Director, Field Launch Excellence

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of field execution plans that turn launch strategies into clear actionable steps.
• Define readiness milestones and success metrics to ensure field teams are aligned equipped and confident at launch.
• Create structured feedback loops to gather field insights before during and after launches driving continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with field teams to ensure launch strategies reflect real-world needs and market shifts.
• Partner across commercial insights and launch excellence teams to embed field execution into broader planning.
• Contribute to launch frameworks playbooks and governance models with a focus on field and customer engagement.
• Ensure customer-facing teams have the tools training and resources needed to deliver launch priorities effectively.
• Build scalable repeatable launch readiness approaches that flex across therapeutic areas and product types.
• Apply lessons learned to refine future launches and embed best practices across the organization.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team fostering a culture of collaboration innovation and operational excellence.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelors degree required from 4-year college or university.
• 8 years experience in launch planning field enablement or commercial operations within pharmaceutical biotech healthcare or similarly structured industries with large geographically dispersed sales teams. We also welcome candidates from other complex sales environments such as medical devices diagnostics life sciences services insurance consumer health or B2B sectors.
• Proven ability to translate launch strategies into effective field and customer engagement plans.
• Strong background in building scalable frameworks and readiness models across multiple launches.
• Experience leading cross-functional collaboration in matrixed organizations.
• Demonstrated success in developing and inspiring high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication influence and project management skills.
• Skilled in designing feedback loops and applying field insights to continuously improve launch execution.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience working in healthcare or tech start-ups is a plus especially in fast-paced environments where innovation agility and customer focus are key.

Novartis Compensation Summary:

The salary for this position is expected to range between $185500.00 and $344500.00 per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors like but not limited to relevant skills and experience and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and depending on the level of the role eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health life and disability benefits a 401(k) with company contribution and match and a variety of other addition employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation personal days holidays and other leaves.

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.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

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