Summary
The role requires deep expertise in at least one Field Operations capability—Incentive Compensation (IC) Design, IC Operations, or Call Planning & Alignment—along with a strong understanding of end-to-end commercial operations. The incumbent will champion operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality assurance, and technology-driven innovation while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and capability development.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Own Field Operations delivery and serve as the key accountability point for stakeholders.
- Lead execution, governance, and optimization of Field Operations processes.
- Establish quality assurance frameworks and ensure compliance with standards.
- Communicate plans, risks, dependencies, and outcomes effectively.
- Deliver actionable insights and drive stakeholder follow-through.
- Provide thought leadership in Incentive Compensation Design, Incentive Compensation Operations, or Call Planning and Alignment.
- Drive capability building, guideline management, and technology adoption.
- Support continuous improvement through reviews, retrospectives, and process optimization.
- Ensure compliance with governance, audit, and control requirements.
- Collaborate with regional, country, and headquarters teams on strategic initiatives and field transformation.
Essential Requirements
- 6+ years of commercial operations experience within life sciences or pharmaceuticals.
- Minimum 3 years of Field Operations delivery experience in a large pharmaceutical organization.
- Knowledge of commercial sales and prescription data.
- Experience leading cross-functional enablement strategies in global matrix environments.
- Strong program and project management expertise.
- Track record of scaling operations while maintaining quality and efficiency.
- High learning agility and technology adoption capability.
- Familiarity with Sales Performance Management platforms.
- Experience supporting or leading Artificial Intelligence-enabled initiatives.
Desirable Requirements
- Sales Force Effectiveness expertise
- Strategic planning and business partnering
- Data analytics and insight generation
- Stakeholder engagement and influencing
- Go-to-market strategy
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Customer engagement and customer insights
- Leadership and people management
- Agility and change management
Location
- Hyderabad, India (NKC)
- Hybrid work model
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: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
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.
Read our handbook (PDF 30 MB)
Accessibility and accommodation
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