Salary Range CHF164,500.00 - CHF305,500.00
Job Description Summary Location: Multiple locations. The Head, AI Product Management & Program Delivery leads end‑to‑end execution of the Development AI product portfolio, ensuring successful delivery from MVP through scale and steady‑state operations, with a strong focus on adoption readiness and measurable business value.
Responsibilities
Define and continuously evolve the AI Product Management and Program Delivery operating model, including governance, methodologies (e.g., product lifecycle), and delivery standards across Development.
Ensure high‑quality execution of the AI product portfolio against agreed priorities and roadmaps, translating strategic direction into actionable delivery plans.
Establish and maintain strong delivery alignment with LFs, DDIT, and key stakeholders, ensuring clarity on execution ownership, dependencies, and interfaces.
Drive portfolio‑level delivery oversight, including progress tracking, risk management, dependency management, and escalation of critical issues.
Lead the mobilization and oversight of cross‑functional program structures (e.g., Tiger Teams) for priority AI initiatives, ensuring delivery at pace and scale.
Oversee resource planning and allocation across the AI portfolio, ensuring optimal deployment of product managers, program leads, and delivery capacity.
Monitor execution performance across AI products and programs, ensuring consistency, predictability, and adherence to defined delivery standards.
Ensure AI products are delivered in a manner that enables and embeds business transformation, including integration into workflows, process changes, and new ways of working, in close collaboration with Line Functions.
Drive cross‑product integration and coherence across the portfolio, actively managing dependencies, sequencing, and opportunities for reuse and rationalization at the product and business capability level.
Build and lead a high‑performing team of product managers and program delivery leads, fostering strong delivery capability, accountability, and talent development.
Serve as a member of the Process Innovation and AI Leadership Team, contributing to cross‑pillar alignment and continuous improvement of the AI operating model.
Oversee external delivery capacity and partners within program execution, ensuring alignment with delivery standards and internal objectives.
Qualifications
Education: Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
Languages: Excellent English required (oral & written).
Experience & Professional Requirements:
Minimum 10 years of experience in Technology, Digital Transformation, Product Management, or related fields (preferably in healthcare / life sciences).
Demonstrated success in leading large‑scale product portfolios and complex program delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Strong experience in AI‑enabled product management and end‑to‑end product lifecycle delivery (MVP to scale).
Proven ability to establish and govern delivery operating models, including prioritization translation, resource management, and performance tracking.
Experience operating in complex, cross‑functional environments with strong dependency on DDIT / IT delivery organizations.
Demonstrated ability to ensure consistent execution across distributed teams, delivering predictable outcomes at scale.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior leaders across Development and enabling functions.
Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies and modern product delivery frameworks.
Track record of building, developing, and retaining high‑performing teams.
Strong understanding of how AI‑enabled products drive value through adoption, workflow integration, and business process enablement.
Additional Skills
Agile (Programming Methodology)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Business Value Creation
Change Management
Curious Mindset
Data Governance
Data Literacy
Data Management
Data Quality
Data Science
Data Strategy
Data Visualization
Deep Learning
Learning Agility
Machine Learning (ML)
Machine Learning Algorithms
Mentorship
Nlp (Neuro‑Linguistic Programming) And Genai
Organization Awareness
Stakeholder Engagement
Statistical Analysis
Time Series Analysis
Vision
EEO & Diversity Statement Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Job Description Summary Location: Multiple locations. The Head, AI Product Management & Program Delivery leads end‑to‑end execution of the Development AI product portfolio, ensuring successful delivery from MVP through scale and steady‑state operations, with a strong focus on adoption readiness and measurable business value.
Responsibilities
Define and continuously evolve the AI Product Management and Program Delivery operating model, including governance, methodologies (e.g., product lifecycle), and delivery standards across Development.
Ensure high‑quality execution of the AI product portfolio against agreed priorities and roadmaps, translating strategic direction into actionable delivery plans.
Establish and maintain strong delivery alignment with LFs, DDIT, and key stakeholders, ensuring clarity on execution ownership, dependencies, and interfaces.
Drive portfolio‑level delivery oversight, including progress tracking, risk management, dependency management, and escalation of critical issues.
Lead the mobilization and oversight of cross‑functional program structures (e.g., Tiger Teams) for priority AI initiatives, ensuring delivery at pace and scale.
Oversee resource planning and allocation across the AI portfolio, ensuring optimal deployment of product managers, program leads, and delivery capacity.
Monitor execution performance across AI products and programs, ensuring consistency, predictability, and adherence to defined delivery standards.
Ensure AI products are delivered in a manner that enables and embeds business transformation, including integration into workflows, process changes, and new ways of working, in close collaboration with Line Functions.
Drive cross‑product integration and coherence across the portfolio, actively managing dependencies, sequencing, and opportunities for reuse and rationalization at the product and business capability level.
Build and lead a high‑performing team of product managers and program delivery leads, fostering strong delivery capability, accountability, and talent development.
Serve as a member of the Process Innovation and AI Leadership Team, contributing to cross‑pillar alignment and continuous improvement of the AI operating model.
Oversee external delivery capacity and partners within program execution, ensuring alignment with delivery standards and internal objectives.
Qualifications
Education: Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
Languages: Excellent English required (oral & written).
Experience & Professional Requirements:
Minimum 10 years of experience in Technology, Digital Transformation, Product Management, or related fields (preferably in healthcare / life sciences).
Demonstrated success in leading large‑scale product portfolios and complex program delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Strong experience in AI‑enabled product management and end‑to‑end product lifecycle delivery (MVP to scale).
Proven ability to establish and govern delivery operating models, including prioritization translation, resource management, and performance tracking.
Experience operating in complex, cross‑functional environments with strong dependency on DDIT / IT delivery organizations.
Demonstrated ability to ensure consistent execution across distributed teams, delivering predictable outcomes at scale.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior leaders across Development and enabling functions.
Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies and modern product delivery frameworks.
Track record of building, developing, and retaining high‑performing teams.
Strong understanding of how AI‑enabled products drive value through adoption, workflow integration, and business process enablement.
Additional Skills
Agile (Programming Methodology)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Business Value Creation
Change Management
Curious Mindset
Data Governance
Data Literacy
Data Management
Data Quality
Data Science
Data Strategy
Data Visualization
Deep Learning
Learning Agility
Machine Learning (ML)
Machine Learning Algorithms
Mentorship
Nlp (Neuro‑Linguistic Programming) And Genai
Organization Awareness
Stakeholder Engagement
Statistical Analysis
Time Series Analysis
Vision
EEO & Diversity Statement Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Head, AI Product Management and Program Delivery Arbeitgeber: Novartis
Novartis ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern in Basel, Schweiz, eine dynamische und innovative Arbeitsumgebung bietet. Mit einem starken Fokus auf Mitarbeiterentwicklung und einer Kultur der Zusammenarbeit ermöglicht das Unternehmen seinen Angestellten, ihre Fähigkeiten im Bereich KI und Technologie strategisch auszubauen. Die flexiblen Arbeitsoptionen und leistungsorientierten Boni machen Novartis zu einem attraktiven Arbeitsplatz für alle, die eine sinnvolle und lohnende Karriere anstreben.
