Associate Director, Data Partnerships - Oncology

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 Data Innovation, Partnerships and Products team, under the Data Products and Foundations pillar within Strategy, Platforms and Transformation, enables improved decision-making at Novartis by leveraging data and advanced analytics capabilities to generate actionable insights that drive business growth. The Associate Director, Data Partnerships - Oncology will play a critical role in establishing, managing, and strengthening oncology-focused data partnerships that sup‑port the US Commercial organization and advance priority business needs across oncology brands, customer engagement, patient access, and field execution.

This role is responsible for overseeing Novartis strategic oncology data partnerships within SPT to ensure compliance, quality, business relevance, and effective use of external data assets. The Associate Director will bring depth in healthcare and oncology data, including experience working with or for a data vendor, and will help implement the data partnership strategy, monitor spend and partnership performance, enforce data stewardship practices, and partner with internal teams to identify the most relevant oncology data sets to support business needs and data-driven decision-making.

• Implement the organizations oncology data partnership strategy, including the identification of critical data needs across US Commercial oncology brands, functions, and priority use cases.
• Establish, manage, and strengthen strategic oncology data partnerships with external data providers, platforms, and vendors to maximize the value of external oncology data assets.
• Apply deep understanding of oncology data sources, vendor capabilities, data limitations, and fit-for-purpose use cases to guide partnership decisions and business recommendations.
• Monitor adherence to data quality, security, privacy, and compliance standards for external oncology data sources, platforms, and vendors, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and internal data management policies.
• Collaborate with data vendors, business stakeholders, analytics teams, field enablement, access, and cross-functional oncology teams to address data quality issues and communicate corresponding changes.
• Implement oversight mechanisms for external oncology data partnerships, ensuring compliance with data standards, data‑sharing agreements, governance expectations, and internal policies.
• Implement data stewardship practices across platforms, vendors, and technology solutions to verify that oncology data is properly managed, governed, and leveraged throughout the partnership lifecycle.
• Track oncology data partnerships and spend, provide performance metrics and governance reporting to senior leadership, and identify opportunities for operational efficiencies, improved governance, and enhanced collaboration.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand oncology business needs, recommend relevant data sets, and guide teams on how to extract actionable insights from available data sources.
• Provide ongoing data advisory support to internal stakeholders, including guidance on recurring deliverables, interpretation of data outputs, data availability, limitations, and appropriate use of rare disease data to support business decisions.

Novartis seeks an individual with extensive experience establishing and managing oncology data partnerships. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of healthcare and oncology data, including the…