Brand and Data Enablement Manager

Manager, Brand, Medical and Finance Data Enablement

Job Description Summary

Manager, Brand Enablement will be responsible for delivering data enablement and operational plans to support the functions imperative to enhance brand performance and market positioning.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Guide creation and delivery of Brand enablement deliverables as per agreed timeliness, accuracy, quality.
• Designs, develop and/or maintains data enablement solutions that optimizes Brand performance activities through varied variety of evolving infrastructure landscape.
• Support leadership with appropriate documentation and communication throughout the delivery of services 
• Ensures creation and maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality checklists that will enable excellent quality outputs for all outputs. 
• Enables knowledge sharing sessions within subject area to promote growth and quality across the function. 
• Ensures exemplary communication with all partners including internal associates, and clients through regular updates with focus on accomplishments, important metrics, standard methodologies, staffing changes and key events

Skills: Project management, Agility, cross-functional collaboration, learning agility, analytical mindset, data management, US commercial datasets or/and commercial operations knowledge, Data tools like DataIKU, SQL etc..

Essential Requirements: 

Novartis seeks an individual with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, with a deep understanding of brand enablement and brand data management. The candidate should foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Educational Qualifications & Minimum Work Experience  

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field or MBA in Life Sciences
• 5-8 years of experience in data enablement role in preferably in US Pharma commercial area
• Familiarity with data tools like SQL, DataIKU, PowerBI, Python, Jira etc.
• Exposure to US pharma datasets like APLD, SP, IQVIA Xponent, DDD, SMART, Affiliations, Promotional Activity, Veeva etc. 
• Previous knowledge and experience of pharma – life science industry is preferred
• Lead the delivery of multiple projects across multiple franchises and teams 
• Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development, and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI's 
• Proactively assist the Business to identify upcoming conflicts and resource gaps 
• Provides consultancy, advice, and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence team on decision making in most optimal ways, through delivery of proven analytics-based projects.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Good learning agility & analytical mindset

Additional qualifications are as follows:  

• Proven communication, people management, stakeholder management and leadership skills 
• Awareness on methodologies to calculate key performance & execution KPIs to support Brand insights.
• Exposure to healthcare analytics and working in cross-cultural environment

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/roadmap/people-and-culture 

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Agility, Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing, Waterfall Model

Experience Level

Mid Level