Job ID
REQ-10068945
Feb 26, 2026
India
Summary
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with a top-performing team, and contribute to transformative manufacturing solutions? Join the Novartis Global ITOT Manufacturing Execution team as an Associate Director and play a pivotal role in implementing and maintaining Manufacturing Execution Systems that streamline operations and drive business success.
About the Role
Major Accountabilities:
• Project Planning & Execution: Lead end-to-end Manufacturing Execution System (MES) project delivery aligned with strategic goals. • Collaboration: Collaborate with business and ITOT stakeholders to analyze processes and requirements, evaluate solutions and develop comprehensive project estimates-including resources, costs, timelines, statements of work, savings, and business case elements such as value creation and operational improvements. • Governance: Ensure timely preparation and approval of Capital Appropriation Requests (CAR). • Project Management: Establish governance across business, technical, integration, vendor and other relevant workstreams. • Risk Management: Manage project timelines, risks, budgets and financials, quality standards and interdependencies with other projects or programs. • Reporting: Provide regular reporting on project status and outcomes. • Operational Excellence: Ensure on-time, within-budget, compliant, secure, and high-quality delivery of MES solutions. • Performance Tracking: Track and report performance against agreed success factors, SLAs, and KPIs. • Business Value: Collaborate to define deployment and business value metrics to measure successful rollout and adoption. • User Experience: Prioritize user experience in solution design, deployment, and steady-state operations. • Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices to drive automation, agility, speed, and efficiency.
Minimum Requirements:
• University degree or various degrees in business, computer science, information technology discipline or equivalent. • Fluent English written & spoken. • At least 5 years of experience in the process industry, preferably in pharmaceuticals, with exposure to digital technologies and global operations. • At least 3 years of proven experience in IT/OT project management. • Minimum 3 years of experience in Computerized System Validation (CSV) within the pharmaceutical industry. • Deep understanding of MES capabilities-from master batch record design to execution and approval-and their value to manufacturing operations. • Deep understanding of processes related to Manufacturing Execution, Material Flow as well as Warehouse Management within the connected ERP systems. • Advanced skills in business analysis, requirements management, financial modeling, and stakeholder communication. • Ability to provide authoritative technical and professional guidance to stakeholders. • Experience interacting with diverse internal and external audiences and communicating complex information effectively.
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
Benefits and Rewards
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Division
Operations
Business Unit
Information Technology
Location
India
Site
Hyderabad (Office)
Company / Legal Entity
IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
Functional Area
Technology Transformation
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Technology Transformation Operations India
Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people’s lives. We use science-based innovation to address some of society’s most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. Our company is focused on industry-leading divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines Novartis is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis Group companies employ approximately 120,000 associates and its products are available in more than 180 countries around the world.