Global Head, Clinical Supply (m/f/d)

About the role

The Global Head of Clinical Supply is accountable for global, end-to-end clinical supply performance, ensuring Novartis medicines reach patients on time and enabling delivery of the development portfolio. The role sets GCS strategy, investment priorities and organizational capabilities, acts as the strategic interface between clinical and technical teams and leads a major digital and organizational transformation toward integrated, data-driven and AI-enabled supply orchestration. It is an onsite role in Basel, Switzerland, and the person sits on the TRD Global Leadership Team.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure medicines are available worldwide for all global and local clinical studies through an agile, streamlined clinical supply chain
• Contribute to TRD strategy and represent TRD at cross-functional decision and governance boards
• Lead the digital transformation of clinical supply, starting with process simplification and standardization, then scaling advanced analytics, intelligent automation and AI-enabled workflows
• Own the GCS digital, systems and data landscape, establish data ownership and stewardship and support predictive planning and AI adoption
• Run demand and supply governance through TRD-level Clinical Sales and Operations Planning (CS&OP), covering make-versus-buy decisions, resource allocation and vendor management
• Ensure compliance with quality, HSE, good logistics practices, security, finance and accounting, and drive cost, quality (GMP & GCP) and supply/delivery performance
• Own the financial stewardship of the GCS transformation portfolio, with benefits tracking for productivity, capacity, lead times, inventory, waste and external spend
• Shape a scalable global GCS operating model, develop and coach talent, and build a human-centric, resilient organization

Required profile

• University degree (MBA, MS, PhD) in science/life sciences, economics/finance or general management
• 10+ years of managerial experience in a large international organization, including senior leadership in the pharmaceutical industry
• Several years of experience managing people
• Proven experience leading a multi-year digital and organizational transformation in a regulated pharmaceutical or supply chain environment
• Experience in a matrix environment managing large cross-functional teams

Required skills

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical business processes, including clinical supply operations, project management and supply chain management
• Integrated ERP and clinical supply planning ecosystems such as SAP S4/LDC and ICSM, data governance, advanced analytics, automation and AI-enabled planning
• End-to-end supply governance, scenario-based planning, supply risk management, inventory optimization and strategic partner management
• Responsible AI and digital governance in a GxP environment, including data integrity, validation and traceability

What we offer

• Base salary range of CHF 207,900 to CHF 386,100, with a possible performance-based bonus
• Insurance plans, retirement plans, wellbeing resources and global recognition programs
• Flexible and hybrid working options where possible, and at least 14 weeks of paid parental leave