Head Cd Pediatric Coe

When we put our heads together, we can do brilliant work. And when we do brilliant work, we can achieve remarkable things for patients as we positively transform healthcare. We are looking for a Head Clinical Development, Pediatric COE. The Head of Pediatric Development is the functional leader of the Pediatric Clinical Group with responsibility to raise awareness, strategy, and skills to enhance Pediatric Drug Development across all Therapeutic Areas; in particular educate the Global Program Teams (GPTs) to drive integrated partnership between research, clinical and operations to enable early planning for most efficient, strategic and feasible development of pediatric projects. You will be responsible for the implementation of the cross-functional Pediatric organization to provide expert clinical and strategic advice, shared learnings, educational tools/resources to Development and Biomedical Research (BR) global teams pursuing pediatric drug development across the entire Novartis portfolio and to realize a culture change to optimize our Pediatric obligations and opportunities. This role is a a key contact with major external stakeholders and non-governmental stakeholders including academic societies and institutions, governmental and non-governmental agencies, key opinion leaders, clinical networks, and patient advocacy groups. You may consult across multiple franchises, as needed, based on therapeutic or scientific expertise, and may also be required to represent Novartis externally to key stakeholders including scientific societies, academic groups, and global regulatory authorities.