Associate Director, Advanced Capabilities Lead

Novartis • East Hanover, NJ

3d • Remote

About The Position

This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. This position will require 10-20% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international). The AD, Advanced Capabilities Lead will lead Precision Health capability-building across all therapeutic areas with Novartis, aimed to advance the effective adoption of Precision Health laboratory partnership and innovation across the paradigms of care. This individual will develop the strategy to create advanced capability-building related to testing/diagnostics through 3rd party lab partnerships and business development. This capability will develop lab partnerships to enable an effective process for simplified and consistent ordering/reporting at the site of care. This individual will develop and implement programs aligned to CDS and diagnostic workflow and identify strategic areas of impact through collaboration with lab partners. This work will require internal cross-functional partnership and buy-in across decision makers within Novartis, inclusive of proposal alignment, budget allocation and utilization of resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, advanced degree preferred
• 4+ years of experience in healthcare / pharma/ diagnostics/ technology
• Prior experience & expertise in project management, alliance management/partnerships, 3rd party data partnerships inclusive of clinical decision support, diagnostic or tech partnership alliance and therapeutic delivery
• Proven track record in meeting objectives aligned to cross-functional partnership and shared priorities across therapeutic areas
• Confident communicator and educator of technical content
• Strong executive presence

Nice To Haves

• People leadership experience to lead teams around common goals and achieving business outcomes
• Strategy and Operations, Training Experience, External Partnership and/or BD&L experience, Customer Solutions/Customer Experience
• 2+ years experience in a laboratory/diagnostic market role

Responsibilities

• Synthesize care gaps related to lab/diagnostic workflow, distill those gaps into solvable problems through solutions that will be used and benefit the site of care
• Lead the selection and onboarding of laboratory partners and projects aligned to Precision Health/TA strategy, including governance & compliance approval
• Build an assessment framework and work with external partners to evaluate options for broader-scale impact to be delivered at the site of care
• Partner with Precision Health Field Leader to ideate and implement novel lab/diagnostic solutions at the site of care
• Partner with Precision Health Disease Area Lead to build a diagnostic/lab strategy aligned to both the therapeutic area and precision health strategy
• Lead, design, pilot, & scale decision-support solution(s) with external partner(s)
• Anticipate innovation in the market and deliver solutions at the site of care to competitively position Novartis as the partner of choice
• Build relationships and partner with C-Suite members and their teams, within Laboratories and Diagnostic companies as a partner of choice

Benefits

• health
• life and disability benefits
• a 401(k) with company contribution and match
• a variety of other benefits
• a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
• performance-based cash incentive
• eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director