Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Innovation-Driven Product Strategy

· Architect and execute agile product strategies for clinical/ pre-clinical product lifecycle management.

· Spearhead AI-enabled initiatives that unlock data-driven insights, automation, and operational acceleration.

· Drive rapid ideation-to-launch cycles for innovation projects aligned with strategic business outcomes and compliance frameworks.

Agile Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

· Partner cross-functionally with clinical operations, regulatory, engineering, and data science teams to co-create impactful solutions.

· Cultivate external partnerships to scout, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies with speed and precision.

Compliance & Risk Agility

· Ensure all product development activities meet GxP standards while enabling fast-paced innovation.

· Collaborate with quality and compliance teams to streamline audits, documentation, and validation processes.

Execution Excellence

· Lead agile development cycles with cross-functional teams, ensuring rapid iteration and delivery.

· Monitor KPIs and product performance, applying real-time analytics to optimize outcomes.

Strategic Capability Building

· Develop and scale product/service roadmaps from concept to enterprise launch, integrating cutting-edge technologies and agile methodologies.

· Rapidly prototype and iterate emerging technologies to validate value and accelerate adoption.

· Align innovation efforts with business, IT, and regulatory strategies to ensure sustained impact
 

· Build digital capabilities and ecosystem partnerships that support scalable innovation.

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Major Accountabilities

· Full lifecycle ownership of products and services from incubation to enterprise deployment.

· Serve as escalation point and decision-maker for strategic issues and investments.

· Lead resource planning and prioritization aligned with business agility.

· Champion continuous improvement and agile transformation across teams.

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Key Performance Indicators

· Delivery of measurable business value through innovation, speed-to-market, and customer satisfaction.

· Execution of a clear, agile strategy for digital capabilities aligned with enterprise goals.

· Scalable deployment of digital platforms that accelerate clinical and operational excellence.

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Qualifications

· 7+ years of product management experience in clinical research, healthcare, or life sciences.

· Deep understanding of GxP regulations, clinical workflows, and sample logistics.

· Proven track record with AI technologies, data platforms, and agile innovation frameworks.

· Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

· Bachelor’s or Master’s in Life Sciences, Health Care Informatics, Project Management g, or related field; MBA preferred.

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Skills & Experience

· Strategic leadership across diverse, multifunctional teams.

· Expertise in financial management, innovation consulting, and global solution delivery.

· Strong business acumen, technology strategy, and vendor/stakeholder management.

· Proficiency in agile methodologies, process improvement, and rapid execution.

Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

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

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