Sr. Administrative Assistant

Novartis; Schweiz; On-site; CHF 52,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Senior Administrative Assistant to provide proactive, high-impact administrative support to CVM GM Healthcare Delivery & Prevention and Portfolio & Pipeline teams at the East Hanover NVS Campus on-site, with hybrid guidance.

The role requires 5+ years of administrative experience, advanced MS 365 proficiency, and strong stakeholder management to enable strategic focus, coordination, and confidential handling of information across a global organization.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; Associate's or Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years of administrative experience.
• Extensive experience supporting multiple senior leaders in a global, matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to manage complexity, competing priorities, and rapid change.
• Strong business acumen with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools (Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, CoPilot).
• Comfort working in data, digital, technology, or transformation-driven environments.
• Must work collaboratively with other admins to support on-site team meetings and culture efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead self-directed administration for teams and deliver services independently.
• Partner withHealthcare Delivery & Prevention and Portfolio & Pipeline teams to manage priorities and represent the organization.
• Handle complex calendaring, travel management, expenses, and end-to-end PO processing with proactive issue resolution.
• Attend team meetings and coordinate strategy sessions, offsites, and distribute materials.
• Serve as central coordination point for cross-functional stakeholders.
• Improve administrative processes and tools, including use of AI to enhance efficiency.
• Manage executive correspondence, presentations, and confidential documents.
• Support leadership communications and key initiatives with internal strategy and transformation teams.
• Ensure adherence to policies, data privacy, and compliance.

Skills

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Discretion

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

MS Teams

PowerPoint

Excel

CoPilot

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Administrative Assistant provides high-impact, proactive administrative and operational support to the US Cardiovascular Metabolic General Management (CVM GM) Healthcare Delivery & Prevention and the Portfolio & Pipeline teams. The role is key in enabling strategic focus, seamless execution, and effective collaboration across a complex, fast-moving organization.

This role will work onsite on the East Hanover NVS Campus in accordance with Hybrid Working guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for self-directed leadership of all administrative tasks and independent delivery of administrative services for the teams being supported.
• Act as a trusted partner to the Healthcare Delivery & Prevention team, as well as the Portfolio & Pipeline team, managing priorities across multiple leadership agendas while representing the organization with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Responsible for proactive complex calendaring, travel management; expense and reimbursement management; and end-to-end PO processing. Complex calendaring includes the ability to anticipate the need for shifts, as well as the ability to resolve conflicts based on sound judgment
• Leadership: attend specific team meetings to gain context and take proactive action to enable follow-ups. In addition, coordinate team meetings, strategy sessions, and offsites, and ensure agendas, pre-reads, and materials are prepared, aligned, and distributed on time.
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Coordination: Serve as a central coordination point.
• Operational Excellence & Ways of Working: Drive consistency and efficiency across leadership operations by improving administrative processes, tools, and ways of working. This includes the use of AI tools to help achieve these objectives
• Information & Content Management: Manage executive correspondence, presentations, and documentation with high attention to detail and confidentiality. Manage knowledge management system through SharePoint, MS Teams, or other technologies.
• Communications & Alignment Support: Partner with internal communications, strategy, and transformation teams to support leadership communications and key initiatives.
• Compliance, Quality & Confidentiality: Ensure adherence to Novartis policies, data privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Administrative Community Leadership: Collaborate with other Executive Assistants, provide backup coverage, and contribute to the admin community.

Essential Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma is required, Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree is preferred
• Minimum 5+ years of administrative experience
• Extensive experience supporting multiple senior leaders in a global, matrixedorganization
• Proven ability to manage complexity, competing priorities, and rapid change
• Strong business acumen with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• High level of discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools (Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, CoPilot)
• Comfort working in Data, Digital, Technology, or transformation-driven environments
• Must work collaboratively with other admins in order to support on site team meetings, team building, and other ad hoc project work and culture work to build on-site community

Novartis Compensation Summary

The salary for this position is expected to range between $63,600.00 and $118,200.00 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.