About the Role
Title: ED, Integrated Field Insights & Analytics
Job Description:
Job Description Summary
Location: Remote
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, Integrated Field Insights & Analytics, this role is crucial in enabling proactive and integrated insight-driven decision making for the business, addressing business problems, shaping strategy and implementing decision science through IDS capabilities.
The ED, Integrated Field I&A plays a pivotal role in transforming functional area strategies by bridging insights and capabilities from IDS with business needs. As a visionary leader, the ED, Integrated Field I&A collaborates closely with the field team leadership (CE, NPS, Medical, TLL) 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 insights to create robust action plans and strategic recommendations for functions.
Novartis seeks an experienced, dynamic leader with a proven ability to synthesize and align insights to enable data-driven decision-making that addresses critical business challenges. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of therapeutic area strategy, including early-stage asset planning, launch readiness, and business development, with demonstrated success in shaping strategic direction in partnership with senior leaders. Expertise in leveraging integrated insights and prioritizing resources to deliver high-impact solutions is essential. This individual will excel at fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams, developing talent, and driving a culture of innovation and thought leadership. A commitment to delivering actionable insights that empower smarter decisions and advance organizational goals is vital to this role.
This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 20% travel.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Synthesize and align insights from across IDS to enable Field teams to make smarter, data-driven decisions
- Elevate decision making across field functions by delivering integrated insights
- Collaborate with the leadership for each function to further refine analyses & sharpen insights / recommendations
- Drive prioritization of IDS efforts (field analytics) for all TAs across the portfolio ensuring focus on high-impact opportunities
- Coordinate between field and non-field component of the function (e.g. NPS field and non-field)
- Establish the Integrated Field I&A team as the primary IDS point of contact for the field component of a function (i.e. the “front door” to IDS for the field team), and drive and enable broader IDS coordination and access for field teams
- Drive coordination and integration across all field teams (CE, NPS, Medical, TLL), encouraging and promoting compatible analytical approaches and sharing insights
- Partner and coordinate with the Forecasting and CE Operations teams to make sure appropriate territory level goals are integrated into the IC process
- Help establish the new IDS POD way of working bringing the best of IDS capabilities together including Field Insights & Analytics
- Ensure strong collaboration and alignment across IDS functions
- Shape Field Insights & Analytics workplan and deploy resources to generate analyses, incorporating into an integrated narrative
What You’ll Bring to the Role:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field is required; Master of Science and/or MBA preferred
Essential Requirements:
- 12+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare industries, with a strong focus on strategic insights, decision science, and/or analytics
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Life Sciences, Data Science or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred
- Deep understanding of [Insert Functional Area], including business development, launch planning, and early asset strategy.
- 5+ years of domain expertise in these areas are highly desired: secondary data analytics, data science, primary market research, field analytics and insights, market access and patient service analytics, 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 background in integrating insights across diverse data sources and aligning them with business priorities to drive impactful results.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively collaborating with senior leadership and aligning diverse teams around strategic goals.
- Hands-on experience working with senior executives, such as SVPs or equivalent, to refine analyses, sharpen insights, and influence strategic recommendations.
- Significant leadership experience, including managing and developing high-performing thought leaders and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
- Experience in leading cross-functional and matrixed teams, with demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions such as commercial, R&D, and medical affairs.