Job Description Summary

Location: East Hanover

The Insights and Decision Science (IDS) team is dedicated to enabling improved decision-making at Novartis by leveraging data and advanced analytics capabilities to generate actionable insights that drive business growth. We collaborate closely with the US business, bringing insights and challenging ideas to empower smarter, data-driven decision-making. Reporting into the VP, Head, Enterprise & Pipeline In-sights & Analytics, this role is critical in leveraging data-driven insights to shape Medical Affairs strategy, ensuring scientific engagement is tailored, evidence-based, and aligned with evolving HCP and KOL needs.

The ED, Medical Insights and Analytics plays a pivotal role in transforming Marketing strategies by bridging insights and capabilities from IDS with business needs. As a visionary leader, the ED, Medical In-sights and Analytics collaborates closely with the leadership of their respective functions to refine analyses and sharpen strategic recommendations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. This role will work with other members of IDS fostering a culture of innovation and thought leadership, challenging established norms and driving excellence in product strategy. Acting as a central point of contact, this role facilitates seamless connectivity and collaboration across IDS functions, integrating and synthesizing in-sights to create robust action plans and strategic recommendations for functions.

Novartis is seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to drive patient finding initiatives, leveraging data analytics and insights to identify underdiagnosed or untreated patient populations. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical landscape, with expertise in applying advanced methodologies from varied data sources to uncover patient growth opportunities and optimize treatment strategies. This role requires a leader who excels in fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams, developing talent, and cultivating a culture of innovation.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and lead a team of experts that act as the "go to" resource for medical analytics requests in the organization
Guide the medical headquarters team to streamline processes by incorporating robust feedback through machine learning operations to continuously refine content and strategies

Serve as POC to direct and connect the Medical leadership and teams with the relevant IDS capabilities

Synthesize and align insights from medical functions to enable smarter, data-driven decisions that address medical team challenges and opportunities

Elevate decision making across functions by delivering integrated insights for medical teams

Collaborate with the leadership for each function to further refine analyses & sharpen insights / recommendations

Understand the key business problems and identify and activate teams with the right capabilities within IDS to address them based on related analytical needs

Drive prioritization of the IDS efforts, in collaboration with IDS leadership for the medical function, ensuring focus on high-impact opportunities based on inbound requests

Facilitate connectivity across teams to ensure more integrated insights are generated that elevate creation and implementation of targeted content strategies for customer outreach, ensuring alignment with evolving priorities and market needs

Upskill and mentor the members of the IDS medical team, owning their professional growth and development

Support prioritization of IDS efforts for a given function across the many inbound requests

Ensure strong collaboration and alignment across IDS functions

Shape workplan and deploy resources to generate analyses, incorporating into an integrated narrative

What You'll Bring to the Role:

Education: A Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences, Data Science, Business Administration or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred

Essential Requirements:

10+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a strong focus on analytics & insights, scientific engagement strategy, and evidence generation to support data-driven decision-making

5+ years of domain expertise in these areas are highly desired: marketing, secondary data analytics, data science, primary market research, field analytics and insights, medical affairs, or other related strategic analytics and management consulting

5+ years of people management experience. Proven track record of enabling data-driven decision-making at a senior leadership level, including addressing complex business challenges and shaping organizational strategy particularly in therapeutic areas

Strong understanding of medical strategy, scientific exchange, and real-world evidence (RWE) generation in a pharmaceutical or biotech setting

Strong analytical background, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex and dynamic data sets into actionable insights and aligning them with business priorities to drive impactful results

Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively collaborating with leadership across NVS and IDS functions to translate strategic objectives into the right data sources and analysis and present complex insights effectively to diverse audiences

Experience in leading cross-functional and matrixed teams, with demonstrated ability to maintain flexible collaboration with diverse teams including internal IPST/TA teams and external partners to meet strategic objectives

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing business needs and priorities

Novartis Compensation and Benefit Summary: The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $214,900.00 and $399,100.00/year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/25 through 12/31/25, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to us.reasonableaccommodations@novartis.com or call +1(877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Salary Range

$214,900.00 - $399,100.00

Skills Desired

Agility, Brand Awareness, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Insights, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, People Management, Product Positioning, Product Roadmap, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing