Director Operations, Value & Access (BSI)

Job Description Summary

Lead operational activities and transformation initiatives within Access Excellence, influence and facilitate decision making amongst senior Value & Access stakeholders, including LT. Ensure alignment of V&A and Access Excellence functional strategies and priorities, by designing and communicating the E2E action plans across all critical areas and ensure adoption and adherence by the V&A stakeholders. Responsible for implementation of trainings (as designed by functional teams) that enable faster on-boarding; on-the-job training; and continuous skill enhancements. Coordinate regular governance meetings for reviewing and endorsing continuous improvement and strategic initiatives. 

 

Job Description

Location – Hyderabad #LI Hybrid

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and consolidation of the components of the Access excellence projects & strategy, including technology strategy, workforce and supplier management strategy, associate engagement, upskilling and communication strategy
• Influence strategic decisions with data-based insights, proactively identifying and analyzing the impact of new trends in the Access Excellence ecosystem.
• Develop and execute strategic initiatives spanning across productivity, capability building, workforce and business strategy.                                                                                      
• Act as a senior strategic assistant for the Access Excellence head by providing up-to-date reporting, business and market trends analysis on the topics of interest.                                                                                   
• Drive the cross functional culture change and change management agenda.                                  
• Works with respective functional managers in their area to drive over-arching operational excellence programs
• Monitors and tracks KPIs for Access Excellence in line with wider organization needs
• Accountable for the adherence to processes/guidelines/SOPs and ensure inspection and audit readiness of all relevant documents for her/his assigned team
• Contributes to building integrated V&A function across V&A sites
• Complies with and support group’s project management tool, standards and policies.
• Supports NVS stakeholders in co-designing processes/guidelines/SOPs and ensure inspection and audit readiness of all V&A services
• Maintains audit, SOP and training compliance

Essential Requirements:

• Post-graduate degree (Masters or PhD) in relevant discipline (including health economics, epidemiology, health services research, public health, or business management)
• Pharmaceutical domain knowledge
• MS-Office skills (MS-Excel, MS-Word, and MS-Power-point)
• 10-12 years conducting Operational Excellence / activities for pharmaceutical products in pharma industry, contract research organization, or academic institute; or experience in a closely related discipline within the pharma industry (e.g. clinical research, statistics, epidemiology, pricing analytics)
• Ability to work, prioritize, and drive projects independently
• Proven leadership (people management and project management)

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

 

Skills Desired

Health Economics, Market Access