Job Description

Summary The Commercial Design & Advisory group facilitates effective sales execution and Field Force resource allocation decision making by Business Franchises/ Commercial Excellence teams across the globe, through delivery of proven analytics driven projects and assignments.
The purpose of the Manager role is:

• Drive field/ commercial strategy projects with Novartis internal customers (country business units, regional marketing, sales teams, etc.)
• Facilitate data enabled decision-making for business teams by providing and communicating qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Support the team in all business-related tasks / activities, building process documentation and knowledge repositories.
• Support ICS business by involving in various initiatives like knowledge sharing, on- boarding and training support of various associates.
• Support the leaders in building business partnerships and managing project delivery end-to-end.

Manager - Commercial Design and AdvisoryLocation Hyderabad #LI HybridKey Responsibilities:Co-lead and support delivery of Incentive projects for the field teams (sales, medical and patient services), ensuring adherence to timelines and quality objectives in the following areas:

• Subject matter expert (SME) in Incentive functional area, enabling plan innovation and process improvement
• Support delivery of IC projects plan design, health check, governance, communications, operations support, etc.
• Exemplary communication with the business stakeholders and internal teams
• Able to lead ad hoc incentive analytics, focusing on targeted hypothesis and analytics plan using exceptional technical skills and knowledge of datasets
• Support Incentive team in tracking and improving SLAs output quality, delivery timeliness, IC KPIs performance, etc., by bringing industry expertise
• Support the consulting team in initiatives focused on team culture, values and behaviors, innovation, knowledge sharing, people growth, etc.

Essential Requirements:

• Graduate degree in an analytical field/ Life Sciences/ Science & Technology
• Experience (5+ years) in SFE/ business consulting or pharmaceutical company
• Experience (3+ years) in field Incentive projects/teams in a healthcare firm
• Strong analytical thinking with excellent problem-solving approach and high learning agility
• High proficient with data consolidation, preparation and analytics tools
• Proactive, business results-focus, and proven ability to provide insights that increase productivity

Desirable Requirement:

• MBA/ Postgraduate in Marketing, Consulting or Analytics focused domains
• Experience with advanced data analytics - VBA coding and statistical models

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend peoples 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-cultureYoull 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-rewardsCommitment 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.Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/networkSkills Desired Agility, Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Building Construction, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing, Waterfall Model

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