Associate Director - Demand and Study Budget Management

Associate Director, Demand and Study Budget Mgmt, GMA Study Management Excellence

Job Description Summary

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Location: Hyderabad, India

Relocation Support: This role is based in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

In this role, you’ll help shape how GMA Study Management plans, allocates, and optimizes its resources across a complex global portfolio. You’ll bring structure, insight, and forward-looking thinking to how we forecast demand, model capacity, and guide budget decisions. By connecting data, processes, and people, you’ll enable stronger scenario planning, clearer prioritization, and smarter use of internal and external capabilities. Your work will influence senior decision-making and strengthen quality, compliance, and operational excellence across the function—making a meaningful impact on how we deliver for patients worldwide.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio-level forecasting and capacity planning frameworks.
• Drive governance cycles for demand, capacity, and budget outlooks.
• Convert strategic objectives into clear capacity envelopes and priorities.
• Enhance forecasting standards, methodologies, and quality controls.
• Partner with Digital and Analytics teams to advance automation and insights.
• Facilitate cross-functional forums to align plans, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Consolidate and analyze portfolio budgets, forecasts, and key drivers.
• Strengthen quality, compliance, and inspection readiness across processes.
• Maintain high-quality Book‑of‑Work data and ensure data integrity.
• Mentor teams, foster capability building, and strengthen community of practice.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in Life Sciences.
• Extensive experience in capacity planning or resource management within the clinical research environment.
• Strong understanding of clinical development activities and global medical affairs functions.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant regulations, Good Clinical Practice, and clinical trial design principles.
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational improvements and resolve complex issues.
• Strong interpersonal, problem‑solving, negotiation, and conflict‑resolution skills with experience in global teams.

Skills Desired

Agility, Agility, Clinical Practices, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Drug Development, Employee Development, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Sciences, Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Integrated Evidence Generation, Medical Affairs, Medical Communication, Medical Education, Patient Care, People Management, Pharmaceutics, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Launches, Product Strategy, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies {+ 3 more}

Experience Level

Mid Level