Director, Intelligence Planning & Execution

Novartis; United States; Remote; USD 186,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis invites an experienced Director to lead Intelligence Planning & Execution for the US Insights & Analytics organization. You will steer strategic planning, governance, and portfolio management while coordinating with HYD leadership and partner I&A teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery of enterprise objectives.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, roadmap integration, and organizational performance measurement in a global operating model, with travel as required

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in strategy, portfolio management, business operations, transformation, analytics, consulting, program management, or related disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree in Business, Analytics, Strategy, Organizational Leadership, Operations, Management, Data Science, or a related field preferred.
• Experience leading strategic planning, governance, prioritization, performance management, or execution-management initiatives.
• Strong track record supporting senior leaders and driving cross-functional alignment.
• Experience managing strategic portfolios, integrated roadmaps, organizational priorities, and performance management frameworks.
• Experience leading transformation, operating model, organizational effectiveness, or change initiatives.
• Experience working within matrixed organizations and global operating models.
• Experience managing executive communications, performance reporting, and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, planning, portfolio management, and organizational performance for the Director, Intelligence Planning & Execution.
• Own strategic planning, integrated portfolio management, and resource scheduling across the organization.
• Ensure priorities, investments, and roadmaps stay aligned across capability areas.
• Serve as portfolio, planning, and governance interface between DI&A Capabilities and senior leadership for capacity management and execution.
• Coordinate across analytics, business, technology, and operations to ensure execution activities align with portfolio goals.

Skills

Brand Analysis

Brand Awareness

Change Agility

Commercial Excellence

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Customer Engagement

Customer Experience

Customer Insights

Data Strategies

Digital Marketing

Go-to-Market Strategies

Healthcare Policies

Healthcare Trends

Influencing Skills

Inspirational Leadership

Marketing Strategies

Media Campaigns

People Management

Product Marketing

Product Roadmap

Return on Investment (ROI)

Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Management

Thought Leadership

Trend Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree in Business, Analytics, Strategy, Organizational Leadership, Operations, Data Science

Job description

Job Description Summary

#LI-Remote

This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require travel per the manager’s discretion.

Job description summary

Job Description

The US Insights & Analytics (I&A) organization engineers the optimal decision environment for the US business by orchestrating, integrating, and synthesizing insights and analytics across therapeutic areas, functions, and the enterprise. Enterprise I&A drives enterprise decision environments through integrated executive analytics and portfolio insights that enable the organization to prioritize investments, track performance, and shape strategic direction.

The Director, Intelligence Planning & Execution leads strategic planning, portfolio governance, organizational performance management, and execution leadership for Decision Intelligence & Analytics Capabilities organization. Serve as the Strategy & Planning Lead for the organization, ensuring strategic priorities, investments, resources, roadmaps, and transformation initiatives are aligned, measured, and successfully executed across capability areas.

Act as the primary integrator across the organization, driving portfolio governance, strategic imperative execution, productivity measurement, cross-functional coordination, HYD operating model effectiveness, and organizational performance management to ensure delivery of enterprise objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Director serves as the strategy, planning, portfolio management, and organizational performance leader for the Director, Intelligence Planning & Execution organization.
• This role owns strategic planning, integrated portfolio management, organizational performance measurement, productivity governance, cross-capability coordination, roadmap integration, strategic imperative tracking, resource planning, leadership operating rhythms, and portfolio reporting across the organization.
• The role is accountable for ensuring priorities, investments, resources, roadmaps, and strategic initiatives remain aligned across capability areas and are delivered through a coordinated operating model.
• This role serves as the primary portfolio, planning, and governance interface between the Decision Intelligence & Analytics Capabilities organization and SPT, HYD leadership, and partner I&A organizations for capacity management, prioritization, strategic planning, resource alignment, dependency management, and execution activities impacting the portfolio.
• The role does not own individual capability strategies, analytics domain ownership, technology delivery, analytics product ownership, data strategy, platform ownership, or analytics execution.
• The role operates within a globally integrated capability model and serves as the primary leader for portfolio integration, planning coordination, governance, organizational performance measurement, and execution management across the Decision Intelligence & Analytics Capabilities organization.

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in strategy, portfolio management, business operations, transformation, analytics, consulting, program management, or related disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree in Business, Analytics, Strategy, Organizational Leadership, Operations, Management, Data Science, or a related field preferred.
• Experience leading strategic planning, governance, prioritization, performance management, or execution-management initiatives.
• Strong track record supporting senior leaders and driving cross-functional alignment.
• Experience managing strategic portfolios, integrated roadmaps, organizational priorities, and performance management frameworks.
• Experience leading transformation, operating model, organizational effectiveness, or change initiatives.
• Experience working within matrixed organizations and global operating models.
• Experience managing executive communications, performance reporting, and governance processes.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences organizations.
• Experience serving in strategy, portfolio management, business operations, planning, transformation, or organizational effectiveness roles.
• Experience partnering across analytics, business, technology, and operations organizations.

Novartis Compensation Summary:

The salary for this position is expected to range between $185,500 and $344,500 per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

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Salary Range

$185,500.00 - $344,500.00

Skills Desired

Brand Analysis, Brand Awareness, Change Agility, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience (CX), Customer Insights, Data Strategies, Digital Marketing, Go-to-Market Strategies, Healthcare Policies, Healthcare Trends, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategies, Media Campaigns, People Management, Product Marketing, Product Roadmap, Return on Investment (ROI), Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Thought Leadership, Trend Analysis