-The primary responsiblity is to support the Strategy team in projects and operational tasks. The position holder ensures full transparency of ongoing projects progress and budget overview. -Support Senior Strategy Managers and Directors in projects around key Novartis products in major markets, that -Deliver substantially greater outcome improvement than from the product alone -Deliver substantially greater financial rewards for Novartis based on this

Major accountabilities:

Project and Team Coordination.

The project coordinator is responsible for business coordination within the Strategy department e.g. managing workstreams, providing project execution and planning support, following up on action items.

Prepare program sessions independently, ensure transparent and timely communication in the team and with third parties, arrange facilities for speakers and participants, ensure deliverables are ready, in high quality and delivered timely to the right stakeholders.

Assist the Head of Strategy and the team in advanced operational tasks, such as project coordination, organization of key multi-stakeholder meetings, etc. -Support the Strategy Team as required (e.g. cover for Assistant to Head of department and provide assistance with project support / planning and sourcing activities).

Coordination of challengers for the Strategy team (scheduling of meetings with ECN members, site access, hotel & transportation, onsite support if needed, communication with admin of challengers) -Cl+H5ose monitoring of budget for both cost centers in collaboration with BPA: prepare the budget fore-cast (cost centers and internal orders) and assists with its control over the year -Track expenditures and commitments, provide upcoming charges overview for in year and following year -Create and track cross charges from Purchaise orders -Prepare an overview for the projects budget on a monthly basis -Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events /special case scenarios related to Minimum Experience :

Masters in either a Science, Engineering, or IT with and MBA (or equivalent).

Certified in PMP or Agile/Scrum or PRINCE2 is required

5-10 years’ experience in Project Management collaborating across boundaries and Geographic Scope.

Hands on experience in areas of project management tools & methodologies

Ability to lead medium scale projects independently

Partners with stakeholders to co-create value.

Constantly in search of ways to develop, learn and apply knowledge and expertise to meet current and anticipate future challenges.

Desirable

Capable of working on individual assignments as per the allocation

Pharma domain experience

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