Overview
Director TA Strategy (m/w/d) – Novartis Deutschland, München, Deutschland. This role is part of the Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic (CRM) team and reports to the TA Head CRM. You are responsible for defining and controlling strategy and tactics for launch brands, focus brands and brand portfolios with high complexity and size.
Responsibilities
* Strategic Planning & P&L Responsibility: Lead the development of forward-looking strategic and tactical brand plans, including profit and loss planning, to navigate high volatility and ambiguity with confidence and clarity
* Consulting & Solution Design: Create and recommend tailored consulting solutions for multifaceted challenges, applying strategic-conceptual thinking to uncover insights and assess business impact
* Peer Coaching & Advisory: Provide contextual guidance and coaching to colleagues across Talent Acquisition, fostering a culture of continuous learning and shared expertise
* Cross-Functional Leadership: Orchestrate and mentor diverse cross-functional teams, while supporting other TA roles in team development and collaborative execution
* Global & Regional Collaboration: Partner with global and regional stakeholders to drive go-to-market readiness, brand and portfolio strategy, lifecycle management, performance reporting, and best practice sharing
* Performance & Strategy Management: Steer strategic direction through performance management and implementation control, ensuring alignment with business goals
* Market Intelligence & Strategic Optimization: Continuously analyze market trends, customer insights, and indication data to refine and optimize strategic approaches
* Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Building: Build and strengthen relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and ensure exceptional customer engagement across all touchpoints
What You’ll Bring To The Role
* University degree in Economics, Natural Sciences, or a related field
* Business fluent in English (spoken and written); good German skills are a strong advantage
* >6 years of relevant experience, ideally in marketing within the pharmaceutical industry with ideally 1+ years in other commercial functions
* Proven track record in developing competitive, actionable launch and growth strategies
* Experience managing brands or portfolios across multiple indications
* 3+ years of direct people management and 5+ years leading cross-functional teams
* Demonstrated success in co-creating marketing strategies in collaboration with Global teams
* Strong capabilities in business planning, financial analysis, and management reporting
* Strategic, analytical, and creative thinker with a solution-oriented mindset
Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. We achieve this through our people, who drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Learn more about our strategy, people and culture here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll Receive
Details about benefits and rewards can be found in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion
Novartis is committed to an outstanding, inclusive work environment and a diverse team representative of the patients and communities we serve. Hiring decisions are based on qualifications for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
Adjustments For Applicants With Disabilities
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please indicate it in your CV notes.
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