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Director, Data Management Office

Novartis
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (East Hanover, NJ)
United States
IT
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead demand intake, prioritization, and governance processes across the Data Governance and Data Management Office.
- Develop a consolidated portfolio view of initiatives, data products, and business priorities.
- Partner with leaders to align capacity, resources, timelines, and delivery commitments.
- Drive prioritization decisions based on business value, risk, strategy, and organizational capacity.
- Establish executive dashboards and reporting for informed, timely decision-making.
- Monitor portfolio performance, delivery health, resource utilization, and key milestones.
- Identify and escalate risks, dependencies, blockers, and critical decisions requiring leadership support.
- Lead governance forums, portfolio reviews, and cross-functional planning discussions.
- Standardize tools, templates, reporting routines, and program management best practices.
- Drive continuous improvement to enhance transparency, delivery predictability, and operational excellence.

Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Finance, or related field.
- 15+ years’ experience in program/portfolio/demand management, PMO leadership, data transformation, technology delivery, or enterprise operations.
- Proven success managing complex cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and delivery teams.
- Strong expertise in demand management, prioritization, capacity planning, portfolio reporting, and governance.
- Experience creating executive dashboards, performance metrics, milestone tracking, and portfolio health reporting.
- Ability to analyze delivery performance, resource capacity, risks, and execution trends.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and influencing skills across senior leadership.
- Experience in data governance, data management, analytics, technology, or enterprise transformation environments.

Desirable Requirements:
- Professional certification in Program Management, Agile, Scrum, Lean, or Portfolio Management.
- Experience supporting enterprise data governance, analytics, compliance, or large-scale transformation initiatives.

Compensation & Benefits (as stated):
- Performance-based cash incentive; eligibility for annual equity awards (level-dependent).
- Comprehensive benefits package and generous time off.

Application instructions:
- Apply only if accessible; relocation and visa sponsorship are not provided for this position.