REQ-10073525
Mar 13, 2026
United Kingdom

Summary

Office Location: London (The Westworks), United Kingdom

#LI-Hybrid Hybrid (12 days per month on-site if living within 50 miles of our London office)
#LI-Remote Remote (if living beyond 50 miles of our London office)

As a member of the RA Data & Technology Global Leadership Team, the RA Digital Innovation Platform Lead adds value to the strategic vision of Regulatory Affairs by leading a team of associates to support the digitalization of RA by identifying, exploring and delivering digital innovation and automation opportunities.

About the Role

Major Accountabilities:

  • Foster a culture of innovation within regulatory affairs by actively proposing and
  • entertaining disruptive ideas and technologies challenging the status quo and historical ways of working, leveraging a creative design thinking approach and experiences from other industries.
  • Develops compelling, value-driven business proposals for project funding.
  • Identify relevant existing Capability or evaluates disruptive technologies for the
  • business through delivery of minimum viable products (MVPs) and proof of concepts (PoCs).
  • Pro-actively evaluates opportunities for digital innovation and automation delivery across varying areas of technological disciplines with the objective of meeting business needs.
  • Leads the implementation and scale-up of digital innovation and automation in collaboration with relevant Capability Leads and IT innovation partners.
  • Builds and maintains collaborative and productive partnerships across the Platform team and enterprise stakeholders to achieve business priorities.
  • Anticipates and actively manages changes by updating on ongoing activities and current initiatives. Identifies risks and enables its’ resolution. Escalates issues when necessary to facilitate resolution at the appropriate level.
  • Enable early adoption of emerging technologies and associated organizational change management.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Experience in technology or regulatory affairs with proven track record of deploying automation and innovation solutions, ideally within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
  • In-depth understanding of drug development, regulatory requirements processes and technology and data-driven needs within Regulatory Affairs.
  • Strong strategic problem-solving skills and innovative mind-set.
  • Strong project/program management skills including change management experience.
  • Passionate about cutting edge digital innovation and enjoys working in uncertain environment and uncharted territory.
  • Demonstrated leadership in driving clear strategic thinking, prioritization, maintaining awareness of business impact.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • Requirements gathering and accurately connecting the dots even when there’s ambiguity.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion/EEO

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

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: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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Development
Development
United Kingdom
London (The Westworks)
Research & Development
Full time
Regular
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REQ-10073525

RA Digital Innovation Platform Lead

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