At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead vendor oversight and ensure top-notch performance in cardiac and respiratory diagnostics.
- Company: Join Novartis, a leader in healthcare innovation and patient safety.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to lead and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in healthcare by managing key vendor relationships.
- Qualifications: Experience in GxP environments and strong vendor management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end vendor oversight, governance and performance across cardiac and respiratory diagnostic services.
- Act as the senior escalation point for vendor issues, driving structured issue resolution and root-cause analysis.
- Proactively identify and manage operational, quality and compliance risks.
- Oversee vendor qualification and re-qualification in partnership with Quality and Procurement.
- Represent Novartis in key vendor discussions, governance forums and business reviews.
- Indirectly oversee CRO-based Vendor Start-Up Managers (approx. 3 indirect reports).
- Support audits and Health Authority inspections, ensuring inspection-ready documentation.
Qualifications
- Significant experience working in a GxP-regulated environment.
- Proven experience in vendor and CRO management within clinical development.
- Strong programme management capability, managing multiple vendors and studies concurrently.
- Hands-on experience in the cardiac and respiratory diagnostic space, including a deep understanding of vendor capabilities and market landscape.
- Demonstrated ability to independently engage, challenge and lead senior vendor stakeholders.
- Experience supporting inspections, audits and regulatory interactions.
- Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Biomedical Sciences or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Hard Skills
- Vendor management
- CRO management
- Programme management
- Quality risk management
- Compliance risk management
- Root cause analysis
- Audit support
- Regulatory interactions
- Inspection readiness
- Cardiac diagnostics
Soft Skills
- Leadership
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Stakeholder engagement
- Independent decision-making
- Collaboration
- Strategic thinking
- Issue resolution
- Negotiation
- Organizational skills
We think you need these skills to ace Vendor Alliance Lead Associate Director – Cardiac Safety, Respiratory Diagnostics
Vendor Management
CRO Management
Programme Management
Quality Risk Management
Compliance Risk Management
Root Cause Analysis
Audit Support
