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Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, NeuroscienceNovartis · Basel (City)
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Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, Neuroscience

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-22 Basel (City) Hybrid Consulting Strategy
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 18,500 CHF–26,000 CHF/mo

About the Company

Salary Range: CHF150,500.00 - CHF279,500.00 Job Description Summary The Novartis Strategy & Growth, Therapeutic Area Strategy team for Neuroscience is seeking a new Therapeutic Area Strategy Director who will support the creation and update of a holistic TA strategy; provide early-phase commercial insights to project teams; guide TA-specific internal pipeline development and external licensing / acquisitions opportunities; and support integrated enterprise alignment across Biomedical Research (BR), Development, Strategy & Growth (S&G), and the Commercial US and International units. Job Description

Responsibilities

  • ● Brings external benchmarking, analysis and insights, and judgement to support the TA Strategy Head in developing a holistic Novartis TA strategy that achieves sustainable growth in short, mid and long-term.
  • ● Brings both understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the core Therapeutic Areas (TA) and Disease area of Neuroscience to derive insightful and differentiating competitive advantages over our peers.
  • ● Provides key commercial insights to the R&D project teams, particularly for early phase programs. To do this effectively, in-market experience in the US is critical.
  • ● Analyses reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.
  • ● Supports development and delivery of TA-specific strategic external insights to support identification of growth opportunities, emerging competitive challenges and support creation of a third-party view around key strategic levers, and commissions targeted primary research.

Requirements

  • ● Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree (PhD, MD or other advanced University degree) and / or equivalent experience in life science/healthcare; MBA or consulting or equivalent experience highly preferred.
  • ● In-depth TA knowledge (or track record to acquire required TA expertise effectively and rapidly) in Neuroscience.
  • ● Highly agile having the capacity to support a number of strategic DAs within a TA and multiple programs internal and external
  • ● Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (through M&A, BD&L and internal re-search programs).
  • ● At least 5-7 years of Industry pharma and/or medical devices Experience in Research & Development and/or commercial functions with experience conducting, commissioning, analyzing primary research
  • ● Recent (post 2015) local US in-market experience; local US experience includes working within the US market with the local US customers, US health care systems / systems
  • ● Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
  • ● Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
  • ● Accessibility and Accommodation:
  • ● Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.