Lead, Platform Strategy & Launch Enablement

Novartis; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 159,802,000 - 252,101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401k

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Program Manager to coordinate platform strategy and launch enablement for priority commercial product launches in a hybrid role based in East Hanover, NJ. You will align technology, data, CRM, analytics, and platform teams to ensure timely delivery of launch-critical capabilities.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, governance, and executive communications, with scope to drive reuse, scalability, and alignment with broader platform roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of program management, PMO, business operations, or related roles.
• Experience coordinating complex technology and data initiatives across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive alignment in a matrixed environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management activities across technology and data initiatives supporting designated launch brands.
• Maintain integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and key decisions across participating teams.
• Coordinate activities across CRM, data, analytics, reporting, and platform workstreams.
• Monitor progress against delivery commitments and identify risks to launch timelines.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning, status reviews, and readiness discussions.
• Develop a comprehensive view of technology and data investments supporting launch objectives.
• Connect initiatives across platforms and teams to identify dependencies, overlaps, gaps, and opportunities for synergy.
• Help ensure launch-related capabilities align with broader platform strategies and technology roadmaps.
• Promote reuse, scalability, and consistency across technology and data solutions.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to support informed investment decisions.
• Track delivery of launch-critical technology and data capabilities.
• Coordinate readiness activities across participating teams.
• Maintain visibility into capability readiness, deployment plans, and launch milestones.
• Identify and escalated issues that may impact launch support capabilities.
• Help ensure technology and data teams are aligned around launch objectives.
• Prepare executive dashboards, status reports, presentations, and leadership updates.
• Consolidate workstream updates into a single integrated view of progress and readiness.
• Facilitate governance forums and leadership reviews.
• Maintain visibility into risks, decisions, dependencies, and action items.
• Translate complex technical information into concise business-focused communications.

Skills

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Matrixed collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM systems

Data analytics tools

Agile

Job description

Novartis is seeking a Program Manager to coordinate platform strategy and launch enablement for priority commercial product launches in a hybrid role based in East Hanover, NJ. You will align technology, data, CRM, analytics, and platform teams to ensure timely delivery of launch-critical capabilities.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, governance, and executive communications, with scope to drive reuse, scalability, and alignment with broader platform roadmaps.