Director, Strategy & Operations, Global Social Impact & Sustainability

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide strategic leadership as a member of both the Global Social Impact & Sustainability leadership team and the Chief of Staff’s leadership team, shaping priorities, driving cross-functional alignment, and advancing innovation to maximize the function’s impact and efficiency.
• Partner with the Head of Global Social Impact & Sustainability to co-develop and execute a forward-thinking strategy that advances the function’s objectives, leveraging competitive and business intelligence to deliver differentiation and drive competitive advantage.
• Lead planning, resource allocation, and the establishment of processes to ensure the Global Social Impact & Sustainability team’s efficiency and alignment with business priorities. Define and implement metrics to measure outputs and link them to business outcomes, ensuring resources and efforts are optimized.
• Develop and deliver strategic internal communications, including town halls and key updates, serving as a business partner to the Head of Global Social Impact & Sustainability and promoting alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
• Plan and execute high-impact leadership team meetings, team-building activities, and planning sessions to strengthen strategic alignment and drive organizational goals.
• Identify and implement opportunities to build new capabilities and processes that enhance the team’s ability to deliver against its mission.
• Oversee the management of the Global Social Impact & Sustainability budget, including Foundation budgets, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and aligned with strategic priorities.
• Cultivate strong relationships across Corporate Affairs, Novartis functions/units, and external partners to align strategies, share insights, and capture synergies that enhance business outcomes.
• Support the Head, Global Social Impact & Sustainability and Chief of Staff on various strategic projects and tasks, and participate in cross-functional projects, as needed.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferred
• Proficiency in English required, excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in Strategy Development in Social Impact & Sustainability
• Relevant experience gained in a pharma / healthcare organization.
• Strong project management experience ideally with consulting from top tier consultancies
• Experience gained designing social impact programs for a multi-national organization.
• Knowledge of Novartis initiatives including Foundations, Novartis Volunteering and Novartis climate commitments.
• Familiarity with Environmental, Social and Governance
• Analytical mindset and ability to translate complex data to shape and execute strategies that drive competitive advantage and business outcomes
• Ability to manage complexity within a matrix organization.

Commitment to Diversity & 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 all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.