Marketing Assistant graduate

Hours of work: Mon – Fri (35 hours a week)

Onsite requirement: This will be a hybrid role, with 3 days per week on site.

Location: West London, England

Education required: To be eligible for this placement you must have graduated from a UK university in the last 2 years, and be educated to degree level in Life Sciences, Business, Marketing or similar.

Novartis Innovative Medicines has an exciting opportunity for a Graduate in Marketing to come join the team. As a global healthcare leader, Novartis has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. Our mission is to improve patients' lives by providing customers with innovative science and differentiated healthcare solutions delivered by diverse and engaged talent with integrity, passion and focus on performance.

The placement will be with the SMA Gene Therapy team, offering an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in a product launch environment and within the rare disease space. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to get involved and gain exposure to many different areas within Novartis and will support the Marketing team in managing all relevant business processes.

Some of the duties are listed below:

• Development and delivery of specific projects that will achieve overall brand objectives, such as the organisation and management of congresses
• Supporting the development and management of marketing materials
• Providing analytical support to feed into launch plans, KOL engagement plans, brand plans, sales planning, campaign tracking tools etc.
• Budget Management
• Financial reconciliations and tracking spend
• Ensure all campaigns are executed in line with Novartis compliance requirements
• Manage documents through the approval process and ensure compliance with relevant SOP process steps and liaising with agencies.
• Manage withdrawals of materials and/or arranging re-certification and archiving of materials as needed.
• Support with the preparation of contracts and agreements as required
• Contract management support regarding interactions with healthcare professionals, agencies and other third parties, including putting in place confidentiality agreements
• Managing processes relating to disclosure of payments to HCPs etc. as required
• Co-ordination of team meetings
• Maintaining records on behalf of the team and keeping documentation for team use
• Organisation of itineraries and logistics for ongoing department/franchise activities
• Being a champion for communications - ensuring structured communications and timely responses/support for the field team (KAM)

The successful candidate will benefit from:

• Team oriented atmosphere
• Good work, life balance
• Cutting edge science
• International workforce
• Talent development from within
• Making a difference to patient's lives

We are looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria:

• Educated to degree level in Life Sciences, Business or Marketing or similar
• Must have a clear motivation and ambition to gain experience in a commercial environment
• Full eligibility to work in the UK
• Experience within UK healthcare and pharmaceuticals or marketing environment is an advantage but is not necessary.
• You will be able to evidence skills transferrable to the business environment (e.g., good time management) and experience of successfully working with teams through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities.

Personal attributes required:

• Evidence of transferrable skills to the business environment (e.g., good time management) and experience of successfully working with teams through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities
• Proactivity – working independently and under your own initiative, being solution oriented, taking responsibility, and driving projects and activities to a successful conclusion.
• Analytical thinking - but also able to act quickly and decisively as needed.
• Prioritisation – ability to manage multiple competing priorities to deliver on time and in budget, with good attention to detail.
• Collaboration & teamwork – developing effective relationships with team and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. Having the confidence to work with senior managers and as an effective member of a cross-functional team.
• Customer focused mindset - delivering high quality projects and activities to internal and external groups with awareness and responsiveness to their needs.
• Excellent communication - able to communicate complex information simply and to a wide range of professional and lay audiences, adapting wording and style to suit the audience’s needs.