Od Director, Apma Im

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With a strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.
- Partner with business leaders and P&O colleagues to diagnose and address complex organisational challenges within and across Novartis’ businesses, enabling Novartis to successfully and sustainably drive its transformation, contributing to the mission of reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives.**Key Responsibilities**
- Partners with business leaders and P&O colleagues to diagnose and address prioritised, complex organisational challenges within and across Novartis businesses, to unlock disproportionate value. The role is predominantly project based with approx. 80% of time spent on consulting delivery:

- As a consultant, works with business leaders and their teams to address organisation challenges and opportunities and creates the organizational capability needed to drive business performance. This includes seeking to make the complex simpler for the business.
- Diagnoses root causes, and leads delivery of high-quality organization design, development and change management advice and interventions in line with diagnosis done
- Leads consulting projects and often partners with colleagues from various expertise areas in and beyond P&O including Strategy, Conexts, Finance and others
- As a rounded consultant, leverages deep skill in diagnosis, organisation and operating model design and change management, as well as team and leader development.- Actively contributes to development of OD practice areas such as organisation & operating model design, organisation health & diagnosis, change management. 20% of time spent on:

- Builds OD skills across P&O and line managers globally. This includes contributing to formal and informal learning, transferring skills on projects, knowledge sharing, and coaching and mentoring colleagues.
- Contributes expertise to the development and implementation of high quality and practical OD approaches, methodology and toolkit for specific practice areas, bringing a level of thought leadership, external research and insights.**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Minimum requirements**
- b> What you’ll bring to the role- Relevant degree, postgraduate and working qualifications preferred in the relevant business or applied behavioural sciences (e.g. Strategy, Business Administration, Organization Development, Psychology, HRM, MBB, etc).
- Minimum 10 years OD, strategy or transformation consulting experience
- Practical and pragmatic business focus with proven analytical and conceptual skills, combined with ability to implement
- Presence with senior leader engagement and facilitation, strong influencing ability incl challenge, through consulting, communication and relationship building skills
- Known for strong collaboration and networking. External consulting and/or business leadership experience would be valuable.
- Strategic and analytical thinking to diagnose and solve complex business problems using data and systems lens on issues
- Experience in large scale transformations, complex OD/ change management interventions or business improvement projects.
- Design change management strategies and lead implementation of change, including behaviour and culture change

transformingforgrowth**Why consider Novartis?**
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
- We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
- We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying**Imagine what you could do at Novartis**

**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.**Division**
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