Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Alliance Governance & Relationship Management:
• Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic partners in biosimilars collaborations.
• Establish and maintain governance structures (Joint Steering Committees, operational teams).
• Monitor alliance health and proactively resolve conflicts or misalignments.
• Performance Management:
• Track and report alliance KPIs, milestones, and contractual obligations.
• Ensure compliance with agreed terms and manage risk mitigation plans.
• Strategic Alignment:
• Drive alignment between partner objectives and internal business priorities.
• Facilitate joint decision-making and ensure timely escalation of critical issues.
• Cross-Functional Coordination:
• Collaborate with R&D, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, and Commercial teams to support alliance execution.
• Act as a liaison to ensure seamless communication and operational efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Identify opportunities to optimize alliance performance and value creation.
• Share best practices and lessons learned across the organization.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Business (MBA preferred).
• 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry, with at least 5 years in alliance management or BD roles.
• Strong understanding of biosimilars market dynamics, regulatory pathways, and commercialization.
• Proven ability to manage complex partnerships and governance structures.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.