Director, Product Strategy Lead - RLT

Novartis•East Hanover, NJ

2d•$185,500 - $344,500•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Product Strategy Lead (PSL) drives the development and execution of integrated product strategies and guides key decisions and resource allocation across cross-functional teams. The role contributes to management of the assigned product’s full P&L and partners closely with the Executive Director, Product Strategy Lead, General Manager, and functional leaders to support strategic, high-impact decisions. As a core member of the Integrated Product Strategy Organization, the Director champions transformational enterprise leadership and embeds customer engagement and relationship-building in the product’s strategic approach.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 8 years in the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or healthcare consulting industry, including experience in at least two different cross-functional roles for at least one year each in Sales, Marketing, Market Access, NPS, IDS, or Medical.
At least 2 years of direct responsibility for large-budget management, including ownership of key product trade-off decisions.
At least 2 years leading and translating an integrated product strategy requiring global and local alignment.
US market, launch, and product lifecycle-stage experience, or General Manager experience in another country.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred.
US pharmaceutical commercial experience strongly preferred.
Prostate cancer therapeutic-area experience, as well as global or other country/region experience through projects, full-time roles, or temporary roles lasting six months or more.

Responsibilities

Define critical integrated priorities and key impact measures for the assigned product or indication with the cross-functional product strategy team, under the final leadership of the General Manager.
Integrate, lead, measure, and take decisive action on KPIs for the integrated product strategy to increase product impact.
Contribute significantly to product or indication P&L while enabling partner functions to manage day-to-day resources.
Contribute significantly to topline results through strategic choices.
Contribute significantly to integrated cross-functional resource allocation to deliver the highest impact.
Establish and coordinate KPI management across functions accountable for the integrated product strategy.
Partner appropriately with functional heads on trade-off decisions.
Partner with other general managers and Product Strategy team members on enterprise decisions, including potential trade-offs between products or indications.