Director, US Market Access Strategy and Oncology Channel Marketing

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>The Director, US Market Access Strategy and Oncology Channel Marketing is responsible for optimizing the market access strategy for assigned brands. This role is responsible for working across the US market access organization to craft a holistic product access strategy and ensure delivery of strategies for their respective product(s) that reflect the expertise across the different specialties within the US market access (i.e., Strategic Pricing & Contracting, Commercial Access Integration, Finance). Additionally, this individual will ensure that these strategies are executed across the broader affected organization (i.e., the Product, Integrated Marketing, and Customer Engagement Organizations). <br><br>Additionally, this individual will be responsible for the development and delivery of solutions to leading oncology systems and organizations through a deep understanding of their oncology business/delivery model. This individual will be responsible for developing enterprise cross-portfolio (“above brand”) marketing programs and tactics aligned to organizational priorities for use by customer engagement and acct. management teams. Through engagement with trade teams, this individual will identify customer engagement/marketing opportunities through channel partners and work with therapeutic area specific teams on brand level engagement strategies. <br><br>Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:<br>• Functioning as the key point of contact for US and Global product teams, participating in all relevant product meetings and ensuring that other Market Access functions are involved and present as appropriate<br>• Ensuring the US Innovative Medicines Leadership Team (IMLT) is well-informed of product opportunities and challenges at any given time <br>• Developing an integrated 3- to 5-year Market Access product plan, which includes integration of short- and long-term access strategies in an annual Brand Planning processes<br>• Monitoring evolving oncology models of care (i.e. Enhancing Oncology Model, Third Party Pathways etc.) and leading Novartis strategic planning initiatives in anticipation of/response to key market events <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<br>• Partnering with Market Access Acct Management, Pricing & Channel Strategy to ensure that annual forecasts are accurate and reflect the latest market events<br>• Developing Congress plans for key oncology related associations (eg COA)<br>• Socializing US market access product strategies as appropriate with US and Global Product Leads and Executive Leadership <br>• Mastering the NVS Material Approval Process, including FUSE platform, compliance with pharma/FDA marketing policies, and vendor payment systems) <br><br>This position will be located at the East Hanover site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 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#]