Novartis
Executive Director, Strategic Projects Lead
$237K–$439K
East Hanover · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in one or more of the stated fields.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field; advanced degree preferred.
About the job
Leads Novartis’s US Strategic Projects team and portfolio, ensuring high-priority commercial initiatives are scoped, staffed, governed, and delivered with measurable business impact.
What you'll do
- Define the strategic projects operating model, including intake, staffing, cadence, stage gates, and quality standards.
- Select and lead priority projects, managing capacity, risks, dependencies, sponsor alignment, and leadership escalations.
- Ensure projects produce implementation-ready roadmaps, KPIs, owners, and governance handoffs; build internal project capability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- 12+ years in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, enterprise transformation, commercial strategy, strategic operations, or large-scale program leadership.
- Proven ability to lead multiple high-profile strategic initiatives in a matrix environment with senior stakeholders and no direct authority over functions.
- Strong project portfolio leadership, executive communication, facilitation, problem framing, change navigation, and business impact orientation.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (Master of Science and/or MBA).
- Top-tier strategy consulting, pharma / healthcare strategy, commercial operations, AI / digital, or enterprise transformation experience; experience working with senior leadership teams and translating strategy into measurable execution.
Pay
USD $236,600.00 - $439,400.00 per year (base salary)
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