Director, Intelligence Modernization & Productivity

Novartis

3d•$185,500 - $344,500•Remote

About The Position

The US Insights & Analytics (I&A) organization engineers the optimal decision environment for the US business by orchestrating, integrating, and synthesizing insights and analytics across therapeutic areas, functions, and the enterprise. Enterprise I&A drives integrated executive analytics and portfolio insights to help the organization prioritize investments, track performance, and shape strategic direction. The Director, Intelligence Modernization & Productivity leads the strategy, governance, prioritization, and continuous evolution of enterprise analytics modernization and productivity capabilities. The role partners with the AI & Platform Products organization within Strategy, Platforms & Technology (SPT) and business stakeholders to transform analytics operating models, modernize workflows, accelerate adoption of AI-enabled ways of working, and improve efficiency, scalability, quality, and business impact. The Director serves as the business owner for analytics modernization frameworks, process transformation initiatives, productivity programs, governance processes, capability roadmaps, and reusable enterprise assets. The role is the primary business counterpart to AI & Platform Products for modernization priorities, business requirements, adoption strategies, and value realization, but does not own AI platforms, agent development, automation technologies, technical architecture, product engineering, technology delivery, or analytics domain ownership. It operates within a globally integrated capability model, sharing accountability with HYD counterparts through common standards, coordinated roadmaps, reusable solutions, and shared outcomes. This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S., with possible restrictions based on legal entity. Relocation is not provided. Working hours and travel, including domestic and/or international travel, will be defined by the hiring manager; travel may be required at the manager’s discretion.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years of experience in analytics, business transformation, process improvement, automation, productivity, operations, or related disciplines.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Fluent English.
Experience leading cross-functional transformation, modernization, operating model, workforce evolution, organizational change, or adoption initiatives.
Experience translating business objectives into scalable analytics, workflow, and technology capabilities.
Experience establishing governance frameworks or standards.
Experience managing roadmaps, backlogs, prioritization processes, and agile delivery partnerships.
Experience partnering across analytics, technology, product, and business organizations.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Technology, Operations, Organizational Effectiveness, or a related field.
Other language skills.
Experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences, AI-enabled workflows, digital transformation, or enterprise process modernization.

Responsibilities

Serve as the enterprise business owner for analytics modernization, analytics productivity, process transformation, and analytics workflow reengineering.
Define and maintain the enterprise analytics modernization strategy and roadmap, aligning priorities with enterprise analytics, AI, productivity, and workforce transformation objectives.
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and modernize analytics workflows and operating models.
Own the modernization capability backlog, roadmap, intake, prioritization, trade-off decisions, capacity planning, and value realization process.
Establish governance frameworks, standards, methodologies, reusable patterns, reference workflows, and operating principles.
Define the future-state analytics operating model, including AI-enabled workflows, human-plus-agent ways of working, and scalable delivery models.
Establish adoption, change management, and measurement frameworks for modernization initiatives.
Partner with AI & Platform Products within SPT as the primary business counterpart for modernization priorities, business requirements, adoption strategies, and value realization.
Partner with HYD counterparts to jointly define priorities, standards, roadmaps, requirements, and reusable assets.
Share accountability in a globally integrated capability model through common standards, coordinated roadmaps, reusable solutions, and shared outcomes.