Regional Medical Lead

4 weeks ago

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Novartis Full time

Job Description Summary

As a Regional Medical Lead, you'll drive medical strategy, evidence generation, and cross-functional collaboration to improve patient access and outcomes. Your expertise will shape clinical development and ensure innovative therapies reach those who need them most.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of local medical strategies aligned with global and franchise objectives.

  • Identify strategic drivers and shape the patient journey and stakeholder engagement plans.

  • Co-develop integrated evidence plans and oversee local execution across the product lifecycle.

  • Drive real-world evidence generation and support innovative study designs to improve patient outcomes.

  • Provide expert medical input on pipeline programs, disease areas, and approved brands.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure compliant and impactful medical and promotional activities.

  • Represent Novartis in scientific forums, publications, and external stakeholder engagements.

  • Support training, regulatory submissions, and governance of external funding and patient programs.

Role Requirements

  • Advanced degree in health sciences (MBBS, MD, BDS, PhD, or PharmD) as per local regulations.

  • Minimum 1–2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

  • Strong clinical and research background with knowledge of Good Clinical Practice.

  • Proven ability to translate scientific knowledge into strategic medical plans.

  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.

  • Strong planning, organizational, and scientific writing capabilities.

  • Fluency in English; proficiency in local language preferred.

Desirable Requirements

  • Experience with innovative study designs such as randomized controlled trials combined with real-world evidence.

  • Proven track record of co-creating and executing protocols with healthcare system stakeholders.

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: receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. 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

Building Construction, Clinical Practices, Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Hazard Identification, Health Sciences, Immunology, Intensive Care UnIT (Icu), Internal Control, Internal Medicine, Job Description, Medical Information, Organization Skills, Patient Care, Stakeholder Engagement, Tcp/Ip Protocols, Utilization Management (Um)

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