Manager, Strategy Support

Sandoz•Princeton, FL

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Strategy Support enables effective strategy development and disciplined execution across North America. Supporting both the Director, Strategy Development and the Director, Strategy Deployment, this role helps create the structure, coordination, and analytical support needed to translate strategic priorities into informed decisions, aligned plans, and consistent follow-through. The position plays an important integrative role across planning, governance, insight generation, and executive support, helping ensure that strategic priorities are advanced with clarity, rigor, and operational discipline. Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape! This position will be located at the Princeton, NJ US Headquarters site. Our Sandoz flexible hybrid working approach allows US office-based employees to work up to 50% of their monthly workday remotely. This role will not have the ability to be located remotely. Preference will be given to local candidates not requiring relocation. U.S. Work visa sponsorship not available for this role. Must have U.S. work authorization. Within the North America Strategy & Growth organization, the Manager, Strategy Support provides project management, analytical, governance, and executive support across priority strategy development and deployment activities. Reporting to the Director, Strategy Deployment and partnering closely with the Director, Strategy Development, this role helps coordinate planning processes, track execution against priorities, synthesize insights, and produce leadership-ready materials that enable effective decision-making and disciplined follow-through. This role requires strong organizational discipline, structured problem-solving, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a complex, matrixed environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, economics, engineering, life sciences, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA, MS) preferred.
5+ years of experience in strategy execution, PMO, management consulting, transformation, corporate strategy, or a related field.
Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives, governance routines, and strategic planning or deployment processes.
Experience applying structured problem-solving and analytical tools, including dashboards, trackers, scorecards, and KPI reporting, to support planning, governance, and decision-making.
Experience preparing presentations, summaries, and other leadership-ready materials for senior stakeholders.
Experience supporting multiple concurrent initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment with competing priorities and deadlines.
Must have U.S. work authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries.
Familiarity with strategic deployment frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Hoshin Kanri, Balanced Scorecard) or enterprise PMOs.
Experience with competitive landscape analysis, scenario planning, or strategic roadmap development.
Exposure to senior leadership planning and performance management processes.
Lean / Six Sigma exposure (e.g., Green Belt).
Experience with reporting, planning, and workflow tools such as Power BI, Smartsheet, Visio, Miro, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

Support Strategy Management Office (SMO) operations, including governance routines, portfolio tracking, risk and dependency monitoring, KPI tracking, and preparation of dashboards and scorecards.
Support strategy development activities through market, competitive, policy, and business analysis, synthesis of findings, and preparation of materials that inform roadmap discussions and leadership decisions.
Coordinate strategic planning and deployment processes, including tracking priorities, milestones, owners, and cross-functional inputs to support alignment with the NA Strategic Roadmap.
Prepare leadership-ready materials for meetings, working sessions, and steering forums, including presentations, briefings, summaries, action-item tracking, and follow-up documentation.
Support cross-functional execution by coordinating stakeholders, monitoring action items, surfacing risks and interdependencies, and helping maintain timely follow-through on strategic initiatives.
Provide project management and analytical support for high-priority strategy development and deployment initiatives as directed by leadership.