Director, Site of Care Patient Diagnostics

Job Description Summary

Job Description Summary
The location for this role is East Hanover, NJ.

There are 2 Director, Site of Care Patient Diagnostics positions associated with this job posting.

The roles are as follows:
1- Director, Site of Care Patient Diagnostics
2- Director, Site of Care Patient Diagnostics

 

Job Description

The Insights and Decision Science (IDS) team is dedicated to enabling improved decision-making at Novartis by leveraging data and advanced analytics capabilities to generate actionable insights that drive business growth. We collaborate closely with the US business, bringing insights and challenging ideas to empower smarter, data-driven decision-making. This role is crucial in advancing the frontiers of personalized healthcare. 

 

The role of the Director Site of Care Patient Diagnostics is at the forefront of utilizing EHR, clinical and diagnostic data from a specific type of diagnostic to uncover patterns and indicators to improve patient identification, enhance treatment efficacy and advance patient outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead analysis of healthcare data, including clinical trial datasets, transactional claims, and electronic health records, using established and novel statistical and analytical techniques to support patient identification, diagnostics utilization, and RWE analytics 

• Work with providers to identify eligible patients in their existing patient pools, leveraging analysis of provider EHR 

• Use data generated by digital health technologies (DHTs) to capture patient-generated data, electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) and electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOAs) to support patient identification, diagnostic utilization and RWE analytics 

• Track metrics on companion diagnostic availability, offering, and usage 

• Support analysis of real-world evidence / clinical & diagnostic data to identify patterns and indicators associated with patient response to a treatment regimen (esp. genetic and biomarker indicators) 

• Contribute to the analysis, drafting and reviewing of technical and study reports, manuscripts for publishing in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, and abstracts and presentations for international conferences 

• Communicate complex concepts and interpretation of analysis and findings to different audiences, including internal leadership and stakeholders, health economists, clinicians, and health systems 

• Share any relevant insights on underdiagnosed or undertreated patients with the Patient Finding team

Novartis seeks an individual with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a strong understanding of personalized and precision medicine approaches. This individual should have a proven track record in applying epidemiological principles to assess target patient populations and inform treatment strategies. A strong analytical background is essential, with the ability to analyze complex datasets and derive actionable insights.  

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Data Science, or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is preferred 

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a deep understanding of personalized and precision medicine  

• 5+ year