ED, Portfolio & Resource Analytics

Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid This position will be located at East Hanover, NJ and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 15% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international). 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 enterprise decision environments through integrated executive analytics and portfolio insights that enable the organization to prioritize investments, track performance, and shape strategic direction. Reporting into the VP, Head of Enterprise Insights & Analytics, the Executive Director, Portfolio & Re-source Analytics leads the enterprise-level analytics capability that answers three connected questions for US leadership: how is the business performing, where should we invest, and are our functions operating effectively. The role brings together Enterprise & Functional Excellence and Enterprise Resource Optimization under a single leader so that performance measurement and investment guidance are produced as one coherent enterprise point of view rather than as separate analytical exercises. The Executive Director, Portfolio & Resource Analytics is a senior I&A role interfacing with Finance, the Office of the US President, and to USLT forums – accountable for the standards, methodologies, and narratives through which enterprise performance and investment decisions are framed.   Job Description   Key Responsibilities: • Enterprise and portfolio-wide scope spanning all US therapeutic areas, brands, and business functions – covering enterprise performance reporting, functional excellence, and enterprise investment and resource optimization. • Leads two Director-led capability areas: Enterprise & Functional Excellence, and Enterprise Resource Optimization. • Accountable for the enterprise standards that the pillar and TA teams apply, setting what “good” looks like across USLT reporting, KPI definition, and investment guidance. • Principal I&A interface with Finance leadership, the Office of the NVS US President, and Strategy for enterprise performance and investment matters. • Owns US enterprise/executive level Performance Vigilance processes like Monthly Business Review, Performance Pulse, Functional Business Reviews, etc • Two-in-a-box relationship with modeling leadership in the Analytics, Capabilities & Modeling CoE, ensuring consultation and modeling operate as one capability from the stakeholder’s perspective. Essential Requirements:   Novartis seeks a senior leader with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry who has led enterprise-level analytics, performance, or investment capabilities. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading and developing high-performing teams including experienced managers, of establishing standards that a large organization actually adopts, and of engaging credibly with executive leadership – including holding a defensible point of view under challenge from senior finance and business stakeholders. • Minimum 10+ years of experience in enterprise analytics, business performance, resource allocation, strategic finance, or management consulting within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is preferred • Minimum 5+ years of people management experience, including leading experienced managers and building senior talent • Demonstrated experience establishing enterprise standards, methodologies, or reporting ecosyste