Manager - Field OperationsNovartis · Hyderabad (Office)

Manager - Field Operations

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-22 Hyderabad (Office) Hybrid Ceo General Management
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 200,000 CHF–350,000 CHF/mo

About the Company

Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide. Find out more at https://www.novartis.com See our community guidelines: https://go.novartis.social/3Nboxki Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Specialties: Cardiovascular, Immunology, Neuroscience, Solid Tumors, Hematology, Chemistry, xRNA, Radioligand, Gene and cell therapy

About the Role

entive Compensation (IC) Design, IC Operations, or Call Planning & Alignment-along with a strong understanding of end-to-end commercial operations. The incumbent will champion operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality assurance, and technology-driven innovation while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and capability development. Job Description

Responsibilities

  • ● Own Field Operations delivery and serve as the key accountability point for stakeholders.
  • ● Lead execution, governance, and optimization of Field Operations processes.
  • ● Establish quality assurance frameworks and ensure compliance with standards.
  • ● Communicate plans, risks, dependencies, and outcomes effectively.
  • ● Deliver actionable insights and drive stakeholder follow-through.
  • ● Provide thought leadership in Incentive Compensation Design, Incentive Compensation Operations, or Call Planning and Alignment.
  • ● Drive capability building, guideline management, and technology adoption.
  • ● Support continuous improvement through reviews, retrospectives, and process optimization.
  • ● Ensure compliance with governance, audit, and control requirements.
  • ● Collaborate with regional, country, and headquarters teams on strategic initiatives and field transformation.

Requirements

  • ● + years of commercial operations experience within life sciences or pharmaceuticals.
  • ● Minimum 3 years of Field Operations delivery experience in a large pharmaceutical organization.
  • ● Knowledge of commercial sales and prescription data.
  • ● Strong program and project management expertise.
  • ● Track record of scaling operations while maintaining quality and efficiency.
  • ● High learning agility and technology adoption capability.
  • ● Familiarity with Sales Performance Management platforms.
  • ● Sales Force Effectiveness expertise
  • ● Strategic planning and business partnering
  • ● Data analytics and insight generation
  • ● Stakeholder engagement and influencing
  • ● Go-to-market strategy
  • ● Cross-functional collaboration
  • ● Customer engagement and customer insights
  • ● Leadership and people management
  • ● Agility and change management
  • ● Hyderabad, India (NKC)
  • ● Hybrid work model
  • ● 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

  • ● you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards