Associate Director, New Capabilities & Program Lead

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Build andmaintainthe integratedUSNew Capabilities & Adoption roadmap across all pillars, including milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and value measures.
• Run planning rhythms, leadership team agendas, decision logs, action trackers, and executive updates for the function.
• Coordinate intake and prioritization of capability-buildingneedsso the function does not become a request queue or training factory.
• Establish common KPI definitions for adoption, learning effectiveness, readiness, usage, productivity, and value realization.
• Support budget, vendor, resource, and capacity planning in partnership with Finance and functional leads.
• Maintain documentation standards, SharePoint/Teams structures, governance archives, and reusable templates

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor's degreein businessor related field; advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent)preferred
• 7+ years in program management, business operations, strategic operations, transformationoffice, capability building, or consulting.
• Experience with commercial transformation, learning operations, AI adoption, or change enablement experience.
• Experience running complex cross-functional operating cadences, dashboards, executive materials, and action tracking.
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, project tooling, stakeholder management, and written communication skills.
• Ability tooperate withconfidential and ambiguous information in asenior-stakeholderenvironment.

Desirable Requirements:

• Pharma/healthcareindustry background
• Experience with KPI dashboards, portfolio routines, vendor coordination, and enterprise governance forums.

Novartis Compensation Summary:

The salary for this position is expected to range between $152,600 and $283,400per 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.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

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