Manager BD&L

Job Description Summary

Join Novartis as a Commercial Alliance Associate to help unlock portfolio value through high-impact partnerships. You’ll support BD&L strategy execution, contribute to structuring and managing external alliances, and provide financial and strategic insights that inform forecasting and planning. In a global, collaborative environment, you’ll drive cross-functional project delivery, enhance alliance performance, and proactively manage partnership risks—while upholding our patient-first, compliance-focused standards. This role offers visibility, growth, and the chance to shape commercial outcomes across regions and divisions.

At Novartis, we reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. Join us to enhance the value of our drug portfolio and out-licensing opportunities by leading and developing external alliance agreements, assisting in closing business deals, and contributing to decision-making. This role creates value by seeking, structuring, negotiating, and managing collaborative arrangements with partner companies, while providing financial and strategic insights that inform long-term forecasting and strategic planning.

 

Job Description

• Develop and support external alliance agreements to enhance the value of Novartis’ drug portfolio and out-licensing opportunities

• Seek, structure, negotiate, and manage collaborative arrangements with partner companies

• Provide financial and strategic insights to inform long-term forecasting and strategic planning

• Assist in executing BD&L strategies and plans to drive portfolio value

• Support business development activities to improve alliance performance and proactively manage partnership risks

• Contribute to BD&L project management to ensure timely, high-quality delivery and cross-functional alignment

• Report technical complaints, adverse events, and special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt

• Manage distribution of marketing samples and collateral where applicable, in line with governance and compliance standards

Who you are

• Demonstrated functional breadth across business development, finance, and strategic planning

• Proven project management capability, delivering initiatives on time and within scope

• Strong collaboration skills with experience working across boundaries and functions

• Commercially aware and analytically strong, with a partnership mindset

• Proactive, curious problem-solver who thrives in cross-functional, matrix environments

• Committed to integrity, patient focus, and compliance

• Strong understanding of business intelligence data sources including IQVIA, Nostradata, PBS10%, is desirable.

If you’re ready to help shape high-impact collaborations and unlock portfolio value, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Skills Desired

Business Development, Collaboration, Curiosity, Customer Experience, Education, Evaluation, Finance, Lifesciences, Media Campaigns, Merchandising, Proactivity, Sales, Scouting, Search, Selling Skills, Transactions, Waterfall Model, Wireless Communication