Associate Director, Portfolio Governance & Strategy

Mygwork; New Jersey; On-site; USD 139,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director, Governance & Portfolio Lead in East Hanover, NJ. This role manages the enterprise portfolio governance, including intake, triage, analytics, decision preparation, dependency management, and action tracking, reporting to the ED, US Strategy Prioritization & Governance Lead.

The role entails owning portfolio segments, ensuring high-quality initiative data, scoring, risk logs, and dashboards to provide executive-ready visibility.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in portfolio management, strategic planning, program management, business operations, consulting, pharma commercial strategy, or drug development operations.
• Experience preparing governance materials, project / portfolio dashboards, senior stakeholder updates, and decision logs.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, project-management, and written communication skills.
• Experience with pharma governance, portfolio processes, or commercial strategy planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage initiative intake and ensure submissions include problem statement, strategic rationale, expected value, resource ask, owner, risks, dependencies, decision needed, and success metrics.
• Apply prioritization criteria consistently; surface weak cases, duplicative work, sequencing conflicts, and capacity gaps.
• Prepare governance pre-reads, dashboards, executive summaries, and decision logs for portfolio forums.
• Track portfolio health across milestones, risks, resource assumptions, and strategic outcomes.
• Coordinate with project owners and Strategy Associates to maintain accurate portfolio data and follow-up actions.
• Escalate unresolved dependencies and decisions before they become delivery drag.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

Portfolio analytics

Executive communication

Project management

Strategic planning

Pharma experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Portfolio tools

KPI dashboards

Dependency management tools

Job description

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director, Governance & Portfolio Lead in East Hanover, NJ. This role manages the enterprise portfolio governance, including intake, triage, analytics, decision preparation, dependency management, and action tracking, reporting to the ED, US Strategy Prioritization & Governance Lead.

The role entails owning portfolio segments, ensuring high-quality initiative data, scoring, risk logs, and dashboards to provide executive-ready visibility.