Summary:
About the role:
The Head of Digital Finance Hyderabad Hub leads a cross-functional team that plays a central role in advancing the Finance transformation agenda at Novartis. By combining strong people leadership with operational excellence and data-driven decision-making, this role builds a contemporary, product-oriented hub that improves how Finance operates and delivers value. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape a contemporary digital hub at the center of Finance transformation.

About the Role:
Key responsibilities
Transform the current hub into a modern digital organization with a clear vision, scalable operating model, and execution roadmap aligned to the Finance transformation agenda.
Lead people, culture, and capability building to develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary team and a future-ready organization.
Build critical capabilities, strengthen the leadership bench, and ensure talent development and succession for key roles. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and learning.



Champion the shift from task-based execution to product
and outcome-based ways of working.
Embed data and analytics at the core of how the hub operates, ensuring prioritization, process improvements, and resource allocation are evidence-based and outcome-oriented. Implement a data and analytics vision for the hub: define key metrics, dashboards, and reporting standards.
Ensure that key decisions (prioritization, process changes, resource allocation) are backed by data and insights. Promote self-service analytics capabilities and data literacy across all profiles in the hub.
Deliver operational excellence through a scalable service management model with transparent quality standards, performance indicators, issue escalation, and continuous simplification and automation of processes.
Implement continuous improvement frameworks (e.g., Lean, Agile, DevOps-inspired practices) to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and improve

📌 Head Of Digital Finance Hyderabad Hub (India)
🏢 Novartis
📍 India