Remote Data Strategy Lead — Rare Disease

Novartis; United States; On-site; USD 146,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director, Data Strategy to help translate rare disease questions into a prioritized data roadmap across sourcing, vendor management, and governance. The role is based remotely in the United States with about 20% travel and no relocation support.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to establish data standards, enable portfolio visibility, manage delivery risks, and report progress to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in data strategy, data management, analytics enablement, or related roles.
• Working knowledge of data strategy principles, frameworks, and best practices, including roadmap development, governance, metadata, and data lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical commercial data vendors and common data domains, including claims, prescription, provider, patient services, and digital.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated ability to influence decisions across functions and levels.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change and adoption of new ways of working in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to identify delivery risks, dependencies, and constraints across data initiatives; familiarity with data privacy and compliance considerations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate priority rare disease business questions into an integrated data strategy roadmap with clear sequencing, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional alignment on data needs, definitions, and success measures; establish fit-for-purpose data standards and minimum metadata to enable portfolio visibility and reuse.
• Partner with Data Partnerships and Procurement stakeholders to inform vendor evaluations, data acquisition approaches, and ongoing portfolio optimization.
• Coordinate delivery across IDS and business teams by managing risks, issues, and interlocks; drive adoption of agreed ways of working and ensure timely decision-making.
• Provide regular, concise updates to senior stakeholders on progress, value delivered, and trade-offs; recommend course corrections based on data, insights, and changing business priorities.
• Ensure data strategy activities comply with applicable policies, data privacy requirements, and relevant regulations

Skills

Data strategy

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Information Management/CS/Business Admin

Job description

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director, Data Strategy to help translate rare disease questions into a prioritized data roadmap across sourcing, vendor management, and governance. The role is based remotely in the United States with about 20% travel and no relocation support.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to establish data standards, enable portfolio visibility, manage delivery risks, and report progress to senior stakeholders.