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Executive Director, Analytics Engineering

Novartis
August 25, 2026
Remote
United States
IT
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and champion analytics rigor, including statistical standards, validation protocols, and QA practices.
- Define enterprise-wide frameworks for measurement, performance metrics, and reporting standards.
- Enable cross-functional synergy by connecting analytics efforts across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, and other domains.
- Institutionalize analytics engineering as a core discipline, including reusability of data pipelines, analytics automation, and production-grade analytics solutions.
- Develop scalable capabilities that allow solutions to be transferred across use cases quickly and effectively.
- Support governance and compliance to ensure analytical outputs meet regulatory and ethical standards.

Essential Requirements:
- Bachelorโ€™s or masterโ€™s degree in business administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in data/analytics, with success building scalable systems or frameworks.
- Proven track record establishing analytics standards, governance, or platform capabilities.
- Strong cross-functional experience, ideally within Commercial, Medical, or Market Access analytics in life sciences or a regulated industry.
- Experience with analytics engineering, BI tooling, and data infrastructure concepts.
- Excellent communication and influence skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Requirements:
- Systems thinker with a deep understanding of how analytics drive enterprise decisions.
- Builder mindset; enjoys creating structure from ambiguity and scaling impact.
- Comfort balancing strategic design and operational execution.
- Deep understanding of the data lifecycle from data ingestion to decision-making impact.