Associate Director, BSI Consulting and Program Management
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
The Associate Director will lead the scoping and delivery of priority programs and initiatives to empower the international Business Unit to achieve commercial and operational excellence. The execution-focused role will solve complex business challenges and deliver outcomes for international.
The Associate Director will bring a strong track record of delivering large global programs and initiatives, preferably in a commercial and pharma setting. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact, at scale, across the international Business Unit.Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities
- Support the scoping and design of priority programs and other identified opportunities / challenges within the broader portfolio of work for BSI Consulting and Program Management
- Lead teams for the delivery of priority programs aligned with international business priorities, driving commercial growth and operational excellence
- Engage with cross-functional and cross-geographical teams to scope and deliver priority programs and initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and business priorities
- Serve as a role model for greater awareness and adoption of AI/Gen AI tools and solutions for BSI Consulting and Program Management – helping to identify how we can better leverage these for our portfolio of programs/projects
- Support team building capabilities initiatives including greater depth of functional/commercial topics and our core capabilities (covering Consulting, Program Management and Learning)
- Ensure our stakeholder relationships across International are proactively managed, with a focus on the BSI ‘gold standard’ for driving delivery, excellence and innovation across the business.
- Collaborate closely with other BSI teams on both delivery of priority programs and capability building type initiatives
- Actively coach and mentor our Senior Consultants and Consultants, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement
- Role model Novartis’ values of being Inspired, Curious, Unbossed, and Integrity-driven while cultivating a "One team, Shared Impact" for BSI Consulting and Program Management
- Significant experience managing end-to-end project lifecycles including planning and driving all elements of program execution, preferably with a focus on commercial and / or pharma industry experience
- 7+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, or healthcare industry, with management consulting and/or program management experience
- Proven ability to manage consulting teams (including virtual teams), and motivate stakeholders of widely varying backgrounds across a dispersed and matrixed organization
- Successful track record in application of consulting tools and solutions, ideally using AI/GenAI, in solving complex business problems
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably in science, engineering, business administration or economics
- Masters in a business related subject matter area as well as any additional certifications such as Lean Six Sigma, Agile, Change management, Enterprise Communications, Project management, Product Management, Facilitation /Coaching, design thinking, ITIL