Engine Delivery Lead: Drive Cross-Functional Transformation

Novartis Group Companies; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 139,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Group Companies in East Hanover, NJ is seeking an AD, Engine Delivery Lead to drive complex cross‑functional initiatives spanning business, technology, data and organizational change. You will create structured delivery plans and ensure execution excellence across multi‑disciplinary teams.

Travel may be domestic and international; the role emphasizes governance, risk management, and timely delivery of strategic objectives with measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, healthcare, operations, technology, engineering, analytics, or related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in program/project delivery, transformation execution, PMO, commercial operations, consulting, technology delivery, product operations, or cross-functional initiative management.
• Experience in pharma, biotech, healthcare, tech, consulting, commercial transformation, digital/product delivery, AI/data programs, or regulated delivery environments.
• Experience building and maintaining integrated plans, milestone maps, critical paths, decision calendars, dependency logs, risk/issue registers, release plan.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, and deployment roadmaps.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable workstreams, ownership, and measurable delivery commitments.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, accountability, and seamless execution across initiatives.
• Lead delivery governance forums and provide clear, decision-focused updates to stakeholders and leadership.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and capacity to proactively address execution challenges.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

MS Project

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Novartis Group Companies in East Hanover, NJ is seeking an AD, Engine Delivery Lead to drive complex cross‑functional initiatives spanning business, technology, data and organizational change. You will create structured delivery plans and ensure execution excellence across multi‑disciplinary teams.

Travel may be domestic and international; the role emphasizes governance, risk management, and timely delivery of strategic objectives with measurable outcomes.