Novartis AG
Project Manager Strategy and Operations, Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance
📍 Basel (City)
Role and responsibilities
Drive preparation and delivery of senior leadership meetings, ensuring clear agendas, outputs, and action tracking. Coordinate cross-functional inputs to create high-quality presentations, briefings, and executive communications. Lead project management for strategic initiatives, ensuring delivery against timelines, milestones, and agreed outcomes. Strengthen operational discipline through structured planning, risk identification, follow-up, and timely escalation. Partner with global stakeholders to align priorities across Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance functions and locations. Support and contribute to the execution of the external engagement strategy with global stakeholders and partners. Represent leadership in cross-functional initiatives, ensuring visibility, coordination, and alignment of strategic priorities.
Team / description
Step into a role where strategy meets impact across a global patient safety organisation. As Associate Director, Project Manager Strategy and Operations within Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance, you will partner closely with senior leaders to drive strategic priorities, strengthen governance operations, support functional communication and engagement, and help deliver cross-functional transformation initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to bring clarity to complexity, enable effective decision-making, and help shape how critical priorities are executed across a global, matrixed environment.
Qualifications and Skills
Master’s degree in life sciences, pharmacy, public health, business administration, or a related field
At least seven years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences, or health institutions
Proven experience in project management, strategy, or operations within a complex business environment
Strong track record of independently managing complex projects, governance forums, executive meetings, or cross-functional initiatives
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of executive presentations and senior stakeholder materials
Demonstrated ability to work effectively across global, matrixed, and cross-functional organisations
Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and professionalism in handling sensitive information