Novartis Hiring for Director, Business Excellence Lead – CAR-T Cell Therapy job in East Hanover Full Time

About the role
Location: East Hanover, NJ

The Business Excellence Director plays an integral role in driving excellence in execution across the business and is responsible for providing ongoing strategic, operational, and business planning recommendations to the Product General Manager that will increase impact of our product(s). This unique role will integrate product and portfolio insights and analytics across functions and distill the most important in-sights/actions that drive impact. The ideal candidate is passionate about both strategy, insights and analytics and operational specificity required to translate strategy to impact.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead strategic, operational, and business planning recommendations/plans to GM
• Lead integration of product insights from multiple functions to prioritize the most impactful actions
• Lead preparations for impact reviews with various stakeholders across local and global landscape. Lead preparations for critical performance reviews, investor relations and business reviews with various leadership teams, as well as lead cross functional team impact reviews to assess progress against KPIs that are integrated across all functions.
• Lead creation of investor relations package and narrative for assigned product(s)
• Lead large cross-functional strategic projects that aim to improve operational efficiency and/or result in significant customer impact. This individual will also lead strategic core initiatives across the product/portfolio that will have long lasting impact for patients in need of, or treated with, our products.
• Run the Product Core Team leadership including the setting of priorities, agendas, action items, and follow-ups
• Partner with Finance and Insights & Analytics to identify criteria for, and measure resource allocation decisions
• Ensures alignment to, compliance with, and ownership of all NPC policies, including the Code of Conduct and all applicable laws and regulations.

This position will be located at the East Hanover, NJ and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 10-20% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international).

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. 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 are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and 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: Individuals in need of a reasonable accommodation due to a medical condition or disability for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know the nature of your request, your contact information and the job requisition number in your message:

• Novartis: e-mail [email protected] or call +1 (877)395-2339
• Sandoz: e-mail [email protected] or call: +1-609-422-4098

Role Requirements
Essential Requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant area; MBA or Health Policy Degree preferred

Experience:
• 8+ years in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or healthcare consulting industry inclusive of at least 2
different types of cross-functional roles/experience
• 2+ years in project management and translation of strategy into execution
• 2+ years leading complex projects requiring global and local alignment

Desirable requirements:
• CAR-T therapeutic area experience
• 2+ years within a significant consultancy group (e.g., McKinsey, BCG, Bain) with global/regional experience (projects, full-time or temporary roles for 6 months or more)

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll Receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $192,000 and $288,000/year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/23 through 12/31/23, 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 re-serves 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.

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