Country Head Medical Affairs

at  Novartis

SUMMARY

The Country Medical Affairs Head is the lead country medical representative, responsible for adopting and executing the near- and long-term medical strategy coming from Global/International, forging bold strategic partnership with the healthcare communities and governmental entities. Manage and develop the overall performance of the medical unit in country. Drive best-in-class launch preparedness and launch execution (incl. ensuring precision medicine availability at launch and overcoming local data gaps for HA Submission - when applicable) As a core member of the South African IM Leadership Team this person is accountable for the creation of the functional medical strategy for the country and ensures its execution, by leading all clinical and medical aspects of in-country activities and all associated resourcing and performance aspects.

EDUCATION:

• Medical Doctor (MD) preferred, PhD or PharmD may be considered with appropriate and extensive experience

WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• 8 years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience
• 4 years people management and development experience in a matrix environment
• Relevant experience acquired at pharmaceutical companies, HTA, physician associations or health care consultancy companies or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of pharmaceutical market and healthcare systems
• Proven ability to network with all levels of external stakeholders and work in matrix environment distilling and prioritizing market needs and deliverables.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills in a matrix; articulate vision for MA in the Country; build externally focused culture.
• Excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strong solution-orientation and business acumen
• Operate with mutual respect and integrity, collaboration and embrace diversity
• Deep understanding of drug development and approval processes, including experience designing and/or executing clinical studies.
• Thought leader in all medical core and game changing competencies.
• Scientific/medical research experience with demonstrated record of scientific/medical publication desirable.
• Excellent understanding of local, regional, and country regulatory standards and processes, as well as relevant (country-specific) ethical and legal guidelines. International/global experience desirable
• Significant experience of risk management
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  Division
  International
  Business Unit
  Innovative Medicines
  Location
  South Africa
  Site
  Midrand
  Company / Legal Entity
  ZA01 (FCRS = ZA001) Novartis SA (Pty) Ltd.
  Functional Area
  Research & Development
  Job Type
  Full time
  Employment Type
  Regular
  Shift Work
  No
  Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
  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
  Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/networ