Communications and Patient Advocacy Head at Novartis in Santo Amaro

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Job Description Summary Location: WT Morumbi, Sao Paolo, Brazil Relocation Support: This role is based in WT Morumbi ,Sao Paolo, Brazil. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. Imagine shaping how patients, healthcare communities, policymakers, and society experience one of the world's leading healthcare companies. As Communications and Patient Advocacy Head, you will play a pivotal role in elevating Novartis' reputation, strengthening stakeholder engagement, and ensuring patient voices remain at the heart of everything we do. This is an exciting opportunity to lead impactful communication and advocacy strategies that drive meaningful change, influence healthcare conversations, and support our mission to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives. Job Description Key Responsibilities · Develop and execute integrated communications and patient advocacy strategies aligned with business priorities. · Build trusted relationships with patient organizations, healthcare stakeholders, and external partners. · Lead corporate, brand, digital, and executive communications initiatives across key audiences. · Amplify patient perspectives to shape organizational priorities and healthcare engagement efforts. · Provide strategic counsel to senior leaders on communications, reputation, and stakeholder management. · Identify opportunities to strengthen Novartis' reputation and visibility in the external environment. · Lead and develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration across functions and markets. Essential Requirements · Significant experience leading communications, public affairs, patient advocacy, or related functions. · Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic engagement plans with measurable impact. · Strong stakeholder management skills across patient groups, healthcare organizations, and leadership teams. · Experience advising senior leaders on reputation, communications, and complex business challenges. · Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence diverse audiences. · Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and driving collaboration across matrix organizations. · Candidates must be fluent in both English and Portuguese, with the ability to communicate effectively in a business environment. · AI fluency in day-to-day execution and efficiency, as well as understanding of AI impact on external landscape Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture You’ll receive: Competitive salary, annual bonus, life insurance, home office policy (home office 2x a week), retirement and wellbeing plans, flexible working arrangements, birthday day-off, parental leave, subsidized dining facilities, health insurance, employee recognition platform, Gympass, employee resource groups and virtual self-development tools. If you want to learn more about our benefits, you can access the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards 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: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Careers: https://www.novartis.com/careers Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you. PORTUGUESE Localização: WT Morumbi, São Paulo, Brasil Suporte para Relocação: Esta posição es