ED, Product Strategy Lead - MS

Executive Director, Product Strategy Lead (PSL)

This position will be located at the East Hanover, NJ site or the Cambridge, MA site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 20% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/or international). The Executive Director, Product Strategy Lead (PSL) will lead the creation, implementation, orchestration and measurement of the integrated product strategies for an indication of a product within a given therapeutic area in the US, under the leadership of a General Manager for the Product or Portfolio.

• Define critical and specific integrated priorities and key impact measures for assigned product/indication in consultation with the cross-functional product strategy team under the final leadership of the General Manager.
• Integrate, lead, measure and take decisive action against the KPIs on the integrated product strategy to raise impact for product
• Significant contribution to the P&L of a product/indication while enabling partner functions to manage day-to-day resource management
• Significant contribution to the topline results as an outcome of strategic choices
• Significant contribution to the integrated cross-functional resource allocation to deliver highest impact
• Establish and coordinate management of KPI's across all functions accountable for the integrated product strategy
• Appropriately partner with functional heads in trade-off decisions
• Partner with other general managers and members of the Product Strategy team for enterprise decisions, including potential trade-offs between products/indications

Education (minimum/desirable):

Bachelor's Degree, preferred MBA

Experience:

Required:

• 10+ years in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or healthcare consulting industry inclusive of at least 2 different types of cross-functional roles/experience
• 3+ years of direct responsibility for large budget management inclusive of owning key product trade-off decisions
• 3+ years leading and translating an integrated product strategy requiring global and local alignment
• US Market, launch and product lifecycle stages experience, OR, General Manager experience in other countries

Preferred:

• Therapeutic Area experience
• US experience strongly preferred
• Global or other country / region experience (Projects or full time roles or temporary roles for 6 months or more)

The salary for this position is expected to range between $ and $ per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Skills Desired

Agility, Asset Management, Business Strategies, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Oriented, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategies, Medical Affairs, Negotiation, People Management, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Positioning, Product Strategies, Revenue Growth, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Alliances, Value Propositions