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Dir, Innovative Patient Data Product Lead

Novartis
August 24, 2026
Remote
United States
IT
Job Description Summary / Role
Own patient-centric data products across patient journey, SP/ASOC, hub, and access domains—defining vision, roadmap, prioritization, adoption plan, and value measures to improve patient identification, access, treatment initiation, adherence, persistence, and outcomes. Define products beyond datasets by embedding business meaning, rules, metrics, lineage, metadata, and context for reuse by business users, analytics teams, and AI-enabled solutions.

Key Responsibilities
- Own product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and lifecycle management for Patient Journey, SP/ASOC, Hub, Access.
- Define products with semantic definitions, reusable measures, standards, metadata, lineage, and clear consumption patterns.
- Partner with DEO (Data Enablement Organization) to translate strategy into executable plans, align delivery priorities, remove barriers, and ensure scalable, reliable enterprise consumption.
- Collaborate across business, analytics, technology, Data Partnerships, Innovation and Products, and Data Products and Foundations to prioritize capabilities and reduce duplication.
- Drive adoption, stakeholder engagement, product performance management, issue prioritization, and continuous enhancement.
- Establish product standards, governance routines, intake processes, service expectations, and value measures for reliability, reuse, compliance, scalability, and impact.

Essential Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; MS and/or MBA strongly preferred.
- 10+ years in pharma/healthcare/technology/data/analytics/consulting with focus on data products/data strategy/product management/analytics enablement.
- 5+ years domain expertise in patient journey, SP/ASOC, hub/access data, patient services, market access/commercial analytics, data governance, and AI-ready semantic data products.
- Proven ability to define vision, roadmap, prioritization, use cases, adoption plans, value measures, and governance in a complex matrix environment.
- Strong understanding of semantic data products, business definitions, data quality, metadata, lineage, standards, and AI-ready consumption patterns.
- Experience partnering with data enablement/platform/technology/analytics/business/governance/operations to execute and scale.
- Excellent communication skills for senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to bridge technical requirements with business/domain context; thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Application Instructions
- Apply via the job requisition/posted application process; include the job requisition number if requesting accommodations (email: [email protected], phone: +1(877)395-2339).