Dir, Enterprise Investment Strategy & Optimization

Novartis • East Hanover, NJ

9d • $185,500 - $344,500 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Investment Strategy & Optimization is part of the US Insights & Analytics organization, which integrates insights and analytics across therapeutic areas, functions, and the enterprise to support decision-making, investment prioritization, performance tracking, and strategic direction. The role is based at the East Hanover, New Jersey site and cannot be performed remotely. It requires 10% business-defined domestic and/or international travel.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Portfolio & Resource Analytics, the role develops enterprise and cross-portfolio resource optimization recommendations in partnership with Finance. Its scope includes US direct external spend, capability spend, and full-time equivalents (FTEs). The director works closely with the Analytics, Capabilities & Modeling Center of Excellence to integrate modeling inputs, external benchmarks, financial ratios, and structural comparisons into resource recommendations.

As a strategic partner to the US Leadership Team and Finance, the director helps ensure US investments are optimized for short- and long-term performance. The role sets enterprise standards for producing and communicating resource optimization guidance, partners with modeling leadership in a two-in-a-box relationship, and leads a small US team of Associate Directors and extended team members in Hyderabad.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in resource allocation, investment optimization, commercial analytics, strategic finance, or management consulting within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience translating quantitative model output into strategic recommendations for senior business and Finance audiences.
• Working knowledge of marketing mix, promotion response, and investment optimization methodologies sufficient to interrogate assumptions, methodology, and limitations.
• Experience with external benchmarking and use of financial ratios and analogs to inform resourcing and investment guidance.
• Experience partnering directly with Finance on budget, investment, or headcount planning.
• People management experience, including developing associates and working through globally distributed delivery models.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to present investment recommendations persuasively to senior leadership.
• Ability to influence without authority and operate effectively in a two-in-a-box model.
• Proficiency with Excel and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or another advanced degree.
• Experience in top-tier management consulting or strategic in-house roles, with expertise in portfolio investment prioritization, launch planning, and resource allocation and optimization across promotional, capability, capital, and workforce investments in complex organizations.
• Experience navigating large-scale organizational transformations and operating model redesigns.
• Knowledge of the US pharmaceutical commercial and analytics ecosystem, AI-enabled decision-making, and offshore analytics partnerships.
• Strong change management and stakeholder communication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise investment recommendations across the US portfolio, covering direct spend, capability spend, and headquarters and field FTEs.
• Serve as the primary Insights & Analytics interface with Finance for investment optimization and resourcing guidance, and partner with SPT Strategy and US Leadership Team forums.
• Set enterprise standards for producing, framing, and communicating resource optimization guidance; TA- and function-level application is handled by the respective Insights & Analytics pillars.
• Partner with modeling leadership in the Analytics, Capabilities & Modeling Center of Excellence so consultation and modeling operate as one capability from the stakeholder’s perspective.
• Focus the Enterprise Resource Optimization team on the field investment envelope and FTE-level optimization in close partnership with the Insights & Analytics Field GTM & Deployment team, which is accountable for field sizing, deployment, and capacity planning.
• Lead a small US team of Associate Directors and extended team members in Hyderabad.
• Translate quantitative model output into actionable investment recommendations for senior business and Finance audiences.
• Partner with Finance on budget, investment, or headcount planning.
• Develop associates and work through globally distributed delivery models.

Benefits

• Performance-based cash incentive.
• Depending on the role level, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.
• Health benefits.
• Life benefits.
• Disability benefits.
• 401(k) with company contribution and match.
• Vacation, personal days, holidays, and other leaves.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director