Job Description

Summary Summary
Working closely with the Group and Team Leads, this role acts as a partner for colleagues for an assigned projects/programs/brand and/or TA. This role leads the development, execution and management of assigned scientific engagements, ensuring alignment with the colleagues objectives.

Senior Scientific Engagement and Program Manager
Location Hyderabad #LI Hybrid
About the Role:
Working closely with the Group and Team Leads, this role acts as a partner for colleagues for an assigned projects/programs/brand and/or TA. This role leads the development, execution and management of assigned scientific engagements, ensuring alignment with the colleagues objectives.
Key Responsibilities:

• Main POC for client of assigned programs/projects brand/TA/Publication Plan
• Responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of the designated deliverables within assigned brand and/or TA from briefing through to completion

• Working in collaboration with the Group and Team Leads, acts as stakeholder relationship manager for assigned TA and/or brand. Leads colleague meetings, as appropriate
• Communicates clearly and frequently. Provides proactive recommendations on scientific engagements in clear, succinct, compelling manner.
• Ensures timely, accurate documentation and correspondence. Responsible for keeping Group and Team Leads briefed on assigned activities
• Successfully serves as point of authority and/or source of advice for assigned colleague(s)
• Actively recommends GBS capabilities for innovative medical communication solutions to colleague requests. Evaluates individual projects against brief

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: :
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Essential Requirements:

• Minimum: Post Graduate Degree, ideally in science. Additional further education desirable preferable MBA.
• Minimum 7 years of experience of working with Medical Communications for either an agency or from within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in healthcare communications environment preferable
• Extensive track record in Operations & Project Management
• High level of experience in digital solutions and innovation
• Significant openness to piloting new ideas.

• Experience in cross cultural work environment.Track record in leading the delivery of scientific engagements
• Significant openness to piloting new ideas

Desirable Requirements:

• Ability to lead projects of moderate to high complexity, strong teamwork, and collaboration skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and a heavy workload.

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend peoples 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
Youll 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 and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Skills Desired Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Detail-Oriented, Medical Writing, Regulatory Compliance, Safety