Director TA Strategy (m/w/d)

Major Accountabilities

• Strategic Planning & P&L Responsibility
  Leading the development of forward-looking strategic and tactical brand plans, including profit and loss planning, to navigate high-volatility and ambiguity with confidence and clarity
• Consulting & Solution Design
  Creating and recommending tailored consulting solutions for multifaceted challenges, applying strategic-conceptual thinking to uncover insights and assess business impact
• Peer Coaching & Advisory
  Providing contextual guidance and coaching to colleagues across Talent Acquisition, fostering a culture of continuous learning and shared expertise
• Cross-Functional Leadership
  Orchestrating and mentoring diverse cross-functional teams, while supporting other TA roles in team development and collaborative execution
• Global & Regional Collaboration
  Partnering with global and regional stakeholders to drive go-to-market readiness, brand and portfolio strategy, lifecycle management, performance reporting, and best practice sharing
• Performance & Strategy Management
  Steering strategic direction through performance management and implementation control, ensuring alignment with business goals
• Market Intelligence & Strategic Optimization
  Continuously analyzing market trends, customer insights, and indication data to refine and optimize strategic approaches
• Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Building
  Building and strengthening relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and ensuring exceptional customer engagement across all touchpoints

What you’ll bring to the role:

• University degree in Economics, Natural Sciences, or a related field.
• Business fluent in English (spoken and written), good German skills are a strong advantage
• >6 years of relevant experience, ideally in marketing within the pharmaceutical industry with ideally 1+ years of experience in other commercial functions
• Proven track record in developing competitive, actionable launch and growth strategies
• Experience managing brands or portfolios across multiple indications
• 3+ years of direct people management and 5+ years leading cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated success in co-creating marketing strategies in collaboration with Global teams
• Strong capabilities in business planning, financial analysis, and management reporting
• Strategic, analytical, and creative thinker with a solution-oriented mindset

Why Novartis?  

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:  

https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture 

You’ll receive:  

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards 

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:  

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve. 

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. 

Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:  

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV. 

Join our Novartis Network:  

If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: 

https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network