Director, Advanced Analytics & Modeling Key Drivers Analytics (KDA) and CoE Lead

Novartis•East Hanover, NJ

10d•$194,600 - $361,400

About The Position

Lead two critical capability areas within Advanced Analytics & Modeling (AA&M): the enterprise Key Drivers Analytics (KDA) capability and the Associate Director team that provides advanced analytics solutions across the portfolio. As KDA capability owner, apply advanced multivariate and diagnostic methods to explain what drives performance across brands, markets, accounts, customers, and geographies, translating evidence into clear, prioritized actions. Lead the Associate Director team in deploying analytics talent across Precision Health, Integrated Promotion Mix Modeling (IPMM), KDA, AI & Unstructured Intelligence, and quarterly priorities set by the Executive Director, AA&M, so the portfolio delivers decision-ready evidence at scale. The ideal location is the East Hanover, New Jersey site, although remote work may be possible subject to legal-entity restrictions. Relocation is not provided. For remote associates, home-office expenses and travel or lodging for periodic live meetings at the East Hanover site are at the employee’s expense. Working hours and travel expectations will be defined by the hiring manager. The role requires 15% travel. The expected salary range is $194,600 to $361,400. Final salary is determined by factors including relevant skills and experience and may be reviewed periodically. Compensation includes a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on role level, potential eligibility for annual equity awards. Eligible US-based employees receive health, life, and disability benefits; a 401(k) with company contribution and match; other benefits; and a time-off package that includes vacation, personal days, holidays, and other leaves.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Econometrics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field.
At least 8 years of progressive experience in advanced analytics, data science, decision science, or commercial analytics in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or a comparably complex industry.
Previous experience leading a team, directly or indirectly.
Executive communication, stakeholder influence, and capacity management skills.
Demonstrated leadership of driver, segmentation, diagnostic, or performance analytics programs that informed business action.
Experience leading analytical programs from business-question framing through executive recommendation, adoption, and impact measurement.
Experience leading analytics professionals, deploying talent flexibly across priorities, and delivering through globally distributed teams.
Expertise in key-driver analysis, multivariate modeling, segmentation and archetyping, performance diagnostics, and scenario analytics.
Working fluency across adjacent methods, including predictive analytics, patient analytics, IPMM/ROI, and causal inference, sufficient to lead a flexible team.
Strong judgment concerning correlation versus causation, uncertainty, confounding, data limitations, and practical significance.
Statistical programming and reproducible analytical workflows.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in a quantitative field.
Experience in launch, account, subnational, or access analytics.
Experience partnering with technology or platform teams to productize analytical solutions.

Responsibilities

Own the enterprise KDA capability, including its roadmap, methodologies, standards, governance, and delivery across priority business decisions.
Lead and develop a team of Associate Directors, ensuring high-quality execution, talent growth, and effective deployment against enterprise priorities.
Drive an integrated US-Hyderabad operating model, partnering with Advanced Analytics leadership to align roadmap, capabilities, capacity, and delivery.
Lead end-to-end advanced analytics engagements, from business problem framing and hypothesis development through analytical design, model validation, insight generation, and recommendations.
Define and execute multivariate driver analyses, segmentation, archetyping, diagnostic assessments, and scenario modeling to identify factors influencing business performance.
Translate analytical insights into actionable recommendations, decision frameworks, and performance improvement strategies that drive measurable business impact.
Prioritize capability investments and analytics initiatives based on strategic value, business needs, capacity, and organizational objectives.
Partner cross-functionally with Customer & Patient Intelligence, SPT, and other stakeholders to support seamless execution, scalability, and adoption of analytical solutions.
Establish and maintain standards for analytical rigor, validation, reproducibility, compliance, responsible AI, documentation, and quality assurance.
Build reusable analytical assets, methods, and best practices while enabling Hyderabad teams to deliver increasingly complex and scalable KDA solutions independently.
Deploy analytics talent across Precision Health, IPMM, KDA, AI & Unstructured Intelligence, and quarterly priorities set by the Executive Director, AA&M.