Director, Product Strategy Lead - DM1

Job Description Summary

This position will be located at either the Cambridge, MA or East Hanover, NJ 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 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 U.S. This individual will contribute to the key decision making for maximizing the impact of the product under their remit while actively and appropriately managing resource allocation across multiple teams and multiple functions. This will be done in consultation with various teams and functions, including: Marketing, Sales, Novartis Patient Support, Market Access, Insights & Data Science, and Medical about their respective strategies, plans and proposed resourcing. This leader will impact the Novartis legacy in his/her responsibility for accelerating impact in the product while leading through a business‑critical transformation. This role will contribute to the management of the full P&L for the assigned product, under the final leadership of the General Manager for the Product or Portfolio and will partner closely with functional heads for decision‑making of resource allocation to deliver the most accelerated impact for the product. This leader will be a key member of the General Manager team in the Integrated Product Strategy Organization and is expected to demonstrate accountability for the assigned product or indication and responsibility for broader enterprise leadership in their decisions and engagement across the U.S. Pharma organization. This leader has a passion for transformational enterprise leadership, decisive strategy in service of delivering higher impact for patients, customers, healthcare systems with higher quality, speed and agility. Additionally, this leader will be responsible for ensuring that customer engagement and relationship building are factored into the product/indication’s strategic approach and performance metrics to optimize the approach and identify potential areas of risk.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Essential Requirements

• Education (minimum/desirable): Bachelor’s Degree, preferred MBA.
• Experience :
  • 8+ years in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or healthcare consulting industry inclusive of at least 2 different types of cross‑functional roles/experience.
  • 2+ years of direct responsibility for large budget management inclusive of owning key product trade‑off decisions.
  • 2+ 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.

Desirable Requirements

• 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).
• Cross‑functional roles/experience means the associate has worked in different full‑time roles for at least 1 year each. Cross‑functional roles can include experiences in Sales, Marketing, Market Access, NPS, IDS, Medical.

Salary Range

$185,500.00 – $344,500.00 per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors such as 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.

Benefits

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 Strategy
• Commercial Excellence
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Customer Orientation
• Digital Marketing
• Healthcare Sector Understanding
• Influencing Skills
• Inspirational Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Negotiation Skills
• Operational Excellence
• People Management
• Priority Disease Areas Expertise
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Product Marketing
• Product Strategy
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Partnerships