Dir, Innovative Patient Data Product Lead
Company websitenovartis.com (Novartis, opens in new tab)
Base salary $185,500 to $344,500
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States
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- LocationUnited States
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About this job
Job Description Summary
#LI-RemoteThis position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 20% travel.
Job description summary
This Director role sits within Data Products and Foundations, under Data Partnerships, Innovation and Products. The role reports to the Executive Director, Innovative Data Offerings and Products and partners closely with DEO (Data Enablement Organization) to execute the strategy set for trusted, reusable, AI-ready data products.
This role owns patient-centric data products across patient journey, SP/ASOC, hub, and access domains, defining the vision, roadmap, prioritization, adoption plan, and value measures needed to improve patient identification, access, treatment initiation, adherence, persistence, and out-comes. The Director will ensure products are defined in innovative ways that go beyond datasets, embedding business meaning, rules, metrics, lineage, metadata, and context so they can be re-used by business users, analytics teams, and AI-enabled solutions.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and lifecycle management for Patient Journey, SP/ASOC, Hub, Access.
- Define products in innovative ways by embedding business meaning, semantic definitions, reusable measures, standards, metadata, lineage, and clear consumption patterns directly into the product design.
- Work closely with DEO (Data Enablement Organization) to translate the strategy into executable plans, align on delivery priorities, remove operational barriers, and ensure products are scalable, reliable, and ready for enterprise consumption.
- Partner across business, analytics, technology, Data Partnerships, Innovation and Products, and Data Products and Foundations teams to prioritize high-value capabilities and reduce duplication.
- Drive product adoption, stakeholder engagement, product performance management, issue prioritization, and continuous enhancement based on business needs and user feedback.
- Establish product standards, governance routines, intake processes, service expectations, and value measures that ensure reliability, reuse, compliance, scalability, and business impact.
Experience:
Novartis is seeking an experienced Director to lead product strategy, delivery, adoption, and governance for Payer, HCP, Omnichannel, Engagement. The ideal candidate brings product leadership, cross-functional influence, and the ability to partner with DEO to execute strategy while translating business priorities into trusted, reusable, AI-ready data products.
Essential Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in related field is required; Master of Science and/or MBA strongly preferred
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology, data, analytics, or consulting, with a strong focus on data products, data strategy, product management, or analytics enablement.
- Minimum 5+ years of domain expertise in patient journey data, SP/ASOC data, hub and access data, patient services, market access analytics, commercial analytics, product management, data governance, and AI-ready semantic data products.
- Proven ability to define product vision, roadmap, prioritization, use cases, adoption plans, value measures, and governance routines in a complex matrixed environment.
- Strong understanding of semantic data products, business definitions, data quality, metadata, lineage, standards, and AI-ready data consumption patterns.
- Experience partnering with data enablement, platform, technology, analytics, business, governance, and operations teams to execute strategy and scale data products.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into data product requirements and present complex concepts clearly to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Must understand both data and the relevant business/domain context to bridge technical requirements with business needs, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned to enterprise priorities.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage ambiguity, and adapt to changing business priorities while maintaining focus on measurable outcomes.
Novartis Compensation Summary:
The salary for this position is expected to range between $185,500.00 and $344,500.00 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.
EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodations
The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call +1(877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
Salary Range
$185,500.00 - $344,500.00Skills Desired
Brand Analysis, Brand Awareness, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Insights, Digital Marketing, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Media Campaigns, People Management, Product Marketing, Product Roadmap, Return on Investment (ROI), Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Thought Leadership, Trend AnalysisSource: Novartis on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($185,500) is above 71% of the 3,013 Product roles nationwide listed on this site; 2 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $163,944; the middle half runs from $136,500 to $193,759.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingDir, Innovative Patient Data Product Lead$185,500 to $344,500
Director, Patient Intelligence Strategy & Governance$185,500 to $344,500
Dir, MAPS (Market Access Patient Services)/Medical Data Partnerships Lead$185,500 to $344,500
Dir, CE/IMO Data Partnerships Lead (Customer Engagement/Integrated Marketing Organization)$185,500 to $344,500
Director, Field Intelligence Strategy & Governance$185,500 to $344,500
Director, CRM Product Owner$185,500 to $344,500
Director, Intelligence Modernization & Productivity$185,500 to $344,500
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Dir, Innovative Patient Data Product Lead (this listing) | $185,500 - $344,500 |
| Director, Patient Intelligence Strategy & Governance | $185,500 - $344,500 |
| Dir, MAPS (Market Access Patient Services)/Medical Data Partnerships Lead | $185,500 - $344,500 |
| Dir, CE/IMO Data Partnerships Lead (Customer Engagement/Integrated Marketing Organization) | $185,500 - $344,500 |
| Director, Field Intelligence Strategy & Governance | $185,500 - $344,500 |
| Director, CRM Product Owner | $185,500 - $344,500 |
| Director, Intelligence Modernization & Productivity | $185,500 - $344,500 |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-08-21
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Remote Position (USA)
The salary for this position is expected to range between $185,500.00 and $344,500.00 per year.
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