Manager - BSI Field Design Advisory

Novartis India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis India seeks a Senior Manager, Field Design Advisory to partner with sales leaders. You will design and implement sales force effectiveness deliverables, measure KPIs, and drive segmentation, targeting, field sizing, and account planning.

The role leads cross-functional teams and ensures timely, high-quality outputs for global field GTM initiatives. You will manage stakeholder relationships, deliver SME guidance, and collaborate with HQ to optimize field strategy and execution across

Qualifications

• 8+ years in mgmt./business consulting for pharma companies.
• Experience with commercial, medical, patient services and market access.
• 4+ years leading cross-functional and cross-location projects.
• Experience in matrix and geographically dispersed environments.
• Exceptional communications to engage senior stakeholders and influence decisions.
• Strong analytical thinking and high learning agility.
• Proactive and results-focused with insights to boost productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee tactic and execution effectiveness measurements.
• Guide enterprise, cross-functional projects aligning with brand strategy.
• Launch excellence initiatives for GTM field strategy for NVS launches.
• Revisit field strategy and plan change management for events.
• Run role design workshops to define needs and responsibilities.
• Develop deployment strategies for field and HQ roles with territories.
• Conduct ad-hoc analytics and strategy projects for local challenges.
• Ensure timely, high-quality outputs and share best practices.
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders through updates.
• Support operations with project documentation and SOPs.

Skills

Go-To-Market

Field Strategy

Planning

Business Consulting

Cross-functional Understanding

Stakeholder Management

Account Management

Education

Graduate degree in analytical field

Job description

Job Description:

Summary

• Act as a Sales Force Effectiveness business partner to the sales leaders by designing & implementing Sales Force Effectiveness deliverables including measuring product access and sales performance, segmentation & Targeting, field sizing, account planning, creating insights through market analytics. Contribute to the definition of a roadmap on how to excel through sales effectiveness and efficiency in the future. Track all relevant KPIs and sales performance in a standardized manner and be able to comply with future requirements of the market.

About The Role

Role/Job Title: Senior Manager, Field Design Advisory (FDA)

Location: Hyderabad

About The Team

As an integral part of the Business Solutions International, the FDA team delivers comprehensive design and advisory solutions for business stakeholders.

Our team offers a wide array of Field GTM and enterprise consulting solutions, including:

• Market identification
• Customer segmentation
• Omnichannel targeting strategy
• Field structure design
• Resource optimization
• Geography design analytics
• Talent placement
• Tactic and execution effectiveness measurement

These services empower business leaders across the globe—field leaders, brand leaders, P&O leaders, and finance leaders—by leveraging robust consulting methodologies, profound functional and business expertise, data-driven analytics, and industry benchmarks.

We are dedicated to drive success through strategic recommendations and tailored solutions, ensuring that our internal business colleagues achieve their goals with precision and confidence.

About The Role

In the FDA team, the senior manager role is pivotal in steering cross functional teams and harnessing talent to ensure flawless project execution. This role encompasses managing stakeholder relationships, pioneering innovative solutions, and delivering subject‑matter expertise to bolster strategic decision‑making and track customer satisfaction. The Senior Manager also collaborates with local support functions to swiftly resolve experience issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Tactic and execution effectiveness measurement
• Tactic and execution effectiveness measurement
• Enterprise, cross-functional projects guiding resource optimization decisions for function and brand leaders in alignment with brand strategy.
• Launch excellence initiatives, focused on designing optimal GTM field strategy for NVS new launches starting from Launch - 6 months (L-6).
• Revisiting field strategy and defining change management plans and execution for events such as field team mergers, team layoffs, LOE, external partnerships, etc.
• Role design workshops to identify needs, behaviors, and motivation factors of customers, developing appropriate roles, responsibilities, and strategic imperatives.
• Deployment strategy for a range of field and HQ roles, including designing territories with optimal workload and potential, and consolidating local expertise through workshops with business leaders (EDs and VPs).
• Ad-hoc analytics and strategy projects addressing local business challenges identified through assessments and/or benchmarking.
• Ensure the timely delivery of efficient, high-quality outputs to business stakeholders, and promote synergy and the sharing of best practices among cross‑functional teams.
• Maintain exemplary communication with all business stakeholders, including internal associates, leaders, and clients, through regular updates focused on achievements, KPIs, best practices, staffing changes, and key events.
• Support team operations by completing project documentation, post‑project activities, and the creation of SOPs, along with ensuring compliance in Ops processes.

Essential Requirements

• A graduate degree in an analytical field/ business/ Life Sciences/ Medicine/ Science & Technology
• Experience (8+ years) in mgmt./business consulting projects for pharmaceutical companies
• Experience with commercial, medical, patient services and market access functions
• Experience (4+) in leading projects with cross-functional and cross-location associates
• Experience of working in a matrix and geographically dispersed environment
• Exceptional communications skills to engage senior stakeholders (ED & D) & influence decision‑making
• Strong analytical thinking with excellent problem‑solving approach and high learning agility
• Proactive and results‑focused, with proven ability to provide insights to increase productivity

Essential Skills

• Go-To-Market and field Strategy / Planning
• Business Consulting
• Cross-functional Understanding
• Stakeholder Management
• Account Management

Desirable Requirements

• MBA/ Postgraduate in Marketing, Consulting or Analytics focused domains
• Knowledge of other in-scope country languages (German and Japanese), as advantage

Why Novartis:

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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