Strategic Resource & Portfolio Manager

GB16 (FCRS = GB016) Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & hybrid working

Parental leave (14+ weeks)

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Global recognition programs

Job summary

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd. in London seeks an Operations Senior Project Manager to shape global clinical operations planning, budgeting, and resource deployment.

You will partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to translate business needs into forward-looking resourcing solutions and help build agile operating models for tomorrow. The role requires strong PM skills, 4+ years in strategic planning, and experience managing budgets and forecasts in a global context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in strategic resource planning, workforce management, or operational planning within a complex global organization.
• Strong project management experience coordinating complex initiatives across multiple functions and stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets, financial targets, resource forecasts, and multi-year planning.
• Proven ability to use data and insights to inform resource decisions and develop effective business solutions.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with experience building relationships across senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing or implementing agile, sustainable approaches to resource allocation and organizational planning.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, identify opportunities for improvement, and translate strategic objectives into practical actions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to represent leadership across functions.

Responsibilities

• Identify resource gaps with Site Management and Monitoring leadership.
• Implement resourcing strategies and track internal and external workforce utilization, budgets, and staffing requirements.
• Build collaborative relationships across functions to enable effective resource deployment and reallocation.
• Partner with Finance to support budget development, financial targets, and continuous process improvement.
• Coordinate financial planning activities during annual strategy and portfolio planning cycles.
• Help develop sustainable, agile resource models that enable portfolio-driven, real-time allocation.
• Create and implement data-driven approaches that strengthen strategic workforce and resource planning.
• Support leadership in managing functional budgets, travel expenditure, service agreements, and financial priorities.
• Align with project management colleagues to optimize organizational processes, performance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Strategic resource planning

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Project management

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd. in London seeks an Operations Senior Project Manager to shape global clinical operations planning, budgeting, and resource deployment.

You will partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to translate business needs into forward-looking resourcing solutions and help build agile operating models for tomorrow. The role requires strong PM skills, 4+ years in strategic planning, and experience managing budgets and forecasts in a global context.