About this role
Job Description Summary Are you passionate about driving quality, compliance, and patient safety while shaping how healthcare programs are governed?
As a Patient Safety & POP Governance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring Patient Oriented Programs are delivered with the highest standards of integrity, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Working across diverse stakeholders, you will influence strategic decision-making, strengthen governance frameworks, and help create a culture where patient safety, ethical practices, and operational excellence are at the forefront of everything we do.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patients while contributing to Novartis' mission to reimagine medicine. Job Description Location: New Cairo, Egypt
Working Model: Hybrid #LI-Hybrid
Relocation Support: This role is based in New Cairo, Egypt. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support, please only apply if accessible.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead implementation of the local Patient Oriented Program governance framework across assigned countries.
• Provide expert guidance and training to associates throughout the program lifecycle.
• Oversee governance, monitoring, and compliance activities for Patient Oriented Programs.
• Chair the local governance board and ensure timely review of program-related matters.
• Identify compliance risks and implement effective mitigation and control measures.
• Support audits, inspections, self-assessments, and issue escalation when required.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive governance strategy and program excellence.
• Contribute to global initiatives, standards, policies, and governance improvement projects.
• Ensure appropriate pharmacovigilance requirements are incorporated into local agreements and programs
• Promote Novartis values while fostering a culture of quality, integrity, and patient safety.
Essential Requirements
• Degree in Medical or Pharmacy.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in patient safety, pharmacovigilance, healthcare compliance, or quality governance.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory, ethical, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, training, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English and local language proficiency.
Join Novartis and help strengthen the governance, quality, and patient safety foundations that enable innovative healthcare programs to make a meaningful difference for patients. Apply today and be part of a team committed to reimagining medicine and delivering better outcomes worldwide.
Skills Desired Employee Training, Pharmacovigilance, Safety Science, Waterfall Model