RWE & Innovative Evidence Generation Director

Location: United Kingdom, London Office with Hybrid working (12 days per month in the office)
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Internal position title: Evidence Generation Director
Are you a highly skilled and experienced Evidence Generation professional? Would you like to help drive innovation and impact in healthcare? Our Evidence Generation Director will drive the development and implementation of evidence strategies that deliver innovative and scientifically robust evidence to Therapeutic Areas (TAs) for Novartis.
This role will work within the Global Medical Affairs Evidence Generation Oncology & Immunology Team in Development and reports to the Executive Director, Oncology & Immunology.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and drive overarching innovative integrated evidence strategies, in collaboration with internal partners, to ensure that the value of our medicines is fully supported by evidence.
• Act as a thought-leader and internal change agent on matters pertaining to the overall creation and implementation of Real World Evidence / Integrated Evidence strategies and tactics.
• Ask the right scientific questions, understand the evidence needs to optimize approval, access and clinical adoption of our medicines, and ideate and make recommendations on fit-for-purpose data and integrated evidence solutions.
• Deliver high quality, rigorous, and fit-for-purpose evidence solutions according to Novartis priorities and opportunities to impact patients and society.
• Closely collaborate with internal and external partners ensuring scientific rigor in evidence strategy, study design and analyses.
• Lead or contribute significantly to cross-functional, enterprise-wide and external evidence initiatives as well as to new and innovative data and analytic platforms, methodological approaches and technologies, which enable broader and more effective use of integrated evidence to reimagine medicine.
• Work closely with key countries to develop timely, meaningful and robust evidence to support product value demonstration aligned with local needs (patient access, reimbursement, medical education, and patient advocacy).

Essential Requirements:
• Advanced degree or equivalent education/degree in life science/healthcare required. MBA or equivalent preferred
• Fluent English (both spoken & written)
• Extensive years of industry experience acquired at biopharmaceutical companies, academia, healthcare provider / Payer / HTA, or relevant consultancy companies.
• Deep understanding and experience of RWD/RWE to generate scientifically rigorous and impactful evidence, both from prospective and retrospective studies, including secondary data sources.
• Strong understanding of drug development with proven ability to identify and deliver impactful evidence from retrospective and prospective studies to optimize regulatory approval, market access and clinical adoption.
• Strong cross-functional experience working with Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR, Medical, Safety, and Regulatory colleagues.
• Deep understanding of and experience with research methodology and statistical methods related to retrospective and prospective clinical data analysis, and observational and/or epidemiological research.
• Demonstrated track record leading and executing research projects using RWD from claims, electronic health records, registries, biobanks, or digital applications, including publications.
Desirable Skills:
• Extensive industry experience generating evidence for assets across different stages of drug development.
• Prior leadership experience with international, multidisciplinary drug development, product teams or country organizations.
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: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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