Job Description

250 molecules, including 20 of the 25 most important molecules on the market, Sandoz holds one of the most significant product portfolios in Canada. Sandoz is a Novartis Division. As the Life Cycle Manager you act as a project lead for technical/manufacturing/engineering projects during the Life Cycle of a given product, e. g. product launches, changes, transfers, pruning, divestment and other special Projects.

Your responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Represent the site in cross-functional project teams led from global / regional functions, e.g. Product Launches, Program Management Teams to ensure the coordination of all activities at site level;
• Setup and lead local and/or global cross-functional project teams if no global / regional function is in the lead;
• Ensure time to market / implementation of all on-going life-cycle activities;
• Drive the scope and objectives of projects;
• Defines and manages critical milestones leading to on time launch, escalates delays as applicable
• Maintains Heat Map and ProNTO;
• Monitor business case evaluations for assigned projects and escalate changes as applicable, reporting and facilitating management decision-making on life cycle activities;
• Define and establish implementation strategy with all responsible stakeholders (e.g. Regulatory, Planning, QA, MS&T, etc.);
• As part of the implementation strategy drive the agreement on the change request strategy and ensure that the project related change requests in the corresponding change control system are maintained in an adequate status as required by the processes;
• Define and establish the master data strategy together with MDG to ensure an early master data modelling for all Life Cycle Projects\xe2\x80\x9d

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor degree in business (Supply chain management, Marketing) or equivalent;
• Minimum 5 years of experience, including at least 2 years\' experience in various pharmaceutical functions e.g. supply chain / production and/or technical development;
• Demonstrated skills and experience in project management, PMP and/or SSBB certification preferred but not required.
• Excellent level of written and spoken French and English; good level of written and spoken French a plus
• Ability to manage priorities and coordinate many projects and/or tasks with globally located team members simultaneously while staying focused on results;
• Excellent presentation and communication skills;
• Excellent in summarizing complex information;
• Interpersonal skills for networking and influencing with \xe2\x80\xa2internal stakeholders in a heavily matrixed environment.

Why consider Sandoz?

Our number 1 priority is to pioneer patient access to better healthcare. We are a company of firsts. 1st to develop an oral penicillin antibiotic. 1st to develop and launch biosimilars. 1st to launch an FDA-cleared digital therapeutic. And we never stop asking: how can we continue to pioneer access in an ever-more digital and global world?

How will we do this? 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 Sandoz!

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Functional Area

Technical Operations

Division

SANDOZ

Business Unit

ESO STO

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team\'s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No

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