Senior Field Launch & Change Lead (Remote)

U014 (FCRS = US014) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 146,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation seeks a senior launch execution professional to provide surge support for launches, major tool releases, and high-impact organizational changes across US operations. The role emphasizes clear sequencing, ownership, and rapid action.

You will translate plans into field actions, manage readiness risks, coordinate cutover activities, and help ensure successful go-live readiness with cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university
• 6+ years' experience in field operations, launch execution, program delivery, or execution-focused roles within complex, matrixed organizations
• Demonstrated ability to operate in high-intensity environments with competing priorities and tight timelines
• Strong execution discipline, coordination skills, and ability to translate plans into clear actions and closures
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including ability to drive alignment without direct authority

Responsibilities

• Provide surge execution support for launches, major tool/process releases, and high-impact organizational changes, ensuring clear sequencing, ownership, and follow-through
• Translate launch/change plans into practical field actions (readiness tasks, cutover steps, stabilization activities), ensuring clarity on who does what by when
• Identify cross-team dependencies and readiness risks early and drive mitigation actions with owners
• Support cutover planning and go-live readiness, including readiness checklists, field-facing timing clarity, and escalation pathways for high-severity issues
• Coordinate hypercare mechanics during launch/change windows to ensure rapid triage, clear ownership, and timely resolution of field-impacting issues
• Drive rapid stabilization by tracking issues through to closure and ensuring root-cause fixes
• Partner across teams to align execution details and reduce last-minute churn during launch windows
• Maintain an integrated view of launch/change readiness signals and surface actionable watch-outs to execution leadership
• Capture lessons learned and convert them into improved readiness playbooks, templates, and standard operating patterns

Skills

Business Dashboards

Business Performance Management

Coaching

Commercial Excellence

Customer Engagement

Customer Satisfaction

Data Analytics

Merchandising

Project Planning

Sales Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation seeks a senior launch execution professional to provide surge support for launches, major tool releases, and high-impact organizational changes across US operations. The role emphasizes clear sequencing, ownership, and rapid action.

You will translate plans into field actions, manage readiness risks, coordinate cutover activities, and help ensure successful go-live readiness with cross-functional partners.