Executive Director, US Business Strategy Lead

In this role, you steer the US Commercial strategy and enterprise narrative to align market dynamics, portfolio priorities, and business performance with enterprise imperatives. You partner with senior leaders to translate strategic choices into executable plans and cross-functional alignment. You'll lead strategic projects, build a scalable strategy toolkit, and shape the US LT decision options. This is a high-impact, cross-functional leadership role at Novartis with a strong focus on translating strategy into value.

• comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) with company match
• performance-based cash incentive
• eligibility for annual equity awards
• generous time off including vacation and holidays
• health, life and disability benefits

• Lead the development of the US Commercial strategic agenda and enterprise narrative
• Frame strategic options and trade-offs for US LT decisions using structured analyses and external benchmarks
• Coordinate functional strategy alignment to ladder into enterprise priorities
• Lead or sponsor enterprise strategy projects requiring clear problem framing and strategic recommendations
• Build strategy toolkit, standards, and capability across Strategy Engagement Leads, SAs, and Analysts
• Partner with Strategy Prioritization & Governance to convert choices into governed portfolio priorities
• Develop reusable standards, templates, and capability for the pillar; coach team members to raise quality of strategy work

• 12+ years in corporate or pharma strategy, commercial strategy, strategy consulting, or related fields
• Ability to synthesize ambiguous data into clear strategic choices
• Executive-level communication, structured problem solving, facilitation, influence, and enterprise judgment

• executive communication
• facilitation
• influence without authority
• structured problem solving
• scenario planning
• financial/operational impact analysis