Director, BD&L, Insights and Decision Science

Job Description Summary

Location: On-site

This position will be located at East Hanover NJ site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require up to 10% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international).

Please note that this role would not provide relocation and only local candidates will be considered.

The Integrated Insights organization in US Innovative Medicines is the Novartis engine for achieving best in class Healthcare provider (HCP) experience and transformative new product launches. The New Products and BD&L group within Insights and Decision Science is seeking a highly motivated analytics and market research leader to facilitate key business decisions and to optimize the Go-to-Market strategies for late stage opportunities.

The Director BD&L Insights and Decision Science is responsible for proactively bringing insights to the business to support strategic and tactical business decisions for new product commercialization including fore-casting primary market research and patient data analytics. This role requires specific therapeutic area in-depth expertise analytical instinct strategic thinking and project and vendor management skills. This role will leverage content knowledge when completing proactive and requested analytics and enable the business organization to drive optimal decisions on investments. The Director BD&L Integrated Insights will deliver primary market research secondary data analytics propose and test market analogs gather stakeholder input challenge assumptions and serve as a thought-leader and partner for business decisions leading to the product launch. This role will report to the Lead Director Integrated Insights BD&L within the Insights and Decision Science Organization.

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop effective business and competitive intelligence for the product/ portfolio across relevant functions to provide unbiased and fact-based competitive insights benchmarking and recommendations regarding commercialization strategies cross-functional strategies and resource prioritization

• Lead team analysis and/or independently perform strategic assessments of select competitor activities including (but not limited to): market situation analysis strategic forecasting strategic and operational benchmarking and articulation of implications in legal and compliant manner.

• Appropriately monitor and benchmark strategic plans and key developments of competitors to provide early warning for potential threats and opportunities for successful implementation to prioritized strategic initiatives and tactical plans.

• Provide guidance and lead efforts for the creation of go-to-market plans insights plans and sales & marketing budgets for late-stage opportunities

• Proactive surveillance of relevant Disease Area portfolio healthcare environment issues including policy regulatory and health technology to identify key issues relevant to strategic planning initiatives in the US.

• Ensure the effective implementation and integrity of all competitive and business intelligence activities such as primary research and other appropriate intelligence

• Gathering and analysis projects through timely and appropriate coordination with stakeholders and external vendors.

• Drive the forecasting process for pre-launch opportunities through model design assumptions gathering & validation conducting conjoint studies research into analogs sensitivity analyses and simulation and socialize the results to Pharma leadership

Essential Requirements:

• Education: Bachelors Degree in business or STEM major is required MBA preferred

• 8 years of experience in marketing science data analytics forecasting primary market research or similar roles in pharmaceutical biotech healthcare or healthcare consulting industry

• US Market experience with pre-launch and launch assets

• Experience supporting M&A or BD&L activities (insights forecasting due-diligence)

• Experience using data to support business decisions return on investment/ financial modelling and statistical analysis

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience in multiple therapeutic areas particularly specialty and rare diseases

• 3 years of experience in analyzing large pharma data sets (Rx APLD EMR etc)

• High level initiative ability to multi-task and passionate about asking and answering questions using primary market research secondary research reports and data science methods

• Ability to work with many cross-functional partners excellence in consensus building and communicating uncertainty and be able to explain issues from aggregate trends to modeling mechanics

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $185500 and $344500/year; however while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/25 through 12/31/25 fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to geographical location experience level knowledge skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a sign-on bonus restricted stock units and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation sick time and parental leave) dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

EEO Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.

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Salary Range

$185500.00 - $344500.00

Skills Desired

Data Analytics Market Research