Job Description

Overview

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Job Description Summary

The Insights and Analytics team is dedicated to enabling improved decision making by leveraging data to identify actionable insights that drive performance. We collaborate with the US business to empower smarter, data-driven decision-making. The Director, Field Insights & Analytics – Neuroscience & Rare Disease provides strategic leadership for field insights and decision support across the Neuroscience and Renal portfolios. This role anchors field decision-making to enterprise and portfolio KBQs, drives standardized analytics frameworks, shapes field data strategy, and ensures disciplined execution across a multi-asset environment. It also includes people leadership of the Associate Director focused on the Renal portfolio. This position is located in East Hanover, NJ and is not remote.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Portfolio Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for Field Insights & Analytics across the full Neuroscience and Renal portfolio.
• Oversee insight generation and decision support across a diverse set of in-market brands and evolving portfolio priorities.
• Ensure that insights and recommendations reflect the needs of a broad, multi-brand, multi-asset portfolio.

Front Door to Insights & Analytics for Field & Business Leadership

• Serve as the front door to Insights & Analytics for field leaders across the Neuroscience and Renal portfolios.
• Engage directly with field leaders and General Managers across multiple brands and assets to align insights to business priorities and support timely decision-making.
• Build trusted partnerships by translating analytics into clear implications, strategic choices, and actionable recommendations.

Strategic Field Insights & Thought Partnership

• Deliver proactive, integrated insights that influence portfolio, brand, and field strategy across Neuroscience and Renal.
• Connect field realities, market context, and cross-functional analytics to identify risks, opportunities, and strategic implications.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior stakeholders by shaping executive-ready narratives that support high-quality decision-making.

Analytics Framework & KBQ Alignment

• Lead adoption and maturation of standardized insights and analytics frameworks anchored to enterprise and portfolio KBQs.
• Ensure consistency in metrics, methodologies, and insight generation across brands and assets.
• Drive the use of structured analytics approaches that enable scalable, repeatable decision support across the portfolio.

Field Data Strategy

• Lead field data strategy across Neuroscience and Renal in partnership with Insights and Analytics capability teams.
• Anticipate evolving data and insight needs across in-market brands and different stages of portfolio maturity.
• Ensure field data and analytics outputs are relevant, scalable, and fit for strategic and operational decision-making.

POD & SQUAD Leadership

• Lead Insights & Analytics representation across PODs and SQUADs supporting Neuroscience and Renal assets.
• Influence cross-functional decisions by connecting insights, field realities, and strategic context.
• Drive prioritization and trade-off decisions across brands, assets, and initiatives.

People Leadership

• Directly manage and develop the Associate Director focused on the Renal portfolio.
• Ensure strong alignment between renal portfolio support and broader Neuroscience & Rare Disease priorities.
• Provide coaching, prioritization guidance, and leadership to strengthen team impact and execution quality.

6Q Roadmap & Execution

• Own disciplined planning, tracking, and execution of field analytics initiatives across the Neuroscience and Renal portfolios.
• Ensure work is sequenced, prioritized, and resourced appropriately across multiple brands and asset teams.
• Provide leadership visibility into progress, outcomes, dependencies, and execution risks.

Requirements

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare insights, analytics, strategy, or related roles.
• Strong understanding of specialty portfolios and complex multi-asset environments.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and driving decisions through integrated insights.
• Experience working across matrixed, cross-functional teams and leading through complexity.

Desirable Requirements

• Prior people leadership experience strongly preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Novartis Compensation Summary:

The salary for this position is expected to range between $185,500.00 and $344,500.00 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO & Accessibility

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, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

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 in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to tas.nacomms@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Salary Range

$185,500.00 - $344,500.00

Skills Desired

Agility (Inactive), Agility (Inactive), Business Analytics, Competitive Intelligence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Insights, Customer-Oriented, Data Analysis, Databasing, Data Science, Forecasting, Go-to-Market Strategies, Healthcare Sector Understanding (Inactive), Influencing Skills, Innovation, Machine Learning, Marketing Analytics, Market Research, Microsoft Excel, People Management, Predictive Analytics, Product Marketing, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Research Methodologies

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