Novartis hiring for Lead Medical Communications

Novartis has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. A pipeline of innovative medicines brought to life by diverse, talented and performance driven people. All of which makes them one of the most rewarding employers in their field.

Post : Team Lead Medical Communications ( Scientific Engagements)

Summary
Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of med comms projects ensuring high quality and timely execution of deliverables
About the Role
• Manage the med comms project delivery for a given brand(s), ensuring the GBS med comms team deliver the agreed scope of work on time, with quality and within budget through close collaboration with colleagues
• Directly manage key activities as well as overseeing quality control, issue resolution, workflow processes and colleague engagement
• Lead, coach and manage associates in the team, Champion people engagement & culture development
• Manage project priorities, tracking milestones, allocate resources based on project requirements, monitor workload distribution and resource planning to ensure adequate assignment of resource to projects
• Develop and implement appropriate management control systems to ensure quality deliverables and adherence to process compliance
• Manage communication with stakeholders through regular updates, feedback, addressing issues and sharing best practice to ensure business needs are met
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team productivity and efficiency Support innovation, operational excellence through continuous development programs supporting Group Lead
• Be accountable for deliverables delivered by the assigned team, including compliance, adherence to process and brief, customer experience, end-to-end quality of deliverables, collaborations with other Groups in GBS.
• Monitor and report established KPIs and takes proactive action to continuously strive for improvements.
• Recruit talent, manage performance (set objectives, review performance and plan compensation) and develop associates (development/training plans, Organizational Talent Review, coaching or mentoring, as appropriate). Set direction, align and motivate team members to achieve set goals and objectives.

Candidate Profile
• 10 + years experience in the function (Medical Communications, HEOR or Statistics) with proven leadership (people management, project management)
• Self-motivated and driven, proactive approach on how the existing process/product can be improved further within the compliance guidelines. Experience in leading operational excellence projects.
• M.Sc. / M.Pharm / PhD / Doctoral Degree or Qualification in Medical Sciences (MBBS/MD/equivalent)

Additional Information
Location : Hyderabad (Office), India
Business Unit : CTS
Functional Area : Research & Development
End Date : 30th October 2024