Resumen
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Continuously monitor and scan horizon of multilateral organizations (MLOs) to identify real-time priorities and emerging themes, particularly G7, OECD, WHO & WTO
- Identify current and future global health, industrial, and multilateral policy risks and opportunities
- Act as interface for integrated NVS policy positioning on key MLO topics, ensuring consistency across PA and Corporate Affairs
- Act as internal point of coordination with Global Health for relevant cross-cutting policies
- Work with relevant internal stakeholders to coordinate multilateral-focused advocacy, including Global Health, Policy Communications, Patient Advocacy, and the Novartis Foundation, to leverage collective insights from cross-functional activities
- Develop and sustain relationships with key officials in MLOs such as WHO, UN, OECD, G7 and WEF and other influential organizations to shape policy priorities in line with NVS public policy strategy
- Provide support for MLO-focused trade associations and/or coalitions, e.g. IFPMA BCR, ATOM.
- Develop content for priority MLO platforms and drive our Novartis policy asks.
What you’ll bring to the role:
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Strong experience in international government affairs or interfacing with multilateral organizations. Preference for experience related to life sciences industry (Pharma, Biotech, Medtech).
- Deep understanding of MLOs' role in shaping global health and pharmaceutical industry policies and policy landscape
- Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills, and established network across key Geneva-based MLOs.
- Ability to prioritize & maximize resources with Executive presence.
- External orientation, with a strong external network and excellent interpersonal and partnering skills with excellent Business and organizational awareness, enterprise perspective. Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a global matrix organization
- Fluent In English
DESIRABLE CRITERIA:
- Master’s degree in Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Policy, or related field is preferred.
- Fluency in French preferred.
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
Accessibility and accommodation:
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