**Summary**:Location: Mexico City About the role: We are seeking a New Product Planning Strategic Medical Affairs Manager who will build and implement the Medical Affairs Strategy for Novartis Mexico´s pipeline. This role will work directly with the Access and Medical teams and reports to the New Product Planning Senior Manager.**About the Role**:**Major accountabilities**:- Analyze and draft the patient journey across different phases of symptom recognition, referral, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up to be mapped for each priority institution.- Understand the disease area, having an in-depth understanding of healthcare systems, and internal and external partner requirements to take the lead in establishing a strategic road map.- Gather and analyze medical information to generate evidence for efficient patient care and timely access to RWE (Real World Evidence) to optimize speed to market and access.- Advise and support launch planning to address scientific, clinical, and patient needs.- Build training programs to support medics with their capabilities in launch planning, strategy, crafting a winning medical affairs launch plan, project management, and even AI, data and analytics.- Drive highly customized, coordinated patient-support services to reach the right treatment center and optimize outcomes.- Reflect emerging new data, changing treatment paradigms, and shifting market forces.**Essential Requirements**:- Bachelor's degree in life science, physician (MD)- 5+ years' experience in strategic medical affairs roles- Expertise on launch excellence- Strategic mindset, strong analytical and data management skills- Availability to do up to 60% of field work- Proficient in English & Spanish- Cross-functional collaboration- Strong verbal and written communication**Why Novartis?**Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating,**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.**Join our Novartis Network**: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soonDivisionInternationalBusiness UnitPharmaceuticalsLocationMexicoSiteINSURGENTESCompany / Legal EntityMX06 (FCRS = MX006) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A. de C.V.Functional AreaResearch & DevelopmentJob TypeFull timeEmployment TypeRegularShift WorkNo**Accessibility and accommodation**:Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.