Executive Enterprise Transformation Engine Lead

Mygwork; New Jersey; On-site; USD 204,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life & disability benefits

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO

Job summary

Novartis in East Hanover, NJ is seeking an Executive Director, Engine Lead to shape enterprise transformation through design, delivery, and adoption of strategic engines. This leadership role unites business strategy, technology, data, and organizational change to drive measurable value for patients and associates.

The role requires 12+ years in transformation, a strong track record with cross-functional teams, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, healthcare, strategy, technology, engineering, organizational transformation, or related discipline required; MBA, MS, MPH, PharmD, or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise transformation, commercial strategy, operating model redesign, product/digital transformation, management consulting, or complex cross-functional program leadership.
• Experience in pharma, biotech, health tech, top-tier consulting, Big Tech, or scaled digital/product organizations where transformation requires business, technology, data, workflow, and adoption integration.
• Proven success owning large-scale transformation from problem framing through design, implementation, adoption, scale, and measurable value realization.
• Experience defining business outcomes, value cases, roadmaps, decision rights, governance, milestones, dependencies, and benefit owners across matrixed teams.
• Strong understanding of US commercial healthcare/pharma dynamics, including field execution, customer engagement, launch performance, access, medical/commercial interfaces, and enabling capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead senior stakeholders without direct authority and make trade-offs across value, risk, capacity, readiness, compliance, and enterprise scalability.
• Desirable: Prior accountability for AI, automation, data-product, customer-experience, field-model, or workflow-reinvention initiatives.
• Desirable: Experience managing transformation investment, vendor capacity, and value tracking in partnership with Finance, Technology, P&O, Legal, Ethics, Risk & Compliance, and business functions

Responsibilities

• Define the Engine vision, strategic objectives, outcome measures, and value realization framework.
• Own the integrated roadmap, aligning priorities, dependencies, resources, and execution across teams.
• Lead end-to-end workflow redesign to improve customer, associate, and business outcomes.
• Drive cross-functional transformation across business, technology, data, and enabling functions.
• Establish governance, decision rights, and escalation pathways to accelerate delivery and remove barriers.
• Monitor adoption, business impact, risks, and milestones, implementing corrective actions when needed.
• Influence enterprise portfolio decisions through evidence-based recommendations and prioritization.
• Build alignment and accountability among senior leaders, sponsors, and transformation partners.
• Lead implementation, stabilization, scaling, and continuous improvement of Engine initiatives.
• Capture and share best practices, reusable assets, and lessons learned across transformation programs.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Transformation leadership

Roadmap planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

Novartis in East Hanover, NJ is seeking an Executive Director, Engine Lead to shape enterprise transformation through design, delivery, and adoption of strategic engines. This leadership role unites business strategy, technology, data, and organizational change to drive measurable value for patients and associates.

The role requires 12+ years in transformation, a strong track record with cross-functional teams, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.