About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop innovative BI and analytics solutions that optimize processes, improve decision-making, and advance strategic objectives.
- Engage senior leaders across functions and geographies, identifying business needs and trends and translating them into scalable digital tools.
- Lead and coordinate cross‑functional and external teams across multiple locations, ensuring high‑quality, on-time, and on-budget delivery of complex projects.
- Ensure consistency, scalability, and quality across digital initiatives, while maintaining strong governance and cost control.
- Drive adoption of digital tools by championing data accuracy, quality, and standardized deployment, building credibility and trust across the business.
- Align digital finance initiatives with Novartis strategic priorities, embedding data and digital innovation into TechOps Finance processes.
- Support and develop team members, fostering a high-performing digital finance team with a strong learning and innovation mindset.
- Collaborate closely with DD&IT and Data Science teams to co-create best‑in‑class digital solutions that deliver measurable business value.
Essential Requirements
- University degree required; Master’s degree or MBA preferred
- 10 years of relevant experience in a multinational environment
- Proven expertise in business intelligence, analytics, and digital finance transformation
- Strong project management experience in complex, matrixed organisations
- Proficiency in:
- Data architecture and databases (SQL Server, Snowflake)
- Visualization tools (Power BI, SAC, QlikSense)
- AI/ML solution design
- Excellent communication skills in English; Spanish is an advantage
Desirable Requirements
- Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector
- Previous success as a product owner in digital finance or analytics initiatives
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Role Requirements
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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