Job ID
REQ-10056269
Jul 14, 2025
Switzerland
Summary
Play a key role in driving impactful communications across one of our four International Therapeutic Areas (TAs). You will help bring our integrated TA strategy to life, spanning communications, patient advocacy, and public affairs, by supporting launch excellence and delivering high-impact, above-brand and priority brand initiatives. Your work will empower communications and patient advocacy teams across our top 11 international markets, helping them excel and make a real difference for patients worldwide.
Hybrid
Location: Basel, Switzerland
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the implementation of TA/product brand internal and external communications strategy in collaboration with a range of teams internally and externally.
- Facilitate alignment of activities as part of the integrated Corporate Affairs plan.
- Enable execution of activities and partnerships within the top-11 priority markets.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with key functions and partners within International TAs - including marketing, medical, value, and access.
- Support the implementation of branded and non-branded communications strategies, patient engagement (PE) and activation, disease awareness, therapy area narratives across all media channels, including social, to support business objectives for patient and healthcare system impact.
- Execute activities and programs with an understanding of key audiences and business needs to support pre-launch and growth of priority brands.
- Utilize CA function analytics and insights framework to monitor, track, and map performance across the Top 11.
- Manage media strategy, news flow, and congress activity.
- Stay informed about key environmental and policy issues impacting the company's ability to operate in International geographies and broader media relations strategies.
- Work with agency partners to deliver strategically relevant and innovative programs for stakeholders.
- Exemplify a predictive mindset; seek multidirectional insights to understand our environments and stakeholders, and embrace iterative, measurable experimentation and action.
Essential Requirements:
- Relevant degree (e.g., Marketing, Communications, or similar).
- Proficiency in English required - spoken and written, proficiency in other languages is an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in Communications, preferably within Commercial healthcare.
- Experience working with commercial products, ideally TA Communications for Oncology.
- Proven ability to collaborate across functions in a matrix organization.
- Experience in agency partnership and budget management is required.
- Good understanding of diverse policy landscapes.
- Product commercial communications experience, including social media strategy and implementation is required.
- Ability to navigate a highly complex environment.
- Strong analytical skills linked with a predictive mindset.
- Strong business partnering experience.
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.
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Division
Corporate Affairs
Business Unit
CTS
Location
Switzerland
Site
Basel (City)
Company / Legal Entity
C028 (FCRS = CH028) Novartis Pharma AG
Functional Area
Communications & Public Affairs
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.