Global Program Head, Gene Therapy

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About the role:
The Global Program Head, Gene therapies role has the critical impact of delivering innovation, which drives the Novartis Enterprise. In this role, you will lead Novartis program (s) through the end-to-end development cycle to seek successful registration and market access, driving optimal life cycle management of approved assets, ensuring a cohesive development, biomedical research, commercial/market access, and medical execution. This role will lead one or several multidisciplinary program teams to develop cross-functional strategies, obtain regulatory approval, ensure patient and market access, optimize commercial value, ensure program execution, build collaborative cross-functional team ecosystem while delivering strong strategies and efficient execution for their programs in a complex, uncertain, and competitive market. Ready for the challenge and bring change in gene therapy?

 

Job Description

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Clear single point of accountability and ownership for advancement of Gene Therapy (GTx) programs with focus on development strategy through submission 

• Chair the Early GTx Global Program Team (GPT) with the goal to remove obstacles for BR teams, advise on best practices, align on resource / investment needs for gene therapy pipeline and platform efforts and propose options to decision bodies

• Ensures close alignment between Research (Biomedical Research) and Development (Dev) plus TAL to support early GTx BR teams in achieving the next program milestone from discovery (BDC) until establishment of dedicated program GPT.

• Work with BR and Dev plus key partner functions to define, characterize, prioritize, and secure resources for critical platform-enabling innovation efforts

• Serve as liaison to NSDB and NS & GTx DULT for critical strategic and scientific input to overall x-functional, cross-BR and Dev gene therapy efforts for Novartis

• Monitor external trends to inform gene therapy strategy, priorities and progress

• Oversee internal cross functional supportive efforts by Regulatory Affairs, Patient Advocacy, Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, Market Access to proactively help shape the external environment by developing strong, evidence and trust-based partnerships with key stakeholders (regulators, KOLs, patient groups, scientific and professional medical societies)

• Drive the program's transformational vision, devise an adaptable strategy that anticipates future trends and challenges, and translate strategies into practical, impactful plans.

• Seek out and combine complex internal/external elements to inform business decision-making, identify key issues in complex scenarios, and ensure clarity.

• Embody an enterprise leader that works across the entire Novartis research-development-commercial continuum to understand the impact of decisions, the benefit of diverse perspective, and the power of our shared purpose.

• Deliver organization-wide impact through an understanding and respect for an evolving technological landscape, including knowing when and how to incorporate new tools into existing strategies while evolving ahead of anticipated capabilities (e.g., precision medicine, AI, blockchain, nanotechnology).
   

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The ideal location for this role is US-based (East Hanover, NJ site) but remote work may be possible (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. If associate is remote, all home office expenses and any travel/lodging to specific site for periodic live meetings will be at the employee’s expense. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 10-20% travel.
 

Role Requirements:

Essential Requirements:

• M.D./PhD. and 10+ experience working in a biomedical field, strong preference with experience in gene therapy development

• Experience in bringing a drug through discovery and development and/or integrating new platform technologies, especially gene therapy, to support drug discovery in a biotech/pharma research organization

• Expertise in strategic planning and program management

• Experience in establishing/organizing/leading large cross-disciplinary teams

• Track record showing strong people leadership skills, including influencing and coaching skills, and an ability to