This job is with Novartis, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Summary LI-Hybrid Location: Hyderabad, India About The Role: Enterprise Competitive Intelligence (ECI) is responsible for gathering, assessing, organizing, and delivering timely, relevant, high-quality competitive intelligence that supports Novartis pipeline, portfolio, and strategic decision-making. As ECI moves from a service-provider model toward a strategic partnership model, the function needs scalable data systems, governed repositories, and AI-enabled workflows that make validated CI accessible, reusable, and helpful across business units. In this role you will shape and govern the ECI data systems and AI agenda: building and leading the CI knowledge layer, ensuring CI data is available, searchable, API-ready and usable by AI, and enabling repeatable AI-assisted workflows that improve speed, quality, consistency and enterprise leverage. The role will act as the bridge between ECI,



business-unit insights teams, Data Digital & IT (DDIT), enterprise knowledge management teams (e.g. NKC), and relevant external partners to deliver pragmatic solutions while preparing ECI for future AI-enabled ways of working. About the Role Key Responsibilities: Strategic Vision and Roadmap Drive the ECI Data Systems and AI vision, roadmap and delivery plan, aligned to ECI priorities, Novartis business-unit needs and enterprise technology direction. Translate ECI's ambition for a single, trusted CI knowledge layer into sequenced initiatives, milestones, governance forums and investment decisions. Maintain a balanced build/buy/partner perspective, evaluating whether capabilities should be built internally, sourced from vendors, or co-developed with partners. Represent Data Systems and AI on the ECI Leadership Team and support ECI Steering Committee discussions on AI, repositories, data governance, intero

📌 Associate Director, Data Systems (India)
🏢 Novartis
📍 India