Director, Data Portfolio & Governance (Remote-Eligible)

Novartis Group Companies; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Group of Companies seeks a Director, Data Management Office in East Hanover, NJ to lead portfolio governance, demand prioritization, and delivery excellence across data initiatives.

This role partners with senior leaders to align capacity, resources, timelines, and business priorities, driving transparency and measurable value across the organization. Remote work may be possible with some travel to East Hanover sites as defined by the hiring manager.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in program management, portfolio management, demand management, PMO leadership, data transformation, technology delivery, or enterprise operations.
• Proven success managing complex cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and delivery teams.
• Strong expertise in demand management, prioritization, capacity planning, portfolio reporting, and governance.
• Experience creating executive dashboards, performance metrics, milestone tracking, and portfolio health reporting.
• Ability to analyze delivery performance, resource capacity, risks, and execution trends to drive decisions.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and influencing skills across senior leadership teams.
• Experience working within data governance, data management, analytics, technology, or enterprise transformation environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead demand intake, prioritization, and governance processes across the Data Governance and Data Management Office.
• Develop a consolidated portfolio view of initiatives, data products, and business priorities.
• Partner with leaders to align capacity, resources, timelines, and delivery commitments.
• Drive prioritization decisions based on business value, risk, strategy, and organizational capacity.
• Establish executive dashboards and reporting that enable informed, timely decision-making.
• Monitor portfolio performance, delivery health, resource utilization, and key milestones.
• Identify and accelerate risks, dependencies, blockers, and critical decisions requiring leadership support.
• Lead governance forums, portfolio reviews, and cross-functional planning discussions.
• Standardize tools, templates, reporting routines, and program management best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance transparency, delivery predictability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Portfolio management

Demand management

PMO leadership

Data governance

Executive dashboards

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Finance, or related field

Job description

Novartis Group of Companies seeks a Director, Data Management Office in East Hanover, NJ to lead portfolio governance, demand prioritization, and delivery excellence across data initiatives.

This role partners with senior leaders to align capacity, resources, timelines, and business priorities, driving transparency and measurable value across the organization. Remote work may be possible with some travel to East Hanover sites as defined by the hiring manager.