Director, Data Strategy
Novartis
August 24, 2026
Remote
United States
IT
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead functional data strategy for Customer Engagement and Integrated Marketing Organization, defining roadmaps, priorities, capability needs, and success measures aligned to enterprise data strategy.
- Advance data strategies to scale customer engagement, omnichannel activation, field execution, marketing effectiveness, segmentation, and integrated customer experience across brands and channels.
- Identify horizontal functional data needs vs. therapeutic area/brand/launch/indication/lifecycle needs, ensuring functional priorities are reflected in roadmaps without duplicating therapeutic area-specific accountabilities.
- Align business stakeholders and teams (Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, vendors) around prioritized data requirements, sourcing decisions, governance expectations, adoption plans, and value realization.
- Drive portfolio transparency, reuse, governance, adoption, and continuous improvement of key functional data assets (executive updates, roadmap views, KPI summaries, investment recommendations, trade-off assessments).
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- 8+ years developing data/analytics/data product strategies connecting business priorities to roadmaps, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes for life sciences companies.
- Strong understanding of life sciences data ecosystems and cross-functional integration of data sources, governance expectations, business needs, and enterprise capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to develop functional/domain data strategies, requirements, capability priorities, and success measures for customer engagement and/or marketing.
- Ability to distinguish horizontal vs. therapeutic area-specific functional needs.
- Experience aligning stakeholders (business, Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, procurement, vendors) around prioritized data capabilities.
- Strong strategic thinking, portfolio management, executive communication, and influence in a complex matrix environment.
Benefits:
- Performance-based cash incentive; potential eligibility for annual equity awards (role-level dependent).
- US-based eligible employees: comprehensive benefits (health, life/disability), 401(k) with company contribution and match, time off (vacation/personal days/holidays/other leaves).
- Lead functional data strategy for Customer Engagement and Integrated Marketing Organization, defining roadmaps, priorities, capability needs, and success measures aligned to enterprise data strategy.
- Advance data strategies to scale customer engagement, omnichannel activation, field execution, marketing effectiveness, segmentation, and integrated customer experience across brands and channels.
- Identify horizontal functional data needs vs. therapeutic area/brand/launch/indication/lifecycle needs, ensuring functional priorities are reflected in roadmaps without duplicating therapeutic area-specific accountabilities.
- Align business stakeholders and teams (Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, vendors) around prioritized data requirements, sourcing decisions, governance expectations, adoption plans, and value realization.
- Drive portfolio transparency, reuse, governance, adoption, and continuous improvement of key functional data assets (executive updates, roadmap views, KPI summaries, investment recommendations, trade-off assessments).
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- 8+ years developing data/analytics/data product strategies connecting business priorities to roadmaps, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes for life sciences companies.
- Strong understanding of life sciences data ecosystems and cross-functional integration of data sources, governance expectations, business needs, and enterprise capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to develop functional/domain data strategies, requirements, capability priorities, and success measures for customer engagement and/or marketing.
- Ability to distinguish horizontal vs. therapeutic area-specific functional needs.
- Experience aligning stakeholders (business, Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, procurement, vendors) around prioritized data capabilities.
- Strong strategic thinking, portfolio management, executive communication, and influence in a complex matrix environment.
Benefits:
- Performance-based cash incentive; potential eligibility for annual equity awards (role-level dependent).
- US-based eligible employees: comprehensive benefits (health, life/disability), 401(k) with company contribution and match, time off (vacation/personal days/holidays/other leaves).