Director, Advanced Analytics and Modeling - Key Drivers & Actions (KDA)

Novartis • East Hanover, NJ

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Advanced Analytics & Modeling – KDA leads the development and application of advanced analytics to explain enterprise business performance drivers and translate insights into differentiated actions. The role identifies factors influencing growth, adoption, access, customer behavior, market performance, and other strategic outcomes across brands, markets, accounts, customers, and geographies.

The position leads enterprise Key Drivers & Action Planning analytics across launch and in-market priorities, supports launch strategy, and applies scenario-based analytics to identify actions and levers likely to improve outcomes. The Director partners with business and analytics stakeholders to connect rigorous, interpretable, scalable analyses with practical decisions and measurable actions. The role also develops and mentors analytics talent and contributes to the evolution of enterprise Advanced Analytics capabilities.

The ideal location is the East Hanover, New Jersey site, though remote work may be possible subject to legal-entity restrictions. Relocation is not provided. Remote employees are responsible for home-office expenses and travel or lodging for periodic meetings at the East Hanover site. The position requires 15% travel; working hours and travel expectations will be defined by the hiring manager.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience.
• Significant progressive experience in Advanced Analytics, Decision Science, Commercial Analytics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience applying advanced analytics to explain business performance and inform action.
• Experience leading complex analytical programs from problem framing through executive recommendation.
• Experience leading or mentoring analytics professionals and influencing senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or a similarly complex industry.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline; equivalent demonstrated expertise and leadership experience may be considered.
• Experience with launch, customer, market, subnational, account, or performance analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise Key Drivers & Action Planning analytics capability across launch and in-market priorities.
• Design and oversee advanced analyses to identify primary drivers of growth, decline, adoption, access, market variation, and performance gaps.
• Develop performance archetypes and opportunity and barrier diagnostics across brands, markets, accounts, customers, and geographies.
• Translate analytical findings into prioritized actions and differentiated playbooks for relevant business functions.
• Ensure Key Drivers analytics addresses enterprise performance broadly and is not limited to field execution.
• Support launch strategy by identifying likely performance drivers, barriers, and market archetypes before and after launch.
• Apply scenario-based analytics to clarify which actions or levers are most likely to improve outcomes.
• Partner with business and analytics stakeholders to connect driver insights with practical decisions and measurable actions.
• Ensure analytical approaches are rigorous, interpretable, scalable, and appropriate to the decision context.
• Develop and mentor analytics talent and contribute to the evolution of enterprise Advanced Analytics capabilities.

Benefits

• Performance-based cash incentive.
• Depending on 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.
• A variety of other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed