Medical Governance, Evidence & Operations Manager

Job Description Summary

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Location: Hungary

This role is based in Hungary. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

The Medical Governance, Evidence & Operations Manager leads and oversees country-level medical governance, evidence generation, medical operations, and medical customer and field excellence activities to ensure the highest standards of quality, compliance, scientific rigor, and operational excellence across all Medical Affairs activities. The role ensures that governance, evidence, and medical excellence operate as a cohesive unit delivering patient- and customer-centric, compliant, and efficient outcomes.

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring end to end medical governance, including adherence to Novartis' good practices, local regulations, global standards, and audit requirements. Manage activities related to PTAs/MAPs, Material Approvals and Medical Informations.

• Driving customer and fieldmedical excellence & execution, enabling harmonized ways of working, ensuring high-quality processes and performance monitoring, providing inputs to capability building, and ensuring cross functional alignment.

• Providing strategic medical guidance, ensuring readiness for evolving regulations, improving processes, and contributing to consistent country Medical Affairs performance.

• Leading evidence generation and local clinical studies operations, RWE programs, integrated evidence planning, and collaboration with regional/International/global Medical Affairs teams.

Requirements:

• University degree in science, pharmacy, or health sciences (or equivalent); fluent English and local language; 4–7 years of experience in Medical Affairs functions.

• Proven experience designing, implementing, and harmonizing medical governance and operational processes.

• Demonstrated capability in audit readiness, managing audit findings, and implementing corrective actions.

• Experience with field medical excellence programs, capability building, and KPI tracking.

• Solid background in evidence generation, including observational studies, RWE programs, and vendor management.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret evidence and drive >
  

  Skills Desired

  Agility, Agility, Clinical Practices, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Drug Development, Employee Development, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Sciences, Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Integrated Evidence Generation, Medical Affairs, Medical Communication, Medical Education, Patient Care, People Management, Pharmaceutics, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Launches, Product Strategy, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies {+ 3 more}