Innovation Capability Head

100,000. That’s how many patients participate in our clinical trials at any given time. Global Clinical Operations (GCO) touches patients’ lives every day acting as a link between science and medicine. Envision the impact you could have #GCO- You will partner with Portfolio Innovation Directors to understand future portfolio needs and proactively develop innovative solutions aligned to Portfolio Strategy & Planning’s (PSP) vision i.e., to engage the right patients, in the right trials, at the right sites, through a data-driven approach, at the right time. You will ensure close alignment with the Vendor Management and/or Strategy, Business Insights and Technology organization to ready impactful and successful solutions for future scale.
- You are the Practice Lead for your focus area, representing the innovation team on internal committees and policy-setting bodies as appropriate as well as contributing to evolution of the industry as a whole through conferences and partnerships. You are a recognized leader internally and externally as champion for your practice in clinical trials.
- Your key responsibilities:
- Delivers fit for purpose innovation solutions that will shape the future of clinical trial execution and ensures clinical trial teams are fully supported in their implementation
- Proactively identifies potential roadblocks and applies a continuous learning approach to drive improvements in innovative solutions based on learnings from early solution adopters.
- Orchestrates the path to scale and leads capability center associates in the co-creation of success criteria, guidance, processes, and templates for implementation with future solution owners (e.g., Vendor Management).
- Advises key stakeholders on the early evaluation, risk assessment and value-based integration of solutions from their innovation focus area
- Accountable to develop and manage new processes/templates where no precedent exists in their focus area, while maintaining compliance with current regulations (both internal and external).
- Responsible for coaching and mentoring innovation capability associates from different focus areas as operational manager / community lead
- Identifies emerging technologies and external trends for their focus area to ensure GCO continues to leverage best in class innovative solutions

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

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

**Minimum requirements**
- What you’ll bring to the role:
- Bachelor's degree in sciences/ healthcare/ technology required, advanced degree preferred
- 5 years of clinical trial innovation and/or solution delivery experience for innovative trial operations
- 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical clinical drug development
- Has led strategy development and effectively translated into the development and implementation of projects/programs within a complex matrix environment
- Experience in managing associates and in management in a matrix organization
- Direct experience in planning and executing cross functional GXP relevant projects for clinical trials looking beyond own functional area
- Advanced knowledge of clinical development process, regulatory requirements, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Strong matrix management skills for bridging stakeholders (business, scientific, technical)

Why Novartis?
- 766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
- We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
- We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity, and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying Imagine what you could achieve here at Novartis
- Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
- Accessibility and accommodation**Division**
- Global Drug Development

**Business Unit**
- GDO GDD

**Country**
- Switzerland

**Work Location**
- Basel

**Company/Legal Entity**
- Novartis Pharma AG

**Functional Area**
- Research & Development

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Employment Type**
- Regular

**Shift Work**
- No

**Early Talent**
- No