#LI-Hybrid
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Relocation Support: This role is based in São Paulo, Brazil. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Major accountabilities:

• Work collaboratively cross-divisional and /or cross-functionally to bring patient and communication insights to develop the strategy
• Develop and implement a comprehensive Patient Advocacy & Communications strategy, ensuring that the company establishes strong relationships with Patient Organizations and media outlets, including Social Media.
• Be a interface with Therapeutical Area team
• Create and bring forward innovative approaches to partnering with patient groups /forums, including engagement, in areas of strategic alignment
• Establish strategic and ongoing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, leading to business-aligned, long-term collaborations that are valued by and valuable for key audiences, and most importantly, patients.
• Develop strategic measures that enable us to include the patient perspective in our work

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Complete graduation related to Healthcare and/or Communications
• Strong Patient Advocacy experience
• Communications experience
• Healthcare industry/Pharma experience is an advantage
• Understanding of product life-cycle, specially in Oncology
• Project Management.

Languages:

• Advanced Portuguese
• Advanced English

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: http://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive: Competitive salary, annual bonus, life insurance, home office policy (home office 2x a week), retirement and wellbeing plans, flexible working arrangements, birthday day-off, parental leave, subsidized dining facilities, health insurance, employee recognition platform, Gympass, employee resource groups and virtual self-development tools. 

If you want to learn more about our benefits, you can access the Novartis Life Handbook: http://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Careers: http://www.novartis.com/careers

Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.