Director of Patient-Centered Outcomes
About the Role
This hybrid role will report to Head - PCO Center of Excellence
Major accountabilities:
Leads multidisciplinary teams of senior functional experts focusing on facilitating and monitoring of development and implementation of PCOs strategy in individual GPTs
- Accountable for the functional excellence in PCO development and implementation across the organization
- Accountable for PCO planning content in development programs and ensuring quality inputs for regulatory and market access purposes
- Drives capability building for the Clinical Development and Global Medical Affairs community encompassing all major aspects in developing PCOs, leveraging cross-functional exchange of expertise within Value &Access, Patient Engagement, Digital Endpoints Capability Center, and external experts
- Participates in and leads projects on behalf of the PCO Alignment Forum (Patient Engagement, Digital Endpoints Capability Center, Clinical Development PCO, and V&A PRO groups)
Contributes to the establishment of short- and long-range vision and strategy for PCOs development and implementation
- Leverages knowledge, experience and understanding of external stakeholders and internal goals and capabilities to develop a compelling and innovative vision for PCO for individual programs/brands
- Ensures cross functional and cross divisional alignment
- Drives and/or anticipates internal and external changes reflecting relevant regulatory requirements to maintain constant, state-of-the-art output in the area.
- Maximizes efficiency by identifying existing resources and COA instruments to meet program timelines
- Collaborates with Global Program Teams to secure individual program internal buy in.
- Support Biomedical Research in developing an overall strategy for early-stage implementation of PCOs
Represents Novartis externally in Industry Associations, Heath Authority and Payer discussions concerning PCOs and impact on individual products.
- Supports individual program teams in their interaction with HAs and Payers concerning PCOs
- Represents Novartis at Industry Associations and public initiative where PCOs is a topic (e.g., IHI, NIH partnership projects)
Minimum Requirements:
- MD (desirable) or MSc/PhD in relevant field
- At least 5 years relevant experience in Pharma or consultancy
- Good knowledge of the drug development process spanning from research to commercialization with emphasis on projects requiring PROs or COAs in their development
- Ability to lead without formal authority
Role Requirements
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