Director, AI-Driven Drug Development Processes

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; Barcelona; Híbrido; EUR 36.000 - 118.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Novartis in Barcelona seeks an Associate Director, Business Process Excellence, to lead high-impact transformation across the end-to-end drug-development value chain. You will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to challenge assumptions, simplify complex processes, and design future-ready ways of working.

Using zero-based redesign, Lean, Agile, data, digital, and AI-enabled approaches, you will turn strategic priorities into measurable improvements in cycle time, productivity,

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Biotechnology, Business, or another relevant discipline.
• Significant experience in Business Process Excellence, Operational Excellence, enterprise transformation, process re-engineering, or management consulting.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical Development, supported by experience in one or more areas such as Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical R&D, Technical Development, or Manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional transformation from diagnosis and design through implementation and measurable business impact.
• Practical expertise in process redesign and transformation methodologies such as Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Value Stream Mapping, Business Process Management, or zero-based redesign.
• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative evidence to identify root causes, evaluate opportunities, and develop decision-ready recommendations.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, change leadership, and executive communication capabilities.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, connect strategic priorities to operational processes, and influence across organizational boundaries.

Responsabilidades

• Lead enterprise-level process transformation across the drug-development value chain.
• Apply zero-based redesign to challenge legacy assumptions.
• Shape AI-enabled future-state processes and operating models.
• Translate data and process insight into action.
• Build compelling transformation cases with clear outcomes and value realization.
• Facilitate high-impact working sessions with cross-functional teams.
• Partner with process owners, business leaders, technology teams, and change leads.
• Establish outcome measures and track value realization.
• Strengthen organizational capability through coaching in process excellence.
• Act as a trusted transformation partner to challenge the status quo.

Conocimientos

Process transformation

Lean Six Sigma

Agile methodologies

Executive facilitation

Data-driven decision making

Strategic thinking

Educación

Bachelor's degree Life Sciences or related

MBA / MSc / PhD desirable

Herramientas

Microsoft Project

Program Management

Descripción del empleo

Novartis in Barcelona seeks an Associate Director, Business Process Excellence, to lead high-impact transformation across the end-to-end drug-development value chain. You will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to challenge assumptions, simplify complex processes, and design future-ready ways of working.

Using zero-based redesign, Lean, Agile, data, digital, and AI-enabled approaches, you will turn strategic priorities into measurable improvements in cycle time, productivity,