Launch Excellence Director

At Novartis, we are committed to delivering transformational medicines to patients around the world. As the Launch Excellence Director, you will play a critical role in ensuring our priority Immunology and Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic (CRM) assets achieve successful, consistent, and impactful launches across International markets.

At Novartis, we are committed to delivering transformational medicines to patients around the world. As the Launch Excellence Director, you will play a critical role in ensuring our priority Immunology and Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic (CRM) assets achieve successful, consistent, and impactful launches across International markets. In this strategic role, you will serve as the dedicated Launch Excellence partner to cross-functional asset teams, driving adoption of Novartis' Launch Excellence Framework, Launch Readiness Reviews (LRRs), One Brand Plan (OneBP) governance, and pre-launch readiness indicators.

Your leadership will strengthen launch strategies, improve execution readiness, enhance organizational capability, and accelerate learning across markets. You will collaborate closely with Commercial, Medical, Value & Access, Patient Advocacy, and Regional teams to ensure launch excellence becomes a competitive advantage and delivers meaningful value for patients and healthcare systems.

At Novartis, we are committed to delivering transformational medicines to patients around the world. As the Launch Excellence Director, you will play a critical role in ensuring our priority Immunology and Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic (CRM) assets achieve successful, consistent, and impactful launches across International markets. In this strategic role, you will serve as the dedicated Launch Excellence partner to cross-functional asset teams, driving adoption of Novartis' Launch Excellence Framework, Launch Readiness Reviews (LRRs), One Brand Plan (OneBP) governance, and pre-launch readiness indicators.

Your leadership will strengthen launch strategies, improve execution readiness, enhance organizational capability, and accelerate learning across markets. You will collaborate closely with Commercial, Medical, Value & Access, Patient Advocacy, and Regional teams to ensure launch excellence becomes a competitive advantage and delivers meaningful value for patients and healthcare systems.

• Serve as the strategic Launch Excellence partner for priority Immunology and CRM assets across the portfolio.
• Provide an enterprise-wide and cross-market perspective to strengthen launch planning and execution.
• Translate asset strategies into clear launch roadmaps, milestones, key deliverables, and critical decision points.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and execution challenges early, ensuring proactive mitigation plans.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and coordinated launch execution.
• Incorporate customer insights, market intelligence, and best practices into launch strategies and planning.

• Drive disciplined implementation of the International Launch Excellence Framework across priority assets and markets.
• Plan, facilitate, and optimize Launch Readiness Reviews (LRRs), ensuring high-quality discussions, decision-making, and follow-up actions.
• Guide teams in the effective application of pre-launch readiness indicators and performance measures.
• Analyze readiness data to identify gaps and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure consistent governance while tailoring support to asset complexity, lifecycle stage, and market needs.
• Monitor launch milestones, deliverables, timelines, and overall…