REQ-10070489
Apr 14, 2026
LOC_ES

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and own the international field capability strategy aligned with Therapeutic Area priorities and execution standards.
  • Establish global capability standards for field roles and leadership levels across international markets.
  • Govern the end‑to‑end capability lifecycle from skills assessment through learning delivery and impact measurement.
  • Act as gatekeeper for international learning initiatives, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliant execution.
  • Design and evolve integrated curricula covering selling excellence, coaching, and leadership capabilities.
  • Co‑create selling excellence programs with Therapeutic Areas, markets, and field excellence partners.
  • Strengthen first‑line manager coaching impact and second‑line manager leadership capability with People and Organization teams.
  • Enable data‑driven identification of capability gaps using analytics, digital tools, and performance insights.
  • Drive adoption of future‑ready field capabilities, including digital fluency and innovative learning approaches.
  • Lead global change management to ensure sustainable adoption of capability frameworks, tools, and best practices.

Essential Requirements:

  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in healthcare or another regulated industry, including country and regional/global roles
  • Prior sales and/or consulting or learning roles; direct field experience strongly preferred
  • Proven track record in designing and implementing capability and learning programs with measurable impact
  • Strong change management and stakeholder leadership capability
  • Experience with modern learning modalities, LMS platforms, and analytics
  • Solid understanding of CRM platforms, AI-enabled insights, and customer engagement strategy
  • Strong project management skills and ability to operate independently in a matrix environment
  • Senior stakeholder engagement experience across commercial, medical, analytics, and digital functions
  • Strategic, agile, and resilient mindset with strong performance orientation

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

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DIV_IM
General Management
LOC_ES
Barcelona Gran Vía
LOC_IE
LOC_GB
FCT_SA
Full time
Regular
No
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REQ-10070489

Director, Field Capabilities

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