Executive Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy, Oncology and …, Basel

Location: Cambridge, MA; East Hanover, NJ, US or Basel, Switzerland. This role follows a hybrid working model. If based in the US, please apply to REQ-10076159.

About The Role The Novartis Strategy&Growth, Therapeutic Area Strategy team for Oncology&Hematology is seeking an Executive Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy who will support the creation and update of a holistic therapeutic area (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.

Key Responsibilities

Provide external benchmarking, analysis, insights, and judgement to support the TA Strategy Head in developing a holistic Novartis TA strategy that achieves sustainable growth in the short, mid and long term.

Apply understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the core therapeutic areas (Oncology&Hematology) to derive insightful and differentiating competitive advantages over peers.

Provide key commercial insights to R&D project teams, particularly for early‑phase programs; in‑market US experience is critical.

Analyze reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.

Support development and delivery of TA‑specific strategic external insights to identify growth opportunities, emerging competitive challenges and create a third‑party view around key strategic levers.

Essential 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 Oncology and/or Hematology.

Highly agile with the capacity to support multiple strategic DAs within a TA and multiple programs internally and externally.

Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities through M&A, BD&L and internal research programs.

7‑10 years of industry pharma and/or medical device experience in research&development and/or commercial functions, including conducting, commissioning and analyzing primary research.

Experience in strategy development and asset shaping early in the lifecycle from any functional perspective.

Recent (post‑2015) local US in‑market experience; includes working within the US market with local US customers and health‑care systems.

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