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USMA Director, Governance & Cross-Functional Operations
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 Remote Position (USA) · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles23 certified filings for “Director, Forecasting-CV” (Data Scientists) in NJ: $170k–$170k, median $170k. Most were filed at wage level IV (83%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
The US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description Summary #LI-Remote The US Medical Affairs Director, Governance & Cross-functional Operations serves as the governance lead and operations transformation architect for US Medical Affairs. The role designs and implements integrated operating models across Medical Governance, Clinical Drug Supply, Contracting & Business Solutions, and other capabilities, translating strategy into scalable structures, governance, decision rights, roles, processes, handoffs, performance measures, and enabling tools that drive high performance and operational effectiveness. Working across US Medical Affairs and key partner functions, the Director aligns stakeholders, manages dependencies and risks, resolves challenges and bottlenecks, manages risk mitigation, leads continuous change evolution, orchestrates inter-dependencies, proposes design and performance improvements, and strengthens execution, accountability, and measurable value realization. The Director leads stakeholder management and sustained adoption, using organization design, AI, analytics, technology enablement, capability building, and continuous improvement to embed new ways of working at scale. This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 20% travel. Job Description Key Responsibilities Strategy & Operations Effectiveness • Design, implement, and continuously improve cross-functional operating models across Medical Governance, Contracting & Business Solutions, Clinical Drug Supply, and other assigned USMA capabilities. • Translate strategic priorities into executable plans with clear scope, governance, decision rights, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, performance measures, and implementation requirements. • Assess current-state processes, identify root causes of delay or fragmentation, and implement practical improvements across functions and teams. • Establish consistent operating standards for intake, prioritization, handoffs, service expectations, escalation, issue resolution, documentation, and performance review, adapting them to each function’s needs. • Lead the implementation and evolution of the USMA Medical Governance framework, including governance forums, risk and CAPA oversight, audit readiness, annual health checks, decision documentation, dashboards, and leadership reporting. • Build organizational effectiveness within the Contracting & Business Solutions team through operating model refinement, role clarity, objective setting, coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning, resource allocation, and accountability for delivery. • Partner with Clinical Drug Supply to strengthen forecasting, planning, ordering, packaging, labeling, distribution, inventory visibility, vendor coordination, issue escalation, and supply continuity across Medical Affairs studies and programs. • Orchestrate inter- dependencies across contracts, drug supply, clinical operations, governance, finance, procurement, legal, quality, and compliance to enable integrated execution and earlier issue resolution. Transformation Architecture & Enablement • Architect enterprise and cross-functional transformations by defining the case for change, future-state vision, operating model, design principles, capability requirements, transformation roadmap, and value measures. • Translate strategy into integrated transformation blueprints that align people, process, governance, technology, data, decision rights, and ways of working across organizational boundaries. • Establis