Senior Manager - Operational Excellence

Novartis

5 - 10 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 21/05/2025

Job Description

Summary

-Primary responsibility is to drive business process excellence for Novartis with the aim of embedded process simplification mindset and unearthing business value -Support Associate Directors and Directors in projects across Development to enable Technology transformation, Cycle time acceleration and strengthening process fundamentals.
- Deliver substantially greater outcome improvement through process re-engineering

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

  • Deliver as an individual contributor on projects, through direct involvement and supervision
  • Lead junior BPE associates and act as coach of new / existing team members
  • Build expertise in specific line functions where deployed. Support GPOs and GSOs to optimize and evolve their activities. Work with DDIT colleagues to identify and implement automation opportunitiesEnsure transparent communication
  • Support the managers and directors in project work and provide support during all project phases.
  • Align closely with stakeholders at country, functional and global level as defined by the requirements of the different projects and initiatives.
  • Independently monitor milestones of the projects as well as completion.
  • Take ownership for subparts of the overall project and ensure completion of these.
  • Provide change management support and appropriate communications for the implementation of process improvement levers/solutions
  • Monitor implementation and sustenance of business impact

Key performance indicators:

  • Financial and Business Results:
  • Process simplification
  • Savings generated
  • Improvement of quality of outcome
  • Processes Efficiencies and Effectiveness
  • Lead times and Productivity
  • Strategy/Customer Focus:
  • Business value generated
  • Capabilities & Expertise:
  • Team culture (Our Voice)
  • Capability development
  • Improvement of culture of continuous improvement
  • Soft Skills:
  • Level of collaboration – typically works at project level across line functions within Development OU
  • Strong ability to develop and manage internal stakeholder relationships
  • Ability to take control of ambiguous situations and drive practical change

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

  • >7 years’ experience leading significant business process, organizational change, operating model and/or process improvement consulting projects
  • Experience of regulated environments, particularly the impact in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Experience in the area of capability development or learning is a distinct advantage
  • Proficiency in Lean, quality management systems and operational excellence
  • Proven experience of working successfully in a collaborative team environment across different cultures, operating with and influencing others to achieve a common objective
  • Must have worked in consulting teams in an equivalent internal consulting organization or a major consulting company

Skills:

  • Business Process Transformation.
  • Process modelling
  • Training
  • Lean Six Sigma.
  • Scrum (Programming Methodology).
  • Strategic Planning.
  • Core consulting skills

Languages :

  • English.

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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About Company

Novartis is a leading global healthcare company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It specializes in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative pharmaceuticals. Formed in 1996 through the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz, Novartis focuses on areas such as oncology, neuroscience, immunology, cardiovascular diseases, and gene therapies.With a strong commitment to scientific innovation, Novartis invests heavily in R&D and collaborates with biotech companies and academic institutions worldwide. The company operates in over 140 countries and serves millions of patients globally. Novartis is also known for its efforts in access to medicine, using programs like Novartis Access and Novartis Foundation to support underserved populations.

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