Director, Strategy Engagement Lead
Novartis
August 24, 2026
On-site
East Hanover, NJ
Other
Role Overview:
- Reporting into the ED, US Business Strategy Lead, leads day-to-day strategy engagements within US Business Strategy, translating the pillar lead’s agenda into structured projects, aligned stakeholders, decision-ready recommendations, and execution handoffs.
- Own assigned engagements within US commercial enterprise strategy development, functional strategy alignment, annual/quarterly strategic planning, market and competitive synthesis, and US LT decision options.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead development of strategic framing, issue trees, hypotheses, opportunity sizing, and US commercial enterprise strategy narratives.
- Coordinate functional strategy inputs and pressure-test whether functional plans ladder to US commercial enterprise priorities.
- Synthesize market, customer, competitor, policy, portfolio, financial, and operating model inputs into clear strategic choices.
- Prepare US LT-ready recommendations, strategic options, and trade-off narratives.
- Coach AD and Manager resources; ensure analyses, narratives, and stakeholder processes meet executive quality standards.
Essential Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Preferred: Advanced degree (Master of Science and/or MBA).
- Experience: 8+ years in consulting, corporate strategy, commercial strategy, strategic operations, transformation, or relevant pharma/healthcare experience; ability to lead 1–2 complex strategy engagements concurrently with senior stakeholders and ambiguous scope.
- Skills: hypothesis-driven problem solving, facilitation, storylining, analytical synthesis, and influence without authority.
Desirable Requirements:
- Top-tier consulting/corporate strategy/commercial strategy/project leadership/transformation experience.
- Experience converting recommendations into roadmaps, owners, KPIs, and governance handoffs.
- Reporting into the ED, US Business Strategy Lead, leads day-to-day strategy engagements within US Business Strategy, translating the pillar lead’s agenda into structured projects, aligned stakeholders, decision-ready recommendations, and execution handoffs.
- Own assigned engagements within US commercial enterprise strategy development, functional strategy alignment, annual/quarterly strategic planning, market and competitive synthesis, and US LT decision options.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead development of strategic framing, issue trees, hypotheses, opportunity sizing, and US commercial enterprise strategy narratives.
- Coordinate functional strategy inputs and pressure-test whether functional plans ladder to US commercial enterprise priorities.
- Synthesize market, customer, competitor, policy, portfolio, financial, and operating model inputs into clear strategic choices.
- Prepare US LT-ready recommendations, strategic options, and trade-off narratives.
- Coach AD and Manager resources; ensure analyses, narratives, and stakeholder processes meet executive quality standards.
Essential Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Preferred: Advanced degree (Master of Science and/or MBA).
- Experience: 8+ years in consulting, corporate strategy, commercial strategy, strategic operations, transformation, or relevant pharma/healthcare experience; ability to lead 1–2 complex strategy engagements concurrently with senior stakeholders and ambiguous scope.
- Skills: hypothesis-driven problem solving, facilitation, storylining, analytical synthesis, and influence without authority.
Desirable Requirements:
- Top-tier consulting/corporate strategy/commercial strategy/project leadership/transformation experience.
- Experience converting recommendations into roadmaps, owners, KPIs, and governance handoffs.