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Director, Future Field Engagement Strategy – Metrics & Incentives
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 Remote Position (USA) · Remote
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The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship/clearance.
- 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 says it won’t sponsorIts own wording says sponsorship is unavailable.
- 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 roles1 certified filing for “Director, Product Strategy Counsel” (Lawyers) in NJ: $157k–$157k, median $157k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% 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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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 This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 30% travel. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible to you. Company will not sponsor visas for this position. The Director, Future Field Engagement Strategy – Metrics & Incentives shapes how success is measured and celebrated across Novartis’ evolving commercial organization. This role designs forward‑looking performance metrics and incentive frameworks that align with modern engagement models, emerging field roles, and enterprise priorities. By reinforcing the right behaviors and outcomes, this leader helps inspire field teams while driving sustainable customer impact, growth, and long‑term competitiveness. Job Description Key Responsibilities: • Architect and lead future ‑ ready measurement frameworks that define how Customer Engagement and Go ‑ to ‑ Market success are assessed across the enterprise. • Translate complex, aggregated performance signals (e.g., claims, prescribing, payer, CRM insights) into clear, strategic measurement constructs. • Shape balanced scorecards that intentionally measure both outcomes and critical enterprise behaviors, bringing an outside ‑ in perspective in close partnership with Insights and Decision Science (IDS). • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership by delivering forward ‑ looking insights on performance trends, risks, and opportunities, alongside Insights and Decision Science. • Reimagine incentive compensation strategies to align with evolving field roles, customer archetypes, and modern engagement models. • Steward incentive frameworks in partnership with Incentive Compensation teams to ensure they are equitable, transparent, and meaningfully motivating. • Continuously evolve metrics and incentives to reflect market dynamics, transformation priorities, and real ‑ world field feedback, in collaboration with Insights and Decision Science. • Partner across Insights and Decision Science, Finance, Field Leadership, and field enablement teams to ensure performance frameworks remain grounded, agile, and operationally impactful. Essential Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university. • 10+ years’ experience in incentive design, performance management, or field operations strategy, within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or similarly structured industries with large, geographically dispersed teams. We also welcome candidates from other complex environments such as medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences services, insurance, consumer health, or B2B sectors. • Deep expertise in incentive compensation strategy, customer engagement metrics, and the levers that drive field performance and motivation. • Proven ability to design and scale innovative, data ‑ driven models that connect enterprise insights with real ‑ world field execution. • Strong fluency in healthcare systems, including payer and provider dynamics, enterprise account management, and evolving technology trends. • Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and aligning cross ‑ functional stakeholders within complex, matrixed organizations. • Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights, narratives, and action plans. • Trusted collaborator and communicator, skilled at building relationships, facilitating alignment, and driving outcomes across functions, geographies, and field teams. Desirable Requirements: • Experience workin