Director, Decision Science Product Lead – Neuroscience (1 of 2 roles)

Novartis • East Hanover, NJ

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Insights and Analytics 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 ED, Decision Science Product Lead Neuroscience, this role is crucial in enabling proactive and integrated insight-driven decision making for the brand, addressing business problems, shaping strategy and implementing decision science through Insights & Analytics capabilities. The Decision Science Product Lead is a strategic leader responsible for transforming complex data into actionable insights that drive brand success. This role is pivotal in integrating and synthesizing information from diverse sources to provide comprehensive, actionable answers that align with brand strategic imperatives. By supporting the generation and analysis of insights throughout the product lifecycle as the connector between the Insights & Analytics and product team, the individual ensures continuous insight-generation and strategic alignment, fostering in-novation and informed decision-making. Leading a team of high-performing Insights & Analytics POD at product level, this role is instrumental in shaping the brand's strategic direction, ensuring that insights are effectively leveraged to achieve business goals. This position will be located at the East Hanover, NJ or Cambridge, MA sites and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 10% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international).

Requirements

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a deep understanding of brand management, product lifecycle management and market dynamics
• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Life Sciences, Data Science or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred
• Strong background in therapeutic area strategy, product lifecycle management, and early-stage asset planning, ideally with experience in both established and launch products.
• Minimum 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, preferably with rare diseases.
• Expertise in synthesizing complex data from diverse sources to drive actionable, business-aligned insights and inform strategic decisions across the product lifecycle
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and drive strategic brand initiatives, including ability to influence without authority
• Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively collaborating with senior leadership and aligning diverse teams around strategic goals for IPST.
• Proficiency in insight and hypothesis generation, behavioral science, data science, and primary and secondary research methodologies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing business needs and priorities

Nice To Haves

• Experience with rare diseases given the unique insights and analytics due to rare disease go-to-market models, data analytics, patient services, market access and diagnostic testing needs associated with rare disease brands.
• Ability to manage high performing teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Responsibilities

• Shape the strategic direction of a neuromuscular brand by leveraging insights to identify opportunities, address challenges, and optimize performance
• Integrate and synthesize insights from across I&A functions to deliver comprehensive, actionable recommendations that address key brand objectives and take into account rare disease approaches and models
• Actively participate in IPST discussions and decision-making, contributing data-driven insights and challenging established thinking to refine strategies
• Understand and help craft the brand narrative for IPST meetings and conversations with senior leadership
• Serve as the primary point of contact and proactive strategic thought partner for the Integrated Product Strategy Team (IPST) and General Management (GM), driving brand performance narrative, and ensuring consistent communication and alignment
• Collaborate with the IPST Lead to further refine analyses & sharpen insights / recommendations
• Lead POD at product level by working across I&A pillars to direct and synthesize information to help drive brand performance
• Closely coordinate with other neuromuscular product illuminators for areas of synergistic value across neuromuscular brands given the common footprints and rare disease characteristics.
• Share key insights with the IPST, while actively pressure-testing and challenging current thinking to drive innovation and informed decision-making
• Support the generation and analysis of insights throughout the entire product lifecycle, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with brand goals
• Synthesize large volumes of analytics provided by GM, ensuring that insights are translated into actionable strategies for the brand
• Pressure-test insights and analyses to ensure robust, high-quality recommendations that drive brand success
• Integrate performance analytics (e.g., diagnose current results with aligned KPIs and drivers, provide clarity on root cause) and predictive analytics (e.g., data-driven scenarios and simulations) to explore/address business issues in the context of the brand
• Support neuromuscular above-brand initiatives in building rare disease capabilities.

Benefits

• health, life and disability benefits
• a 401(k) with company contribution and match
• a variety of other benefits
• a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves

What This Job Offers

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