Operations Senior Project Manager

Novartis; Hyderabad; Presencial; INR 1.800.000 - 2.400.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Novartis AG in Hyderabad, India is seeking an Operations Senior Project Manager to shape global clinical operations resource planning and deployment. You will partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to drive budget management, data-driven decisions, and agile resourcing to ensure capabilities are available where needed.

Responsibilities span coordinating across functions, developing sustainable resource models, and aligning with finance on budgets and targets.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 4+ years in strategic resource planning, workforce management, or operational planning.
• Strong project management experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience managing budgets, financial targets, resource forecasts, and multi-year planning.
• Proven ability to use data and insights to inform resource decisions.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management with senior leadership.
• Experience developing or implementing agile, sustainable approaches to resource allocation.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into practical actions.
• Strong communication and influencing across functions.

Responsabilidades

• Identify resource gaps with Site Management and Monitoring leadership.
• Implement resourcing strategies and track budgets and staffing needs.
• Build relationships to enable resource deployment and reallocation.
• Support budget development and financial targets with Finance.
• Coordinate financial planning during strategy and portfolio cycles.
• Develop agile resource models for portfolio-driven allocation.
• Create data-driven approaches for workforce planning.
• Support leadership in managing functional budgets and travel expenditures.
• Align with project management to optimize processes and collaboration.
• Represent Operations leadership when delegated.

Conocimientos

Resource planning

Budget management

Project management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Agile approaches

Communication

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor’s degree

Herramientas

MS Excel

Budgeting software

Descripción del empleo

Band

Level 5

Job Description Summary

Primary Location: Hyderabad, India

Relocation Support: This role is based in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Ready to shape how global clinical operations plan and deploy their resources for the future? As Operations Senior Project Manager, you will partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to help drive strategic resource planning, budget management, and data-driven decision-making. You will connect teams across functions, translate business needs into forward-looking resourcing solutions, and help build agile approaches that ensure the right capabilities are available where they are needed most. This is an opportunity to influence how we plan today while helping create a more flexible and sustainable operating model for tomorrow.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to identify resource gaps and secure appropriate capabilities.
• 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.
• Represent Operations leadership when delegated, ensuring alignment and coordination across key initiatives.

Essential Requirements

• Minimum of a 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, including coordinating complex initiatives across multiple functions and stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets, financial targets, resource forecasts, and multi-year planning activities.
• 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 and provide guidance across functions.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience supporting resource planning or operational strategy within clinical development or clinical operations.
• Experience working across global, matrixed organizations with Finance, operational, and senior leadership stakeholders.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message

Skills Desired

Budget Management, Clinical Trials, People Management, Project Planning, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model