Key Responsibilities:

• Drive and implement International TA/product related communication and patient advocacy strategies, in line with country priorities, and focused on key audiences of media, patient communities and influencers.
• Act as trusted strategic business partner to TA Head and relevant internal cross-functional stakeholders. Provide insights and counsel on the external environment including latest communications channels / trends / stakeholder insights.
• Accountable for securing budget and budget management of respective TA comms and patient advocacy activities, including sound management of selected agency or vendor partners, and relevant governance for patient advocacy funding and funding reporting.
• For priority therapeutic areas, establish strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders, ensure oversight and implementation of a targeted media strategy, drive and implement the PESO and influencer engagement strategy, partner with Public Affairs to ensure timely shaping of the local policy environment.
• Manage TA/product brand issues and crisis management for respective TA.
• Implement internal communications for key brand milestones and launch activities in coordination with Corp Comms.
• Embrace the Corporate Affairs and Novartis culture to drive external and internal impact consistently through a curious, inspired, unbossed mindset. Ensure to operate with iterative, measurable action, enabled by data, and always anchored in integrity. 
• Promote CA cross-functional and geographical collaboration and best practice sharing across countries 

What you'll bring to the role:

Essential Criteria

• Diversified experience of communications; Product PR communications, media relations, social media strategy.
• Experience of Patient Advocacy & Patient acumen.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Dutch is imperative.

Desirable Criteria:

• Previous experience in Pharma industry.  
• Policy communications experience working in a matrixed organization
• Creative skills i.e. graphic design, video production etc

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

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