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Senior Director/Director, Regional Medical Lead

Novartis
Field Non-Sales (USA), United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Aug 2025
💰 $379,600/yr($204,400/yr – $379,600/yr)

About the role

Job Description Summary

Location: Remote (Field non-Sales): This position can be based remotely in US. Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager.


 

Job Description

The role of the Regional Medical Lead is responsible for prioritizing coordinating and leading the overarching medical account strategy at designated priority institutions and research networks; delivering innovative and tailored scientific solutions from pipeline to launch and through life cycle management; delivering a strong portfolio wide value proposition to our external stakeholders and population health decision makers (PHDMs) across the full portfolio. This role is responsible for optimizing key account engagements and Medical Customer engagements aligning with the Customer Engagement Model to better support innovation for patients and the overall Novartis strategy. The overarching remit of this role is to improve patient outcomes and the customer experience.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Create a strategic enterprise level plan, in collaboration with medical colleagues, for priority academic institutions, and as appropriate in collaboration with the commercial account leads in a compliant manner.

  • Help provide updates on medical activities and opportunities while working collaboratively to
    establish the regional account strategy, resourcing, and deployment. Help to set and execute
    strategic medical initiatives within the accounts with a focus on priority accounts.

  • Create an enterprise-level strategic plans, in collaboration with medical colleagues and Customer Engagement teams, for priority institutions and research networks and as appropriate in
    collaboration with the commercial account lead in a compliant manner.

  • Serve as a member of the Oncology RET providing updates on medical activities and opportunities
    while working collaboratively to establish the regional account strategy, resourcing, and deployment. Helping to set and execute strategic medical initiatives within the accounts with a focus on priority accounts.

  • Collaborate with CE, Medical Franchise heads, MSTs and other relevant colleagues and Clinical Sciences to develop and inform strategy to support external stakeholder needs, including partnerships/collaborations/research associated with unique institutional capabilities/programs aligned to medical strategy.

  • With an enterprise mindset, strong matrix leadership/collaboration; function as the primary “One Novartis” medical navigator to enable effective end-to-end stakeholder engagement including BR, TCO, GDD, and USMA aligned with account strategy.

  • Improve upon our research footprint (sponsored trials, IITs and collaborations) – these positions are responsible for all aspects of how research happens compliantly within the institution.

  • In partnership with NVS stakeholders, ensure a strong medical relationship with C-Suite and other PHDMs within identified academic institution accounts.

  • Develop and tailor account specific medical initiatives from insights gained from C-Suite and other account medical stakeholders with a focus on identifying and delivering on non-brand specific opportunities.

  • Identify and engage emerging providers, PHDM’s and institutional committees relevant to the evolving healthcare landscape.

  • Support a variety of stakeholders to ensure institutional, provider and PHDM understanding of clinical value and health care economic information in collaboration with VELs, HEOR or other medical/field medical colleagues as appropriate (BIM, population calculators, RWE, and CEA).

  • Support relationship building of disease area medical science liaisons (MSLs) and facilitate collaboration between the MSLs within the institution.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Required Experience:

  • Minimum of 7 years or pharmaceutical experience in research/medical affairs, clinical development

  • Minimum 10 years or experience Strong scientific knowledge & expertise in either Oncology, Immunology, Cardiovascular, Renal, or Neuroscience (disease and drug development/research);

  • Enterprise Mindset with demonstrated strong business acumen and experience with C-Suite engagement

  • Strong background/understanding of pharma landscape and competitive environment

  • Strong influencing, instigator and integrator skills/capabilities

  • Ability to work in a matrix environment with strong cross-functional collaboration and networking skills/capab

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