Hybrid Portfolio Prioritization & Value Realization Lead

U014 (FCRS = US014) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 237,000 - 439,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, NJ is seeking an Executive Director, Portfolio Prioritization & Value Realization Lead. The role will drive a cross-functional transformation portfolio and ensure governance, funding, and priority alignment across Finance, Strategy, Technology, and business functions.

You will partner with senior leaders to translate bold ambitions into measurable outcomes, manage risk, and deliver scenario analyses to inform executive decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, analytics, life sciences, healthcare, engineering, technology, or related discipline required.
• MBA, MS, or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integrated transformation portfolio across priorities, capacity, value, dependencies, risk, and readiness.
• Drive portfolio prioritization decisions to maximize business impact and strategic value realization.
• Recommend sequencing and investment trade-offs to optimize transformation outcomes and resource allocation.
• Establish and govern enterprise-wide value realization frameworks, metrics, and benefit tracking processes.
• Partner with Finance to validate business cases, benefit assumptions, baselines, and performance measures.
• Deliver actionable portfolio insights and scenario analyses to support executive decision-making.
• Identify risks, value leakage, capacity constraints, and execution challenges; drive corrective actions.
• Oversee AI use case intake, triage, governance, and cross-functional review processes.
• Foster alignment across Strategy, Finance, Technology, and business leaders on transformation priorities.
• Build and lead a high-performing team that promotes rigor, transparency, and results-driven execution.

Skills

Portfolio management

Enterprise PMO

Strategy execution

Finance analytics

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/related field

MBA, MS or advanced degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, NJ is seeking an Executive Director, Portfolio Prioritization & Value Realization Lead. The role will drive a cross-functional transformation portfolio and ensure governance, funding, and priority alignment across Finance, Strategy, Technology, and business functions.

You will partner with senior leaders to translate bold ambitions into measurable outcomes, manage risk, and deliver scenario analyses to inform executive decisions.