Development Unit Head Patient Safety - Oncology — Novartis
- Location
- Basel (City)
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 12 days ago
Role overview
Salary Range
CHF207,900.00
CHF386,100.00 Job Description Summary LI-hybrid Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Salary Range:
- CHF207,900.00
- Key Responsibilities:
- Shape and execute the Oncology Development Unit safety strategy across the entire product lifecycle.
- Oncology, you will play a critical role in shaping the benefit-risk profile of a diverse portfolio, ensuring patient safety remains at the heart of every decision.
- Lead benefit-risk assessments to support informed decision-making and optimal patient outcomes.
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities:
- Shape and execute the Oncology Development Unit safety strategy across the entire product lifecycle.
What the company offers
- Oncology, you will play a critical role in shaping the benefit-risk profile of a diverse portfolio, ensuring patient safety remains at the heart of every decision.
- Lead benefit-risk assessments to support informed decision-making and optimal patient outcomes.
- & Rewards
- At Novartis, we’re committed to reimagining medicine together - and rewarding the people who make it happen.
- Expected Annual Base Salary Range for role: CHF 207,900.00
- 386,100.00 The base salary
- Deep expertise in benefit-risk evaluation, safety signal detection, and clinical safety assessment methodologies.
Application process
- Novartis is unable to offer relocation support - please only apply if this location is accessible to you.
- If you are passionate about scientific leadership, patient safety, and driving transformative change, we encourage you to apply and be part of our journey.
Company and context
- Build, inspire, and develop a high-performing global Patient Safety organization.
- Drive proactive identification, evaluation, and management of emerging safety signals and risks.
- Ensure delivery of high-quality, compliant and timely medical safety assessments and documentation.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to advance innovative medicines through development and registration.
- Provide strategic oversight of safety governance, escalation processes, and regulatory engagement.
- Champion scientific excellence through coaching, capability building, and succession planning.
- Represent Novartis in interactions with health authorities, industry groups, and external experts.
- Foster operational excellence by driving innovation, process simplification, and continuous improvement. Essential Requirements:
- Medical degree required with extensive experience in clinical development and patient safety within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Significant leadership experience overseeing global drug development and safety activities across multiple development programs.
Additional details
- Job Description Summary Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Imagine leading the safety strategy for some of the most innovative oncology medicines in development today. As Development Unit Head Patient Safety
- This is a unique opportunity to influence global development programs, drive scientific and medical excellence, lead high-performing safety teams, and collaborate with senior leaders across Novartis to bring transformative medicines to patients worldwide!
- Foster operational excellence by driving innovation, process simplification, and continuous improvement. Essential Requirements:
Notes and original content
- CHF386,100.00
- Job Description Summary
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Imagine leading the safety strategy for some of the most innovative oncology medicines in development today.
- As Development Unit Head Patient Safety
- Job Description
- Foster operational excellence by driving innovation, process simplification, and continuous improvement.
- Essential Requirements:
- Benefits & Rewards
- 386,100.00
Questions about this listing
What salary does Novartis offer for this role?
Novartis lists CHF 99'500 - 169'500 gross per year for this position in Basel (City). This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Novartis offer?
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