Job Description
Millions. Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With a strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.
As part of the Innovative Medicines US Legal group, the Director, Patient Services Counsel will provide strategic counsel to support the Innovative Medicines US business and its therapeutic areas. You will also provide counsel to management and other key decision makers with a significant focus on patient support programs across the Novartis portfolio.
What you will be doing:
• Legal Counsel/Leadership: Act as counsel on a broad range of issues, including patient program design, implementation, commercial contracting, and compliance oversight.
• Commercial Contracts: Provide legal counsel and risk management advice on commercial contracts with patient services’ suppliers.
• Regulatory/Promotional Materials Review: Partner with privacy, regulatory, and medical colleagues to ensure timely review of promotional materials. Ensure coordination with other legal associates supporting brand to ensure consistency.
• Risk Management/Compliance: Partner with Ethics and Compliance to proactively identify and manage potential compliance risk.
• Innovation: Drive innovation and actively contribute to new strategies supporting business and contracting goals. Pursue calculated risk-taking in an unpredictable environment with appropriate contingency planning and continually challenge status quo.
• Functional Leadership: Actively contribute to Legal Function though participating in initiatives to build departmental knowledge and capabilities by sharing best practices.
The ideal location for this role is East Hanover, NJ. However, a distant working arrangement, in the US, may be possible.
Minimum requirements
What you will bring to the role:
Education:
• Juris Doctor or equivalent degree is required
• Admission to New Jersey Bar or ability to obtain NJ in-house limited license
Experience:
• 5+ years of related experience in a legal counseling role in the pharma/biotech industry or a significant healthcare practice at a law firm, is required
• Familiarity with patient services programs and related legal, compliance, and privacy issues are strongly preferred
• Deep knowledge of US healthcare fraud and abuse laws and enforcement trends is preferred
• Strong negotiation and conflict management experience is required
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical business and related legal issues
Skills:
• Excellent business communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and strong business acumen
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills
• Ability to manage and influence across a cross-functional matrix organization
• Ability to manage high volume of work in fast paced environment
Why Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations: Individuals in need of a reasonable accommodation due to a medical condition or disability for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to tas.nacomms@novartis.com or call +1 (877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $201,600.00 and $302,400.00 per year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
EEO Statement
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.