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Salary: GBP 32,690 - 60,710 / annual
DTX Pharma, a Novartis Company, is seeking a Scientific Engagement & Program Manager to support the planning, coordination, and execution of medical and scientific engagement activities across multiple therapeutic areas including Oncology, Cardiovascular Disease, Renal, Neuroscience, and Immunology.
Reporting to the Scientific Engagement Lead and working alongside the Senior Scientific Engagement Program Manager, you will be a core member of the IMACE Scientific Operations team. Your primary responsibilities include:
**Scientific Engagement Planning & Execution**: Support project management and operational delivery of scientific engagement activities, including advisory boards, congress activities (symposia), external expert engagements (EEEs), medical education programs, and internal/external meetings. You will translate engagement strategies into operational plans by coordinating timelines, milestones, deliverables, and event readiness for assigned therapeutic areas or projects. Manage logistics, materials preparation, and execution activities to ensure smooth, high-quality delivery.
**Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Collaborate with Immunology & Medical Affairs (IMA), therapeutic area teams, and cross-functional partners to align objectives, coordinate execution, and maintain consistent scientific messaging. Maintain regular communication with internal teams and external vendors to provide updates, flag risks, manage expectations, and ensure seamless handoffs.
**Operational Excellence & Governance**: Follow standard operating procedures, templates, tools, and approval pathways to ensure compliant, structured, and audit-ready execution. Support continuous improvement by identifying process gaps and contributing to enhancements in tools, templates, documentation, and ways of working. Ensure adherence to compliance, quality, and documentation standards, maintaining accurate version control and complete audit trails.
**Vendor, Risk & Issue Management**: Coordinate with external vendors, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets. Identify and escalate risks, issues, or delays that may impact quality or timelines and support issue resolution.
**Required Qualifications**: BSc or equivalent (MSc, PhD, PharmD, or MD desirable). Previous experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences with a strong focus on scientific engagement delivery and program/project management. Experience supporting coordination of medical or scientific engagement activities such as advisory boards, medical congresses, standalone meetings, EEEs, or medical education programs. Experience working in matrixed, cross-functional settings collaborating with teams such as IMA, Scientific Operations, or Medical Affairs. Background in operational planning and execution, including managing logistics, vendors, materials, and event-related deliverables. Familiarity with compliance, SOPs, and approval processes within medical or scientific environments. Experience maintaining documentation, tracking progress, and supporting project reporting using standard project management tools. Exposure to process improvement activities. Fluent oral and written English; additional languages desirable.
This is a hybrid role based in London, UK. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support.
