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BSI HEAD HEOR

Hyderabad, TG 15+ year

Job Description

Summary

The Executive Director, HEOR BSI is accountable for end-to-end HEOR capability leadership across BSI (Hyderabad & Dublin), enabling IV&A to deliver on its 2030 ambition through evidence shaping, launch excellence and value maintenance. The role leads a large, multi-disciplinary organization (~80 FTEs) and acts as a strategic partner to the IV&A LT and International HEOR & HTA Leadership Team, shaping access strategies, influencing critical business decisions, and elevating BSI from a delivery organization to a strategic, enterprise-first capability hub.

This role requires enterprise leadership, transformation capability and cross-functional influence at scale, with accountability for delivering both business impact and capability evolution across the full product lifecycle.

About the Role

Location – Hyderabad #LI Hybrid

Key Responsibilities: 

Enterprise Leadership & Strategic Impact

  • Act as acore strategic partner to IV&A LT and HEOR & HTA leadership, shaping global access, pricing and evidence strategies.
  • Driveenterprise-first prioritization and resource allocation, aligning HEOR capabilities to portfolio priorities, tollgates and pipeline dynamics.

Full Accountability for HEOR Business Impact

  • Ownend-to-end HEOR BSI performance, including quality, impact, and business outcomes of evidence generation, HTA submissions, modelling and value communication.
  • Ensure HEOR outputs directly influencepayer decisions, pricing strategy and access outcomes, beyond delivery excellence.

Transformation of BSI HEOR into Strategic Capability Hub

  • Lead thetransition from “service provider” to strategic partner, addressing current challenges around fragmented capabilities, inconsistent accountability and silos. 
  • Build and embedcapability-focused operating model (SME depth, discipline-led teams, AI-enabled delivery).

Leadership of Large-Scale Organization (~80 FTEs)

  • Lead amulti-layered leadership team across multiple disciplines, ensuring strong succession pipelines, leadership capability and engagement.
  • Act asV&A BSI site representative in Hyderabad, shaping culture, engagement, and leadership visibility.

Operating Model & Capability Evolution

  • Driveclear accountability, role clarity and governance across the HEOR value chain.
  • EmbedAI, data, and platform capabilitiesto improve efficiency and scale across the Book of Work.

Cross-functional Influence & Stakeholder Leadership

  • Partner with R&D, S&G, Access, Pricing and TA leaders toco-create evidence strategies and integrated access plans.
  • Influence decisions atportfolio, TA and enterprise level, not only within HEOR.

Essential Requirements: 

  • 15+ yearsexperience in HEOR / Market Access / Evidence Strategy with demonstrated enterprise impact 
  • Proven track record of leading large global organizations (50+ FTE) and developing senior leaders 
  • Experience operating at LT/Executive interface, influencing strategy and business outcomes 
  • Strong capability in organizational transformation, operating model redesign and capability build 
  • Ability to drive cross-functional alignment and enterprise-wide change

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

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

Accessibility and accommodation:

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