Team: Strategic Marketing & Insights, Product & Portfolio Strategy

Location: Bangalore, Novo Nordisk Global Business Services (GBS), India

Lead the transformation of data and AI from a support function into a strategic force that shapes how we compete, decide, and deliver for patients worldwide.

Your recent role
As Associate Director, Data Analytics & AI Strategy, you will define and execute the organisation's data, analytics, and AI agenda – turning complex information into the insights that drive commercial performance, portfolio decisions, and customer engagement. This is a role where strategic vision meets hands-on leadership: you will build advanced analytics capabilities, champion AI-driven innovation, and partner directly with senior leaders to influence enterprise-wide decision-making.

Your key responsibilities will include:
- Defining and driving a business-aligned Data, Analytics & AI strategy and multi-year capability roadmap, advising senior leadership on transformation opportunities while embedding an AI-first, data-driven culture across the organisation




- Translating strategic business priorities into analytical frameworks and predictive models that deliver measurable impact across brand strategy, portfolio planning, customer engagement, market access, forecasting, and competitive intelligence
- Building and leading a high-performing, multidisciplinary team of data scientists, AI specialists, analytics professionals, and business insight experts through hiring, coaching, upskilling, and succession planning
- Establishing data governance frameworks, quality standards, and compliance requirements while partnering with Digital, Data & IT teams to ensure scalable architecture and responsible AI practices
- Identifying, prioritising, and deploying AI/ML use cases – including generative and agentic AI – that create measurable business value and improve decision quality
- Building partnerships with technology vendors, analytics partners, and industry experts

📌 Associate Director (Bengaluru)
🏢 Novo Nordisk
📍 Bengaluru