Execution Excellence & Portfolio Head Eurasia
3 days ago
London
The Execution Excellence & Portfolio Head in Eurasia ensures patient access to Rest of Portfolio products through translating International frameworks to local execution, alliances & partnerships management and life cycle management, while also leading a neutral, cross‑functional team to drive execution excellence by harmonizing standards, ensuring consistent and continuous improvement, and building future‑ready capabilities across TA, Value & Access, and selected Medical Affairs areas (specifically Data, Analytics & Platforms and Capability Building), enabling data‑driven decision‑making and optimized resource allocation. The role ensures an efficient collaboration model with above- & in‑country functions to execute International / Regional strategies within resource constrained environment. • Drive patient access to medicines in line with global guidance, • Provide inputs to forecasts and monitor budgets & resource allocation to support portfolio goals., • Track portfolio, brand, and lifecycle performance using internal and external data. Follow market trends to support decision‑making. Track portfolio performance on account level., • Liaise with Regulatory teams to ensure a proper portfolio management in terms of Risk Management Plan fine‑tuning/amendments., • Manage ad hoc requests responding promptly to urgent and routine operational requests., • Build LoE excellence, tracking and preparing brands for LoE with tailored tactics., • Onboard brands from TAs by coordinating the transition of brands into the Portfolio unit, ensuring seamless transfer and streamlining of assets, budgets, analytics, and engaging key stakeholders for a smooth handover., • Partner with HQ, Legal, V&A, Supply chain and Finance to ensure proper estimation of patient access decline post LoE; support supply chain, • Identify and apply late LCM activities, implement tactics to sustain patient access to brands., • Recommend assets to be externalized to reduce maintenance efforts, transferring or retiring assets to streamline operations and reduce costs., • Promote Rest of Portfolio brands through digital channels, utilizing digital platforms to maintain brand visibility and engagement where required., • Manage content and channels, regularly updating and optimizing digital assets to maintain compliance and relevance., • Partner with TA Heads to identify opportunities for synergies and leverage digital promotion assets/plan to support patient access to brands., • In alignment with HQ identify and evaluate partnership opportunities, proactively scanning for and assessing external collaborations that can enhance patient access., • Support negotiations and formalizing partnership terms to align with operational objectives set by International., • Manage & sustain alliances, track performance and compliance of partnerships, overseeing ongoing partnerships to ensure mutual benefit and adapt to evolving needs., • Support the design and operationalization of field performance evaluation plans, Value & Access field metrics, territory structures, and field force sizing in alignment with internal/external benchmarking and continuous workforce planning perspectives (final accountability remains with TA and Value & Access leads), • Implement balanced territory structures, revise territory maps, conduct rep placement analytics, and generate actionable insights while respecting functional boundaries., • Recommend optimal field force size and organizational structure to support launch brands and Value & Access expert engagement plans., • Build ambitious, competitive, motivational and compliant performance evaluation models, reward systems to ensure financial targets are achieved., • Sets competitive in‑field metric KPIs and ensures they`re delivered, • Deliver integrated metrics and measurements, and business insights to guide decision‑making., • Partner with finance to generate the analytical insights and cross functional consolidation needed for business decisions, including brand performance, market modelling assumptions, and resources‑workforce planning optimization., • Lead market research planning including patient journey mapping, segmentation, and market sizing, medical, payers research, and competitive assessment., • Conduct deep‑dive analyses using internal & external data sources; manage external data acquisition & liaise with external partners based on current/future needs, to enable business and operational insights generation, anticipation of trends for supporting better data‑driven TA and Value & Access decisions., • Map competitive dynamics, industry evolution, healthcare system trends, and digital/technology developments for each TA and Value & Access team., • As per HQ/regional/global guidelines, drive standardization including tools/processes/data and maintain a federated, trusted view of business‑critical data, • Define business rules for data processing and ensure end‑to‑end data quality across TA, Medical, and Access, including CRM data platforms management., • Define and maintain data sources, processing and quality for TA, Medical, and Access Global KPI reporting, • Liaise with Integrated Insights to develop dashboards and reporting tailored to functional needs, • Drive change management and ensure proper adoption of technology platforms and assets developed by International, • Enable tech readiness for global execution excellence initiatives (e.g. ICE, IMEx, IpEx, etc.), • Manage AI products that enhance customer engagement and productivity, • Partner with Capability Building for strengthening technology, digital, AI savviness, skillsets and adoption., • Assess capability needs across TA, medical and V&A in alignment with International global priorities, including building on outside in perspective of market context/trends in specific domains., • Deploy and deliver business learning/curriculum programs tailored to country needs., • Set standards for learning governance, measurement, and effectiveness., • Execute/deliver global learning experiences and tools, in partnership with functional teams., • Maintain effective partnerships with external vendors to ensure high‑quality & efficient budget mngt for training local adaptions and/or deployment of globally developed materials/programs/curricula., • Identifies opportunities and development of action plans and execution that will increase overall effectiveness and efficiency of the organization, • Ensure content readiness and activation across field technology platforms and channels., • Responsible for providing data/insights to inform TA decisions or global/above country decisions on product distribution approach and responsible to implementing, updating, reporting in systems, • Validate customer journeys and guide omnichannel excellence., • Coordinate congress logistics and vendor management., • Implement frameworks to optimize promotional and access resource deployment., • Drive implementation of ICE, IPEx, promotional excellence (process, quality of OneBrand plan, KPI, consistency, promotional spend etc) & launch excellence (quality, KPI and continuous improvement)., • Lead and coordinate cross‑functional teams to execute prioritized tasks., • Build a high‑performance culture, manage recruiting, performance, and coaching; develop critical capabilities and talent pipelines., • Attract, develop, and retain top talent; strengthen succession plans and capabilities across the country organization., • Role‑model Novartis Leadership Expectations, inspire transformation and performance, and demonstrate self‑awareness with a growth mindset., • Adhere to applicable legislation, SOPs, internal policies, adverse event reporting requirements, and other relevant compliance obligations., • Maximization of patient access to brands within Portfolio Unit, • Successful partnerships and alliances, • Digital engagement metrics, • Brand performance and sustainability, • Diligent budget monitoring, • Quality and adoption of execution excellence standards, • Data‑driven field performance enablement, • Impact and utilization of insights, analytics, and digital platforms, • Effective capability building across the organization, • University degree in science or business, • Advanced degree in bioscience, medicine, business, and/or management is preferred, • English, • Country language desirable, • Extensive experience in leadership positions within the pharmaceutical or life science industry., • End‑to‑end portfolio management of mature brands, including onboarding, LoE planning, and post‑LoE patient access retention using late‑stage lifecycle tactics., • Strong execution excellence, analytics, and digital enablement expertise, • Solid understanding of Medical Affairs processes and non ‑‑negotiable medical–TA (promotional) boundaries, • Proven partnership expertise., • Regulated digital promotion execution: content governance, channel optimization, compliance, strong market analytics., • Track record of leading cross‑functional teams (Legal, Finance, Market Access, Regulatory, Supply Chain, CLS) and navigating complex stakeholder environments., • Solid track of change management projects and ability to influence without formal authority to drive change in complex organizations, • Prior experiences across multiple pillars of execution excellence function and ability to partner effectively with subject matter experts and lead the cross‑functional/neutral enabling unit., • Matrix leadership and talent development: building high‑performance, diverse teams; coaching, succession planning, and influencing across complex cross‑functional and regional interfaces., • Enterprise thinker: Optimizes for total portfolio performance and long‑term sustainability., • Resource discipline: Operates lean; rigorously aligns spend to investment guidelines and demonstrable ROI., • Outcome‑oriented: Sets clear KPIs (patient access to portfolio, digital engagement, brand sustainability) and acts on insights., • Proven ability to incorporate digital/AI tools as part of daily work. Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Insights, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing, Market Research, Media Campaigns, Product Marketing, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, Waterfall Model #J-18808-Ljbffr