About the position
The ideal location for this role is East Hanover, NJ but a distant working arrangement may be possible in certain states. Distant workers are responsible for the cost of home office expenses and periodic travel/lodging to East Hanover, NJ, as determined necessary by hiring manager. There are 2 Immunology Director Product Lead positions associated with this job posting: Director - Decision Science, Product Lead - Rheumatology and Director - Decision Science, Product Lead - Dermatology. The Insights and Decision Science (IDS) 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, 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 IDS 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 IDS and product team, the individual ensures continuous insight-generation and strategic alignment, fostering innovation and informed decision-making. Leading a team of high-performing IDS 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.
Responsibilities
- Shape the strategic direction of the brand by leveraging insights to identify opportunities, address challenges, and optimize performance
- Integrate and synthesize insights from across IDS functions to deliver comprehensive, actionable recommendations that address key brand objectives
- 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 IDS POD at product level by working across IDS pillars to direct and synthesize information to help drive brand performance
- 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 and predictive analytics to explore/address business issues in the context of the brand
Requirements
- A minimum of eight 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
- 5+ years of domain expertise in 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
- 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
Benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
- sign-on bonus
- restricted stock units
- discretionary awards
- full range of medical and financial benefits
