Job Description Summary
After a successful first year as an independently listed company with a clear focus on off-patent medicines, Sandoz continues to increase its strategic focus in the field of intellectual property strategy and advocacy as a critical part of our mission of pioneering access for patients. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally. For IP leaders looking to have real impact on pioneering access through groundbreaking IP strategies, there has never been a better time to join the IP team!
Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!
Job Description
Major accountabilities:
- Mentoring/developing a team of 8-10 members to ensure our IP strategies deliver a first-to-market launch in key markets to optimize the return on investment for all our products, and increasing access for our patients
- Collaborating with and educating senior management regarding key developments and strategic risks/opportunities, with a view to deepening enterprise understanding of IP
- Leading and sponsoring the use of data solutions to provide information to our business partners, and focussing the team’s resources on issues of strategy and judgment that give Sandoz a strategic advantage
- Constantly improving communication and transparency within and outside the function, with a focus on educating our stakeholders
- Driving and role modelling a culture where their team shows ownership for delivering first to market IP strategies
Minimum Requirements:
- Admission to practice as a lawyer in one or more jurisdictions is required and/or admission to practice as a patent attorney (e.g., at the European Patent Office).
- Technical degree (B.Sc. or higher) in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Molecular Biology is preferred.
- Greater than 10 years’ experience as an IP professional is required, preferably with significant experience in a multi-national corporate environment litigating multi-jurisdictional disputes
- Significant leadership experience is required, with a focus on driving personal development and cross-functional collaboration; with a proven ability to manage, team with, and motivate associates of widely varying backgrounds across a dispersed and matrixed organization being strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of IP strategy and/or litigation success in the pharmaceutical industry
- Proven understanding of product launch and commercialization processes as well as market dynamics and key competitors in the pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
You’ll receive:
Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.
In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:
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30 days of annual leave
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Holiday allowance
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Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
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Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
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Parental leave
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Other offerings, such as bike leasing
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!
With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
The future is ours to shape!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
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If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Sandoz and our career opportunities, join the Sandoz Network here:
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What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
