Director, Medical Society Partnerships & Congresses

Responsibilities:

• Lead the medical society engagement strategy aligned with therapeutic area priorities and priority assets.
• Develop engagement plans that advance shared scientific and medical objectives while strengthening long-term external relationships and organisational trust.
• Develop and sustain strategic relationships with key global medical societies, serving as a primary point of contact and building trusted partnerships through consistent, strategic and value-driven engagement.
• Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Medical, and Commercial teams to ensure medical society engagement plans are integrated, strategically prioritised and aligned to asset needs.
• Monitor the external landscape, including society priorities, stakeholder needs, evolving guidelines and competitor activity, to inform partnership strategy and identify new opportunities for engagement.
• Establish success measures and performance indicators to assess the impact of medical society partnerships, including for Novartis, the assets, HCPs, and patients.
• Provide strategic oversight of congress planning, ensuring congress sponsored activities support broader medical society partnership goals and scientific communication priorities.
• Work with Congress Operations and cross-functional partners to support effective execution of congress-related activities, with a focus on strategic direction, objective-setting and integration with partnership plans.
• Drive innovation and operational excellence in external engagement, ensuring all partnership and congress activities comply with legal, regulatory and internal governance requirements.

Essential for the role:

• Advanced degree (e.g. MD, PharmD, PhD) or equivalent in life sciences or healthcare.
• 7+ years experience in pharmaceutical industry or healthcare related environment.
• Significant experience within Medical Affairs or a closely related function.
• Proven ability to build and manage external partnerships with medical societies or healthcare organisations.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and execution across product or asset lifecycle.
• Strong experience working across functions in a complex, matrixed organisation, with excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to influence senior leaders globally.
• Deep understanding of ethical, legal and compliance requirements within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate complex scientific information into clear messaging.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.