Executive Director, Integrated Experience Planning

BioNJ Inc.; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 237,000 - 439,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an Executive Director of Integrated Experience Planning to shape patient and HCP experiences across brands. You will translate business goals into unified experiences and guide cross-functional teams, including Marketing Strategy, Data and Analytics, Content, Product Management, and Operations.

The role requires leadership, a strong point of view, and the ability to drive decisions through ambiguity while optimizing experiences with new insights and AI tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 15+ years of experience in marketing strategy, customer experience, integrated planning, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated expertise in experience design, behavioral strategy, integrated planning, channel orchestration, and measurement.
• Proven ability to translate business and brand strategies into actionable, measurable HCP and patient experience plans.
• Experience using customer insights, behavioral evidence, data, analytics, and experimentation to guide decisions and optimize performance.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing complex cross-functional and agency relationships.
• Experience standardizing planning processes, improving marketing effectiveness, and leading organizational change.
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical rigor, digital and AI fluency, and the ability to simplify complex strategies and drive decisions through ambiguity.
• Experience attracting, coaching, and developing high-performing talent.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Marketing Strategy's primary CXPO partner to translate objectives into integrated HCP and patient experiences.
• Develop a clear point of view on the HCP and patient experience within the brand; identify barriers and gaps.
• Lead integrated experience planning to align internal and external teams across the full customer journey.
• Directly manage development, activation, measurement, and optimization of Integrated Experience Plans via IMPact standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align experience strategy, content, channels, and execution.
• Analyze brand and customer dynamics; synthesize insights and performance data to inform decisions.
• Design human-centered experiences addressing customer needs and apply behavioral science to improve outcomes.
• Identify knowledge gaps and partner with Insights to test assumptions and inform decisions.
• Define experience requirements, content priorities, channel roles, and measurement needs.
• Lead and develop Integrated Experience Planning talent, including AI applications.

Skills

Marketing strategy

Customer experience

Integrated planning

Channel orchestration

Measurement

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical rigor

AI fluency

Talent development

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Job Description Summary

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The Executive Director, Integrated Experience Planning will shape the patient and HCP experience strategy for assigned brands, translating business objectives, brand strategy, and behavioral goals into integrated experience, content, and channel decisions that drive customer behaviors and measurable business outcomes. Reporting to the Head of Customer Experience Planning and Optimization, this leader will guide the development, activation, measurement, and continuous optimization of unified experiences in close partnership with Marketing Strategy, Data, Insights and Analytics, Content, Product Management, Operations, Customer Engagement, other cross-functional teams, and external agencies. Success requires navigating complex brand, agency, and cross-functional relationships; establishing and communicating a strong point of view; using emerging insights and performance data to adapt plans; and driving clear decisions, accountability, strategic focus, and measurable impact through ambiguity.

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 up to 10% travel.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Serve as Marketing Strategys primary CXPO partner to translate business objectives, brand strategy, customer insights, and behavioral objectives into integrated HCP and patient experiences, personalizing where appropriate to improve outcomes.

• Develop a clear point of view on the HCP and patient experience within the brand and category. Identify behavioral barriers, opportunities, and experience gaps to inform brand strategy and drive growth.

• Lead integrated experience planning to achieve business, brand, and behavioral objectives, aligning internal and external teams responsible for execution across the full customer experience.

• Directly manage and oversee the development, activation, measurement, and continuous optimization of Integrated Experience Plans through consistent application of IMPact planning standards.

• Collaborate with other cross-functional partners to align experience strategy, content, channels, capabilities, and execution across digital and physical touchpoints for assigned brands.

• Analyze brand and customer dynamics and lead the synthesis of internal and external insights, behavioral evidence, and performance data to inform cohesive experience, content, and channel decisions across digital and physical touchpoints.

• Serve as a recognized expert in designing human-centered experiences that address defined customer needs and apply behavioral science to overcome identified barriers, enable desired behaviors, and improve patient and business outcomes.

• Identify knowledge gaps and partner with Insights and Analytics to conduct research and experimentation that tests assumptions, strengthens behavioral diagnosis, and informs experience decisions.

• Apply customer, behavioral, and journey insights to define experience requirements, content priorities, channel roles, and measurement needs that support the desired HCP or patient behavior.

• Lead, coach, and develop Integrated Experience Planning talent by applying standards, tools, learning, and best practices, including using and advancing the practical application of AI across assigned teams.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field

• 15+ years of experience in marketing strategy, customer experience, integrated planning, or related disciplines.

• Demonstrated expertise in experience design, behavioral strategy, integrated planning, channel orchestration, and measurement.

• Proven ability to translate business and brand strategies into actionable, measurable HCP and patient experience plans.

• Experience using customer insights, behavioral evidence, data, analytics, and experimentation to guide decisions and optimize performance.

• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing complex cross-functional and agency relationships.

• Experience standardizing planning processes, improving marketing effectiveness, and leading organizational change.

• Strong commercial acumen, analytical rigor, digital and AI fluency, and the ability to simplify complex strategies and drive decisions through ambiguity.

• Experience attracting, coaching, and developing high-performing talent.

Desirable requirements

• Pharmaceutical, life-sciences, or similarly complex regulated-industry experience.

• Master of Science and/or MBA preferred.

Novartis Compensation Summary

The salary for this position is expected to range between $236,600 and $439,400 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

$236,600.00 - $439,400.00

Skills Desired

Asset Management, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Medical Affairs, People Management, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Positioning, Revenue Growth, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Value Propositions