Your Role, Responsibilities and Objectives will include:
- Lead the partnerships with Development senior leaders, key stakeholders and enterprise Centers of Excellence, to create an integrated learning strategy from, aligned business priorities, that drive functional capability & skill development, and ensure successful delivery of learning through impactful and innovative ways.
- Proactively sense & synthesize learning needs from various sources or contexts to connect-the-dots aligning needs, and key roles across CD/AQS/GCO.
- Leads and oversees the team which delivers a complex learning portfolio for a matrix structure of key Development roles and drives aligned, impactful capability development initiatives.
- Effectively build, deepen, and sustain key relationships with business leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders to understand business needs, priorities, and impact measures.
- Drive stakeholder satisfaction by proactively managing business relationships and by delivering the best learner experience, quality of learning solutions and measures of business impact.
- Provide thought leadership and is viewed as a strategic thought partner to internal stakeholders on learning and development best practices, trends, and strategies.
- Leverages both drug development and learning industry trends and best practices to ensure the continuous improvement of impactful learning deliverables.
- Develop and sustain strong collaborative relationships across the Novartis enterprise, including People & Organization, Talent Development (T D ), Novartis Learning CoE and other Novartis learning teams.
- Influences overall Development Learning business strategy and decisions with peers , team and drives business impact by constantly aligning with business priorities.
- Lead/Coach the team to ensure delivery of high-quality learning solutions that are aligned with learning needs analysis and include business impact measures.
- Measure and optimize learning outcomes through data-driven approaches
What you will bring to the role:
- Advanced degree in a relevant field (pharmaceutical sciences, biology, or related discipline)
- 15 + years experience within pharmaceutical industry, Good Clinical Practices environment and associated learning requirements.
- 10+ years building and leading high-functioning learning and development teams, which demonstrate value metrics to the business processes.
- Demonstrated leadership skills; decision maker, effective problem solver; strategic thinker.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing learning strategies that align with business priorities and drive business priorities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Expert knowledge of adult education theory and practice.
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams
What Sets You Apart
- A strategic mindset to support analysis and planning of both clearly defined and ambiguous needs
- Proactively seeking stakeholder input and a daptation to change, collaboration, and calculated risk taking
- Expertise in clinical drug development, Good Clinical Practices, and end-to-end clinical processes
