Medical Lead

7 The number of launches planned for over the next 2 years. Your passion in leading the medical contribution strategy at country level will help the world understand what the medicines do, why they matter and how Novartis striving to reimagine medicine.

**Your Responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Support country medical affairs strategy in line with the global strategy, country insights and market conditions, and secure implementation of planned Medical Affairs activities within the designated therapy area(s).
- Coordinate scientific meeting, symposia, congresses, Continuous Medical Education (CME) and other medical / scientific exchange and engagement activities which could bring additional value to the relevant therapy area; develop strategic engagement plan(s) for country customer-facing medical activities and events, and ensure timely execution of planned medical affairs activities in an efficient and compliant way.
- Ensure medical enquiries are responded to in a high quality, timely manner, and in accordance with applicable standards; establish standard response documents as appropriate, for frequently asked questions.
- Provide medical/scientific input into the development and execution of clinical trial or clinical research related activities, including initiation and oversight of clinical studies / clinical research within the respective therapeutic area.
- Coordinate review and approval of medical materials and locally developed promotional materials; ensure medical materials provided from global or region for stakeholder engagement and events are tailored to local needs, and reviewed/approved per local/P3 guidelines.
- Ensure medical insights are provided to cross functional groups, including, but not restricted to: Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory affairs, Market Access, QA, Commercial teams, Brand team and others.
- Lead early identification of strategic drivers, elaboration of patient journey, positioning, target population, the wider stakeholder population mapping & segmentation
- Identifies Real World Evidence needs & utilizes implementation science & other innovative methodologies, to close the gap ensuring patient & clinical adoption & better outcomes

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Minimum requirements**

**What you’ll bring to the role**:

- Medical Degree or a PhD
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry with a significant track record leading teams responsible for both medical affairs and clinical research.
- Experience in with Cardiovascular or Metabolic therapeutic area
- Excellent stakeholder management, proven ability to develop and foster credible relationships with HCPs/decision makers and internal stakeholders
- Excellent organizational, planning and prioritizing skills
**Why Novartis?**

766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.

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 Novartis

**Division**

PHARMA

**Business Unit**

AMAC

**Country**

Malaysia

**Work Location**

Petaling Jaya

**Company/Legal Entity**

NOV MALAYSIA

**Functional Area**

Research & Development

**Job Type**

Full Time

**Employment Type**

Regular

**Shift Work**

No

**Early Talent**

No