Job Description

Summary Drive functional excellence and bring in "Thought Leadership" in Access and Reimbursement Insights & Analytics including the sub-functions such as Payer and access strategy insights, channel strategy analytics, access enablement analytics, reimbursement insights and analytics and functional reporting. Drive the talent agenda through talent hiring, onboarding, career development and retention planning. Be accountable for the Access and Reimbursement I&A strategy planning and execution to build future Access and Reimbursement I&A capabilities that meet requirements of IDS capabilities

Director - Access and Reimbursement Insights & Analytics
Location - Hyderabad #LI Hybrid
Major Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the EH team in a high accountability role, ensuring delivery meets expected outcomes and focus on joint impact. Enhance / improve the ways of working and operational efficiency btw EH and HYD, continue to build capabilities to increase offering and excellence (continue to strengthen the COE) and create strong culture of collaboration, accountability, challenge, excellence, innovation and continuous improvement

• Represent Access and Reimbursement Insights & Analytics (ARIA) dept. within cross-department strategy discussions, as needed, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals and priorities. Be the single point of contact of IDS HYD, to coordinate with the Head, Access and Reimbursement Insights & Analytics and the department leadership

• Support high-performing teams specializing in developing long-term access programs, including pricing and contracting programs, distribution plans, access enablement analytics, reimbursement programs and functional reporting. Support senior leadership to ensure access programs are aligned and impactful, enabling smarter, data-driven decision-making at all levels. Support sub-dept. leads in compensation reviews, objective setting, and in managing AHMs and POD meetings.?

• Act as a unifying force to align efforts of cross-department and cross-functional teams with ARIA priorities and evolving IDS needs. Build, mentor, and empower highly skilled teams responsible for delivering integrated insights, analytics, reporting, and launch support. Own professional development and growth of team members, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Provide oversight to ensure teams are equipped with the resources, tools, and capabilities to deliver excellence.

• Support partnership with Market Access stakeholders, supply chain, sales, and finance teams to assess and identify the types of support needed for payer and pricing programs, and to ensure Specialty Pharmacy distribution strategies align with overall business goal. Utilize analytical tools, market research, and other resources to identify key opportunities to increase access and understanding of market access customer needs

• Enable high standards of analytical rigor across all ARIA deliverables by focusing on generating new insights and recommendations through innovative frameworks and advanced analytics.?Drive highest standards of quality across all operational deliverables through well-established processes, tools, and people responsibilities. Guide teams in developing novel solutions using AI/ML models for improved access enablement analytics and decision-support

• Lead hiring, onboarding, and coaching team members to build a collaborative, high-performing culture. Drive engagement and retention initiatives, leveraging GLINT metrics and feedback. Oversee performance management of the teams, including objective setting, regular check-ins, year-end appraisals, and career planning.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in related field is required; Master of Science and/or MBA strongly preferred. The ideal candidate must have extensive understanding of the pharmaceutical landscape, with thought leadership in developing access and reimbursement strategies.
• The role requires experience in field deployment and incentive operations and reporting, and thorough understanding of other field processes. The role requires a leader who fosters collaboration across cross-functional teams, develops talent, and drives a culture of innovation and thought leadership, and establishes a solid foundation of delivering actionable insights.
• The candidate must champion Novartis's values and behaviours and establish best practices that elevate organizational impact through analytics and thought leadership.
• 12- 15+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a strong focus on payer analytics, reimbursement strategies, channel insights and functional reporting.
• 5+ years of domain expertise in these areas are highly desired: market access, patient service analytics, secondary data analytics, data science, primary market research, field analytics and insights, or other related strategic analytics and management consulting.
• 5+ years of people management experience. Proven track record of enabling data-driven decision-making at a senior leadership level, including addressing complex business challenges and shaping organizational strategy.
• Strong analytical background, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and aligning them with business priorities to drive impactful results.

Hybrid | 3 days a week in office is mandatory.
Team Size: # 45 associates
Direct Reports: 6- 7 leads
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.
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Skills Desired Agility, Brand Awareness, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Insights, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, People Management, Product Positioning, Product Roadmap, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing

Skills Required