Team Head Clinical Supply Project Leadership

You will be leading a team of Clinical Supply Project Leaders within a Disease Area, managing multiple complex projects and ensuring network activities while driving cross-functional teams. Your role involves setting up talents, strategies, and processes to best serve business needs. You will have overall end-to-end responsibility for the assigned GCS Development Unit/Disease Area portfolio, ensuring budget accuracy and representing GCS in various meetings and task forces. Fostering a culture of empowerment, trust, learning, diversity & inclusion, and high performance in the team will be crucial. Additionally, you will hold disciplinary and legal responsibility for the team members. As the Operational Manager, you will lead a team of GCS Clinical Supply Project Leaders, ensuring high standards in objective setting, performance monitoring, and development planning. Your responsibilities include talent acquisition, training, and development aligned with business needs, FTE planning, and performance management. You will oversee Disease Area/Development Unit portfolio management, establish strong business partnerships, ensure supply strategy alignment with clinical requirements, and provide regular project overviews within the team and to other functions. Your experience should include over 8 years of practical experience in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry or more than 4 years in the field of expertise. Recognized expertise in the related field, thorough knowledge of Drug Development and Clinical Supply processes, project management skills, and familiarity with relevant regulations are essential. Strong communication, negotiation, interpersonal skills, as well as proven leadership skills, are required. Ability to work in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural teams is a must. Fluency in English is necessary for this role. Novartis is committed to creating an inclusive work environment and diverse teams. If you are ready to lead a team in managing complex projects and drive cross-functional collaboration to serve business needs effectively, this role is for you.,