Novartis Posted August 10, 2026

ED, Product Strategy Lead - MS

East Hanover, United States Regular
Marketing

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About this opportunity

This position will be located at the East Hanover, NJ site or the Cambridge, MA site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 20% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international).The Executive Director, Product Strategy Lead (PSL) will lead the creation, implementation, orchestration and measurement of the integrated product strategies for an indication of a product within a given therapeutic area in the US, under the leadership of a General Manager for the Product or Portfolio. This individual will contribute to the key decision making for maximizing the impact of the product under their remit while actively and appropriately managing resource allocation across multiple teams, and multiple functions. This will be done in consultation with various teams and functions, including: Marketing, Sales, Novartis Patient Support, Market Access, Insights and Decision Science and Medical about their respective strategies, plans and proposed resourcing. This leader will impact the Novartis legacy in his/her responsibility for accelerating impact in the product/while leading through a business-critical transformation. This role will contribute to the management of the full P&L for the assigned product, under the final leadership of the General Manager for the Product or Portfolio and will partner closely with functional heads for decision-making of resource allocation to deliver the most accelerated impact for the product. This leader will be a key member of the General Manager team in the Integrated Product Strategy Organization and is expected to demonstrate accountability for the assigned product or indication and responsibility for broader enterprise leadership in their decisions and engagement across the US Pharma organization. This leader has a passion for transformational enterprise leadership, decisive strategy in service of delivering higher impact for patients, customers, healthcare systems with higher quality, speed and agility. Additionally, this leader will be responsible for ensuring that customer engagement and relationship building are factored into the product/ indications’ strategic approach and performance metrics to optimize the approach and identify potential areas of risk.

Key Responsibilities:Define critical and specific integrated priorities and key impact measures for assigned product/indication in consultation with the cross-functional product strategy team under the final leadership of the General Manager. Integrate, lead, measure and take decisive action against the KPIs on the integrated product strategy to raise impact for product Significant contribution to the P&L of a product/indication while enabling partner functions to manage day-to-day resource management Significant contribution to the topline results as an outcome of strategic choices Significant contribution to the integrated cross-functional resource allocation to deliver highest impact  Establish and coordinate management of KPI’s across all functions accountable for the integrated product strategy Appropriately partner with functional heads in trade-off decisions Partner with other general managers and members of the Product Strategy team for enterprise decisions, including potential trade-offs between products/indications Essential Requirements:Education (minimum/desirable): Bachelor’s Degree, preferred MBA Experience:       Required: 10+ years in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or healthcare consulting industry inclusive of at least 2 different types of cross-functional roles/experience 3+ years of direct responsibility for large budget management inclusive of owning key product trade-off decisions 3+ years leading and translating an integrated product strategy requiring global and local alignment US Market, launch and product lifecycle stages experience, OR, General Manager experience in other countries Preferred: Therapeutic Area experience US experience strongly preferred Global or other country / region experience (Projects or full time roles or temporary roles for 6 months or more) The salary for this position is expected to range between $236,600.00 and $439,400.00 per year.The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.To learn more about the culture, rewards and benefits we offer our people click here.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
East Hanover, United States
Employment type
Regular

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 524 comparable Marketing roles across 89 biopharma companies.

524Comparable roles tracked
436Currently active
89Companies hiring similar roles
50Countries represented

Salary context

135 of 524 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $236,600/yr – $439,400/yr
Lowest disclosed · Commercial Rotation Specialist, Marketing · Merck $87,300/yr – $137,400/yr
Highest disclosed · AVP, Head US Patient Engagement Center of Excellence · Merck $282,200/yr – $444,200/yr
Peer group range $112,350 – $363,200 (median $218,000)

Where these roles are based

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United States236
India61
China50
Japan28
United Kingdom11
Taiwan11

+ 44 more countries

Seniority mix

414 of 524 peers have a known seniority level

Manager178
Associate Director79
Director77
Senior32
Senior Director17
Executive/VP17
Associate9
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc5

Therapeutic area mix

126 of 524 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology43
Cardiovascular / CVRM14
Neuroscience14
Rare Disease14
Vaccines & Infectious Disease13
Immunology10
Respiratory8
Dermatology & Aesthetics6
Ophthalmology2
Gastroenterology2

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