Drimva

Novartis

Director, US BD&L and Commercial Mergers & Integrations

$176K–$328K

East Hanover · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026

Experience
8+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, scientific, clinical, or health policy degree preferred.

About the job

Provides strategic US input and cross-functional coordination for business development and licensing assessments, opportunity prioritization, and merger, acquisition, and integration initiatives across therapeutic areas.

What you'll do

  • Coordinate timely US stakeholder input and recommendations for BD&L assessments, integrating external data and competitive insights.
  • Bridge US stakeholders with Strategy & Growth, TASH, and Global teams to align actionable perspectives.
  • Support cross-therapeutic-area coverage and contribute to acquisition, integration, and other enterprise initiatives.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • 8+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience in areas such as commercial strategy, BD&L, pipeline strategy, insights and analytics, modeling, finance, or access.
  • Strong understanding of commercialization, pipeline assessment, coverage and reimbursement, and cross-functional decision-making.

Nice to have

  • MBA, scientific, clinical, or health policy degree.
  • Cardiovascular/Cardiology expertise, ideally through scientific, clinical, pipeline, commercial, or BD&L experience.

Pay

$176,400.00 - $327,600.00 USD per year (base salary)

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