Director, Enterprise Analytics & Key Driver CoE Lead

Novartis Group Companies; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 361,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Group of Companies in East Hanover, NJ seeks an Associate Director to lead the enterprise Key Driver Analytics (KDA) capability and manage a cross-functional team delivering advanced analytics at scale. The role spans US-Hyderabad operations, guiding analytics strategy, governance, and adoption of insights across brands and markets.

The position requires 8+ years in analytics within pharma/healthcare, strong leadership, stakeholder influence, and expertise in multivariate modeling and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years in advanced analytics, data science, or decision science in pharma/healthcare.
• Experience leading teams and driving analytics programs end-to-end.
• Executive communication, stakeholder influence, and capacity management.
• Experience leading analytics professionals across globally distributed teams.
• Proven ability in driver, segmentation, diagnostic, or performance analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise KDA capability, including roadmap, standards, governance, and delivery.
• Lead and develop a team of Associate Directors for enterprise priorities.
• Drive a US-Hyderabad operating model and align roadmap and delivery.
• Lead end-to-end analytics engagements from framing to recommendations.
• Define multivariate driver analyses, segmentation, and scenario modeling.
• Translate insights into actionable recommendations and decision frameworks.
• Prioritize analytics investments based on value and capacity.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure scalable adoption of solutions.
• Establish standards for rigor, validation, and reproducibility.
• Build reusable analytical assets enabling Hyderabad teams to scale.

Skills

Executive communication

Leadership

Driver analytics

Multivariate modeling

Segmentation

Forecasting / scenario analytics

Statistical programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Econometrics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Novartis Group of Companies in East Hanover, NJ seeks an Associate Director to lead the enterprise Key Driver Analytics (KDA) capability and manage a cross-functional team delivering advanced analytics at scale. The role spans US-Hyderabad operations, guiding analytics strategy, governance, and adoption of insights across brands and markets.

The position requires 8+ years in analytics within pharma/healthcare, strong leadership, stakeholder influence, and expertise in multivariate modeling and