Patient Advocacy

**Summary**:
Manage and execute Communication and Patient Advocacy plan, activities and relations to an specific Therapeutical Area. Ensure daily operations run effectively and efficiently, identify and resolve upcoming issues, improve processes, ensure quality deliverables.
**About the Role**:
**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
- Create and follow KPIs to main projects
**Minimum Requirements**:
- Complete graduation related to Healthcare and/or Communications
- Patient Advocacy experience
- Communications experience
- Healthcare industry/Pharma experience
- Understanding of product life-cycle, specially in Rare Disease Area
- Project Management.
**Languages**:
- Advanced Portuguese
- Advanced English
**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.
**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.
Division
Corporate Affairs
Business Unit
CTS
Location
Brazil
Site
Santo Amaro
Company / Legal Entity
BR03 (FCRS = BR003) NOVARTIS BIOCIENCIAS S.A
Functional Area
Communications & Public Affairs
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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