About this role
About the Role The Director, Alliance Management’s Job Purpose is to drive business value and mitigate risk, by proactively managing, or supporting management, of a portfolio of complex alliances (mainly, but not exclusively with Chinese companies), supporting corporate / Therapeutic Area / business strategy while ensuring external / internal and cross-functional alignment. This role will also derive general learnings and best practices of managing alliances with Chinese partners across all Therapeutic Areas – and share them across the full Alliance Management team. What You'll Do
- Ensure proactive management and smooth functioning of Novartis alliances at different development stages, mainly (but not exclusively) with Chinese partners, working closely and collaboratively with partners and internal teams
- Independently manage contract, governance and relationship with partners in your alliances throughout their live cycle (pre-signature, launch, implementation, termination)
- Support other Novartis Alliance Management team members locally during management of highly complex China-based alliance partners – mainly for Chinese alliance partner-facing activities
- Serve as internal champion and source of information regarding deal terms / obligations in your managed alliances
- Drive required alliance reportings / documentation and ensure required C&BD approvals, in full compliance with C&BD processes and close alignment with relevant stakeholders