Samenvatting
This role owns and advances individual GMA AI product(s) (as needed), ensuring strategic-fit and realization of business benefits. This is a dedicated functional partner for GMA AI use cases & products striving to maximise value & adoption in alignment with GMA objectives and business priorities as well as medical subject matter experts (SMEs).
About the Role
This role is a dynamic thought-leader for applied artificial intelligence specifically in the medical affairs domain, drawing on external insights and internal subject matter expertise in use case identification and translation of AI opportunities that drive significant impact for medical affairs. Critical to success will be an ability to develop and defend the business case value and deliver to those commitments. Value-adding products should seek to simplify and streamline medical affairs practices, in close alignment with Global Process Owners, and set Novartis GMA as the leading Medical Affairs organization in industry, systematically enabled by artificial intelligence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountable for translating key medical challenges into scalable, innovation opportunities solved by AI, including accountability for GMA AI products throughout product lifecycle and co-development of use cases endorsed in Dev AI strategy.
- Own and advance individual GMA AI product(s), ensuring strategic-fit and realization of business benefits, in collaboration with the GMA Business Owners. Accountable for integrative planning and management of GMA AI product(s).
- Operate as dedicated functional partner for GMA AI use cases & products striving to maximise value & adoption in alignment with GMA objectives and business priorities,
- Partner, collaborate and actively align on the above with medical subject matter experts (SMEs), GMA Business Owners and technical counterparts (DDIT)
- Drive cross-functional alignment with close partners e.g., the AI & Innovation Product Manager (SPPO, Dev AI), ensuring continual alignment between the MA AI and Dev AI product roadmaps, and leveraging the best practices & products being scaled outside of the medical affairs domain.
- Engage and partner with AI and Innovation Lead (SPPO, Dev AI), including providing medical external insights/expertise, to ensure synergy with Dev AI CCE strategy and apply best practices to drive user adoption of MA AI products
- Establish effective relationships with business stakeholders, DDIT, change management and enabling functions to ensure robust operating model for MA AI portfolio.
- Promote collaborative and entrepreneurial culture and mindset. Be an agent for change and engage support for innovative ideas, methods, technologies, partnerships, and solutions to maximize value for Novartis.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, life sciences or related field required; advanced degree (MSc, MBA etc.) preferred (or relevant business experience)
Fluent English (oral and written)
Minimum 8 years of working experience in technology & business solution, digital transformation, or related fields (ideally in healthcare, drug development or life sciences)
Drug development and/or medical affairs and/or commercial experience (R-D-C continuum), including demonstrated innovation & transformation at functional scale
Proven track-record in leading high performing, multidisciplinary teams and diverse profiles
Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, and lead efforts to drive change within organizations; underpinned by excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message
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Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
