><br>This role will provide strategic and operational support to Global Head Clinical Development and Chief Medical Office This includes managing day-to-day strategic and operational elements of CD&CMO office as well as the preparation of content for both strategic initiatives and operational activities on behalf of Head of CD & CMO. <br><br>What you will be doing:<br><br>• Create strategic documents / material for approval at ECN and Board of Directors<br>• Support Global Head CD & CMO in preparing and tracking objectives <br>• Continuously look for new and better ways to deliver CD&CMO goals<br>Operational Excellence: Contribute to or lead key strategic projects driving operational improvement, innovation or transformation.<br>Culture: Act as conduit for communication, support cultural initiatives<br>• Support Comms & Engagement in preparing a compelling and consistent narrative for internal and ex-ternal speaking engagements<br>• Drive key CD&CMO leadership and Townhall meetings<br>• Partner with finance to manage CD&CMO budget<br>• Streamline and manage governance for the Head of CD &CMO, ensuring consistent messaging across various governance forums (GLT, CD&CMO LT<br>• Represents the Head of CD &CMO with senior teams, when needed. <br>• Undertake diagnostics, study and analysis as required, suggest recommendations, and drive result-ant actions as approved<br>• Navigates complexity and drives effectiveness across the function and in collaboration with other functions in Novartis<br>• Manages and executes internal strategic projects (e.g. culture, organizational, process, change, …) <br>• Manages forums and communications related to unit performance and bringing to life the vision of the Head CD&CMO, including leadership and CD&CMO Live events.<br> <br>[#video#https://youtu.be/ggbnzRY9z8w{#400,300#}#/video#]