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Director, Data Strategy
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 East Hanover (New Jersey)
Sponsorship verdict
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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.
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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-Hybrid This position will be located at East Hanover, NJ site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 10% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international).” Job description summary The Director, Data Strategy defines and advances data strategies for priority US functional domains, translating business priorities into integrated roadmaps, investment recommendations, and scalable data capabilities. This role leads two functional coverage areas, Customer Engagement and Integrated Marketing Organization and focuses on horizontal data needs that cut across brands and therapeutic areas while complementing therapeutic area-specific Data Strategy roles. The role identifies common functional use cases, data gaps, requirements, and reuse opportunities to support governed, reusable data assets across the US organization. Job Description Key Responsibilities: • Lead functional data strategy for two priority US coverage areas, Customer Engagement and Integrated Marketing Organization, defining roadmaps, priorities, capability needs, and success measures aligned to enterprise data strategy. • For Customer Engagement and Integrated Marketing Organization, advance data strategies that scale customer engagement, omnichannel activation, field execution, marketing effectiveness, segmentation, and integrated customer experience across brands and channels. • Differentiate horizontal functional data needs from therapeutic area-specific, brand, launch, indication, and lifecycle needs, ensuring functional priorities are reflected in enterprise and therapeutic area roadmaps without duplicating therapeutic area-specific accountabilities. • Align business stakeholders, therapeutic area Data Strategy Leads, Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, and vendor teams around prioritized data requirements, sourcing decisions, governance expectations, adoption plans, and value realization. • Drive portfolio transparency, reuse, governance, adoption, and continuous improvement of key functional data assets, including executive-ready updates, roadmap views, KPI summaries, investment recommendations, and trade-off assessments. Novartis seeks an individual with extensive experience establishing and managing data partnerships. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the data partnership landscape, including industry best practices for collaborating with external data providers, platforms, and vendors. A proven ability to navigate data-related risks, including privacy, security, quality, and compliance, while building mutually beneficial partnerships is essential. The successful candidate will be committed to continuous improvement in the organization’s data partnership strategy, leveraging data insights and industry trends to strengthen collaboration and maximize the value of external data assets. Essential Requirements: • Education: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred • Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience developing data, analytics, or data product strategies that connect business priorities to roadmaps, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes for life science companies • Strong understanding of life sciences data ecosystems and how data sources, governance expectations, business needs, and enterprise capabilities come together across functions. • Demonstrated ability to develop functional or domain-level data strategies, requirements, capability priorities, and success measures customer engagement and/or marketing • Ability to distinguish horizontal functional data needs from therapeutic area-specific, brand, indication, launch, and lifecycle-specific need