Executive Data Product Portfolio Lead - Remote

Novartis; United States; Remote; USD 237,000 - 439,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis seeks an Executive Director to lead the Innovative Data Offerings and Products portfolio, with remote work across the U.S. and up to 25% travel.

The role sets vision, roadmap, prioritization, and adoption strategy for data products spanning customer, patient, commercial, and foundational domains. The leader will oversee both the Innovative Data Products and Innovative Data Offerings teams, partnering with DEO, analytics, technology, and vendors to maximize value from data assets and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information management, computer science, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data products, data strategy, analytics, technology, digital transformation, product management, or related enterprise leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading enterprise data product portfolios, setting roadmaps, prioritizing investments, and translating strategy into measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of product management standards, governance, funding models, operating models, adoption, and value realization for enterprise data products.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders across business, analytics, technology, DEO, data organizations, external data vendors, and technology vendors.

Responsibilities

• Set vision, roadmap, prioritization, and adoption strategy for the enterprise data product portfolio, ensuring investments align to business strategy and measurable outcomes.
• Oversee the Innovative Data Products team and Innovative Data Offerings team, creating focus, clarity, and alignment across portfolio priorities, product delivery, innovation opportunities, and stakeholder needs.
• Establish product management standards, governance, funding priorities, and operating model across customer, patient, commercial, and foundational data domains.
• Partner with business, analytics, technology, DEO, external data vendors, and technology vendors to drive reusability, reduce duplication, strengthen data asset value, and enable consistent product practices across the enterprise.
• Own product portfolio performance, stakeholder engagement, adoption, and realization of business value across priority data products and innovative offerings.
• Work with DEO, external data vendors, and technology vendors to evaluate innovative capabilities, inform build-versus-buy decisions, and ensure vendor-enabled solutions align with portfolio priorities, governance expectations, and business value goals.
• Define portfolio-level success measures, investment tradeoffs, dependency management, and decision forums to ensure resources are focused on the highest-value opportunities.
• Represent the enterprise data product portfolio with senior stakeholders, communicating priorities, progress, risks, value realization, and decisions required to accelerate impact.

Skills

Brand Awareness

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Customer Engagement

Customer Insights

Data Analytics

Digital Marketing

Franchise Development

Influencing Skills

Inspirational Leadership

People Management

Product Positioning

Product Roadmap

Sales

Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

Novartis seeks an Executive Director to lead the Innovative Data Offerings and Products portfolio, with remote work across the U.S. and up to 25% travel.

The role sets vision, roadmap, prioritization, and adoption strategy for data products spanning customer, patient, commercial, and foundational domains. The leader will oversee both the Innovative Data Products and Innovative Data Offerings teams, partnering with DEO, analytics, technology, and vendors to maximize value from data assets and