Vendor Alliance Lead Associate Director (Cardiac Safety and Respiratory Diagnostics)
Dublin (NOCC)CompetitiveRemoteFull time0 applicants
About this role
Job Description Summary
Requirements
- Lead
- end
- ‑
- to
- ‑
- end
- vendor oversight,
- governance
- and performance across cardiac and respiratory diagnostic services
- Act as the senior escalation point for vendor issues, driving structured issue resolution and
- root
- ‑
- cause
- analysis
- Proactively
- identify
- and manage operational, quality and compliance risks
- Oversee vendor qualification and
- re
- ‑
- qualification
- in partnership with Quality and Procurement
- Represent Novartis in key vendor discussions, governance
- forums
- and business reviews
- Indirectly oversee
- CRO
- ‑
- based
- Vendor
- Start
- ‑
- Up
- Managers (approx. 3 indirect reports)
- Support audits and Health Authority inspections, ensuring
- inspection
- ‑
- ready
- documentation
- What
- y
- ou
- will
- b
- ring
- to the role:
- Education
- Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Biomedical Sciences or related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Professional Experience (Essential)
- Significant experience
- working in a
- GxP
- ‑
- regulated
- environment
- Proven experience in vendor and CRO management within clinical development
- Strong programme management capability, managing multiple vendors and studies concurrently
- Hands
- ‑
- on
- experience in the cardiac and respiratory diagnostic space, including
- , d
- eep understanding of vendor capabilities and market landscape
- Demonstrated ability to independently engage,
- challenge
- and lead senior vendor stakeholders
- Experience supporting inspections,
- audits
- and regulatory interactions
- Leadership & Style
- Self
- ‑
- starter
- with the confidence to “step in
- ”,
- assess situations quickly and take ownership
- Comfortable operating as a
- stand
- ‑
- alone
- role with indirect reports
- Technically fluent enough to lead detailed vendor discussions without reliance on others
- Strong communicator who can drive outcomes in complex, matrixed environments
- Skills Desired