Director Divisional Strategy (80-100%*)

☞ Sandoz

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Update day: 24-04-2024

Location: Basel Basel-Stadt BS

Category: Sales

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Position: Director

Job type: Full-time

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Job Description

500 million! That’s the number of patients using Sandoz medicines every year and the number is about to grow. Sandoz, a Novartis division, is a leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our number 1 priority is to pioneer patient access to better healthcare. We are a company of firsts. 1st to develop an oral penicillin antibiotic. 1st to develop and launch biosimilars in Europe and in US. And we never stop asking: how can we continue to pioneer access in an ever-more digital and global world?

As Director Divisional Strategy you will be primarily responsible for leading strategic business projects for Sandoz with the aim of maximizing company value and securing future competitive advantage and managing a portfolio of strategic projects, ensuring they deliver business results, and building a lasting capability within the division.

Your key responsibilities
  • Lead annual Strategic Review process for Sandoz, ensuring timelines/key milestones are successfully met, all information populated and built up to reflect overall growth story of Sandoz
  • Manage communication with executives within varies divisions and Group.
  • Support strategic projects that have high financial or strategic impact. Mostly, these projects will have no natural owner in any region or function. Therefore, the manager will be a key contributor. Most projects will be sponsored by the CEO of Sandoz and/or Sandoz Executive Committee members and experience in interacting with senior leadership is a must-have
  • Identify and assess business opportunities (internal and external) with potential for major impact on Sandoz long term growth and profitability. Provide financial and strategic insights, and contribute to long term forecasting and strategic planning, e.g., by market research, gathering information from within Sandoz and public sources, creating comprehensive business cases
  • Own project results and work across global functions to ensure projects progress according to plan and drive toward significant, tangible business results
Minimum Requirements

What you’ll bring to the role:
  • Advanced degree such as MBA, MD, or PhD
  • Strong experience working in Pharma industry ideally in Generics.
  • Minimum of 4+ years’ experience at a top-tier consulting firm, supplemented by 3+ work experience in a generics industry in commercial or portfolio roles
  • Extensive project management experience in strategic commercial projects in pharmaceutical industry
  • Track record of strong business impact
  • Capability to lead without formal authority
  • Ability to reduce complexity into strategy decision recommendations
  • Excellent analytical skills (problem structuring and problem solving), able to handle complex analyses
  • Excellent proficiency in English.
Why Sandoz?

500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2020 and while we’re proud of this, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.

How will we do this? We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Sandoz!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Division

SANDOZ

Business Unit

SANDOZ BUSINESS OFFICE

Country

Switzerland

Work Location

Basel

Company/Legal Entity

Sandoz AG

Functional Area

BD&L & Strategic Planning

Job Type

Full Time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

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Deadline: 08-06-2024

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