Band
Level 4

Job Description Summary
LI-Hybrid
Location: Mumbai, India

Ready to lead complex product life cycle projects that directly impact patients around the world? As a Life Cycle Manager, you will act as the ESO project lead for technical, manufacturing, and engineering initiatives across the life cycle of a product, including launches, transfers, changes, divestments, due diligence activities, and other strategic projects. You will bring together global and local stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams, and drive the successful execution of product strategies while balancing service levels, inventory, compliance, and cost objectives. Working across a highly interconnected global network, you will play a key role in ensuring seamless product transfers to contract manufacturing organizations and delivering operational excellence throughout the product life cycle.

Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical transfer projects from initial planning through delivery and formal closure.
- Create project charters, detailed action plans, timelines, milestones,



and governance structures.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Manufacturing Science and Technology, Quality, Artwork, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and external partners.
- Act as the main point of contact between Novartis teams and contract manufacturing organizations.
- Track project activities, dependencies, milestones, risks, and deviations against agreed timelines.
- Resolve project obstacles and escalate critical issues promptly to protect timelines and product supply.
- Organize regular governance meetings and provide transparent project updates to teams, stakeholders, and sponsors.
- Develop submission, implementation, and change-control strategies with relevant regulatory, planning, and quality stakeholders.
- Coordinate inventory and contingency stock planning to prevent supply disruptions during transfers and product changes.
- Ensure projects meet agreed strategies, regulatory requiremen

📌 Life Cycle Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Mumbai