Director, AI Enablement, Corporate Affairs

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Level 6

Job Description Summary

Were a team of dedicated and passionate people united by a drive to achieve together. This is a senior leadership role accountable for defining and delivering the AI strategy that transforms how Novartis Corporate Affairs creates and delivers enterprise value. You will set the multi-year vision for AI enablement across the function lead a team to execution lead the development of the portfolio and represent Corporate Affairs as our lead voice on AI in senior enterprise forums. You will own the full lifecycle of AI in Corporate Affairs from strategy and business cases through delivery governance adoption and realized value and is measured by the strategic operational and reputational impact AI generates for the function and the enterprise.

Job Description

Novartis will not sponsor visas for this position.

This role is required to be in our East Hanover NJ office 3x/week.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement a defined and executive-endorsed multi-year AI strategy for Corporate Affairs that anticipates how AI will reshape communications public affairs ESG and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead the strategy and development of a prioritized AI portfolio governed as a managed investment with disciplined trade-offs across strategic and operational impact data readiness and speed to value.
• Lead the strategyand execution for approved business cases and funding decisions for every initiative in the portfolio with quantified value targets ROI methodology and clear reinvestment logic linked to enterprise outcomes.
• Hire and develop a high-performing AI team with the technical depth and judgment required to deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions.
• Deliver realized business value across deployed solutions measured in time recovered productivity gained opportunities captured insights accelerated or strategic capacity created tracked against approved business cases.
• Represent Corporate Affairs in enterprise AI governance bodies technology councils and senior cross-functional forums.
• Serve as a trusted senior advisor with the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Chief of Staff and other executive leaders on AI strategy opportunity and more.
• Own the AI governance framework for Corporate Affairs jointly defined with IT Legal and Compliance with zero material compliance privacy or responsible-AI incidents across the portfolio.

Essential Criteria

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science Engineering or a related technical field required. Advanced degree (MS MBA or equivalent) preferred.
• Extensive progressive experience in AI digital transformation and technology strategy with a proven track record of defining and leading AI strategy for a major function or business unit including ownership of investment portfolio and value realization.
• Strong track record of delivering production-grade AI generative AI or advanced analytics solutions in a complex environment with demonstrable ownership of business outcomes.
• Hands-on technical fluency with large language models generative and agentic AI applications and the data engineering and machine learning operations principles that underpin enterprise-grade AI including responsible AI and model risk.
• Proven experience building and leading teams of AI data or technology professionals including senior individual contributors.
• Ability to operate credibly at senior executive level advising and briefing C-suite leaders on AI strategy risk and value with substantive experience leading cross-functional partnerships across IT Legal Compliance Procurement and business functions.
• Direct experience partneringwith or working inside Corporate Affairs Communications Public Affairs Policy or Reputation Management functions with a sophisticated understanding of how these functions create and protect enterprise value.

Desirable Criteria:

• Pharmaceuticals healthcare or other highly regulated global industry experience.

Benefits & Rewards

The salary for this position is expected to range between $194600 and $361400 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 -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.

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Range

$194600.00 - $361400.00

Skills Desired

Agile (Programming Methodology) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Value Creation Change Management Curious Mindset Data Governance Data Literacy Data Quality Data Science Data Strategy Data Visualization Deep Learning Learning Agility Machine Learning (ML) Machine Learning Algorithms Mentorship Nlp (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) And Genai Organization Awareness Stakeholder Engagement Statistical Analysis Time Series Analysis Vision Visualization