Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Novartis is seeking a visionary and pragmatic Executive Director, Analytics Engineering to build and institutionalize the foundation for analytics at scale. The role will architect systems, standards, and capabilities for consistent, scalable analytics while connecting cross-functional efforts and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Establish and champion analytics rigor, including statistical standards, validation protocols, and QA practices
- Define enterprise-wide frameworks for measurement, performance metrics, and reporting standards
- Enable cross-functional synergy by connecting analytics efforts across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, and other domains
- Institutionalize analytics engineering as a core discipline, including reusability of data pipelines, analytics automation, and production-grade analytics solutions
- Develop scalable capabilities that allow solutions to be transferred across use cases quickly and effectively
- Support governance and compliance, ensuring analytical outputs meet regulatory and ethical standards
Skills
- This position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result
- * Bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- * 10+ years of experience in data/analytics, with demonstrated success in building scalable systems or frameworks
- * Proven track record of establishing analytics standards, governance, or platform capabilities
- * Strong cross-functional experience, ideally within Commercial, Medical, or Market Access analytics in life sciences or a regulated industry
- * Experience with analytics engineering, BI tooling, and data infrastructure concepts
- * Excellent communication and influence skills, especially with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- * Systems thinker with a deep understanding of how analytics drive decisions across an enterprise
- * Builder mindset: enjoys creating structure from ambiguity and scaling impact
- * Comfortable balancing strategic design and operational execution
- * Deep understanding of data lifecycle, from data ingestion to decision-making impact
Benefits
- Performance-based cash incentive
- Eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards, depending on the level of the role
- 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
- A generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
- Remote Position (USA)
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