Director, PMO & Change Capability: Standards & Tools

Novartis; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 186,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Director to build a scalable US Commercial project-management and change-management capability system, including standards, self-service toolkits, templates, training, coaching, and governance for decentralized teams.

This role will be located at East Hanover, NJ, not remote, with up to 20% travel. You will lead a core team and partner with US functions, P&O Change, OD, Learning, DDIT and Legal to enable disciplined transformation and measurable value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, organizational development, learning, healthcare, digital or related field.
• 10+ years in project management, change management, transformation, organizational development, capability building, or consulting.
• Proven experience building methods, toolkits, standards, and capability systems for large matrixed organizations.
• Strong knowledge of project management, change management, stakeholder readiness, communications, training, adoption, benefits realization, and governance.
• Ability to simplify methods without weakening discipline.

Responsibilities

• Define common PM and change management standards for US Commercial initiatives.
• Build self-service toolkits, playbooks, templates, training, and coaching models for project scoping, planning, governance, stakeholder management, change impact, readiness, adoption, and value tracking.
• Partner with P&O, OD, and transformation teams to align change methods with enterprise standards and business realities.
• Establish a capability-building roadmap to improve project delivery discipline and change adoption maturity across US Commercial.
• Measure usage, quality, effectiveness, and value of PM / change methods and tools.
• Lead PM and change capability resources; manage continuous improvement of tools and standards.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Organizational development

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/MS preferred

Job description

Novartis is seeking a Director to build a scalable US Commercial project-management and change-management capability system, including standards, self-service toolkits, templates, training, coaching, and governance for decentralized teams.

This role will be located at East Hanover, NJ, not remote, with up to 20% travel. You will lead a core team and partner with US functions, P&O Change, OD, Learning, DDIT and Legal to enable disciplined transformation and measurable value.