Head, New Product Planning & Launch Excellence

Major accountabilities:

• Work as a country representative in global team settings to incorporate Japan-specific insights into global development strategy and subsequently maximize local commercial potential
• Lead local cross-functional teams to build brand strategies and to plan and execute pre-launch activities based on a thorough understanding of local market.
• Provide robust new product forecasts and investment proposals for optimal resource allocation for pre-launch activities.
• Seek endorsements from relevant global/local leaders on development strategies, brand strategies and pre-launch activities at major pipeline decision points.
• Ensure a successful and timely transition from New Product Planning to TA responsibility; where relevant, gaining endorsement to refine NPKK’s existing TA-based organizational structure.
• Build a strong network across other markets and with the global/regional Novartis organization to gain insights, identify synergies and leverage expertise to optimize local efforts.
• Responsible for pipeline governance/decision-making for NPKK through facilitating the Japan Pipeline Management Board (JPMB) in close collaboration with Japan Development.
• Leverage expertise across Novartis and externally to continuously enhance the analytical methodologies deployed to assess asset/opportunity value and to influence decision-making outcomes.
• Contribute to local BD&L opportunity evaluations in a time-sensitive manner within and outside of Novartis’ core TAs/DAs.
• Provide support and healthy challenge to TAs during the launch excellence process.
• Analyze market dynamics, insights, competitions, regulations, pricing and market access environment of key new products.

Job Dimensions:

• Number of associates: 8
• Financial responsibility: As a priority market, NPPLEX Head is responsible to maximize value potential from a commercial perspective of Novartis’ pipeline (i.e. responsible for 4-8% of global pipeline value).
• Impact on the organization: An important contributing leader to ensure Novartis can realize its goal to become a top 3 company in Japan by 2027 and to ensure sustainable outperformance of market growth beyond that.

Requirements:
Education (minimum/desirable): BSc in biomedical or life sciences required, Ph.D. or

MS in biomedical sciences or MD preferred; MBA is a plus.

Languages: Japanese & English (spoken and written fluency)

Experience/Professional requirement:

• Minimum 8 years of industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in at least one of the following roles: New Product Planning, Marketing, Strategy, Marketing Excellence, Market Access, Business Transformation, Medical Affairs, Drug Development, Business Development, Consulting or other related roles in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent leadership, networking and communication/negotiation skills in both English and Japanese to work effectively in a highly matrixed and multicultural environment.
• Goal-oriented self-starter with creativity in their thinking and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Able to work effectively in highly ambiguous and complex areas.