Band
Level 6
Job Description Summary
We’re a team of dedicated and smart people united by a drive to achieve together.You will be responsible for leading all ERC Resilience processes across Biomedical Research and Development to safeguard R&D performance by ensuring a consistently high level of preparedness for crises and disruptions across the R&D continuum.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all ERC resilience processes (e.g., BC, NEM, CARBON, NOVID) across R&D (Biomedical Research and Development).
- Support R&D stakeholders to create and maintain effective Business Continuity Plans – ensure interdependencies between teams are defined and managed.
- Provide direct oversight and support to all Biomedical Research sites to meet NEM controls and preparedness requirements.
- Lead all BC and NEM exercises for Biomedical Research and Development sites and functions (function specific and cross functional); ensure learnings captured, shared, and actions taken to continuously improve preparedness.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to resolve issues for live NEM cases.
Essential Criteria:
- Extensive experience in Pharmaceutical Operations (e.g., Operations, Biomedical Research, Development).
- Track record in understanding, simplifying, and improving complex processes.
- Understanding of IT systems with demonstrated ability to incorporate this understanding into achieving operational / business objectives.
- Results driven, with track record of efficiently delivering tangible / quantifiable impact on a broad set of objectives.
- Fluency in English
Desirable Criteria:
- Risk / crises management or related experience.
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
Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential
Skills Desired
Compliance Management, Compliance Risk, Computer Network, Effectiveness, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, Law (Legal System), Leadership, Operational Risk, Operational Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Senior Management, Software Frameworks
