Director, Strategy Development

Job Description Summary

Job Description Summary
The Director, Strategy Development defines the long-term strategic direction for Sandoz North America. This role leads the creation and evolution of the North America Strategic Roadmap, integrating external market, policy, and competitive insights into clear strategic choices for the region. The Director provides forward-looking analyses, scenario models, and strategic recommendations in shaping what the organization should prioritize and why, partnering closely with the Director, Strategy Deployment to ensure strategic choices are translated effectively into execution plans and operating mechanisms

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

 

Position Location:

This position will be located at the Princeton, NJ US Headquarters site.

Our Sandoz flexible hybrid working approach allows US office-based employees to work up to 50% of their monthly workday remotely. This role will not have the ability to be located remotely.

Must be authorized to work in the U.S.  U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available for this role now or in the future.

Job Summary:

Within the North America Strategy & Growth organization, the Director, Strategy Development drives strategic insight generation, long-range planning, and enterprise prioritization. Working closely with the VP, Strategy & Growth, this leader evaluates competitive, policy, and market dynamics; translates insights into strategic implications; and develops the NA Strategic Roadmap as the unified source of regional strategic priorities. In partnership with the Director, Strategy Deployment, this leader ensures a clean handoff from strategic choice to execution and collaborates with Corporate Communications to ensure accuracy of strategic messaging within the broader context of employee engagement.

Major Accountabilities / Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

External Ecosystem Evaluation & Strategic Implications

• Analyze competitive, policy, payer/provider, and macroeconomic trends shaping the North America healthcare and generics/biosimilars landscape.

• Generate forward‑looking insights and strategic implications that inform enterprise decision‑making.

North America Strategic Roadmap  

• Own the creation, evolution, and version control of the NA Strategic Roadmap as the authoritative source of long‑term regional strategic priorities.

Corporate Strategy Alignment

• Partner with Global Corporate Strategy to ensure regional priorities are harmonized with global enterprise strategy.

Strategic Risk & Scenario Leadership

• Develop and lead scenario analyses, strategic‑risk models, and long‑term enterprise assessments.

Executive Decision Support

• Develop executive‑ready strategy narratives, decision memos, and option evaluations.

Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives  

• Lead upstream, strategy‑shaping projects such as whitespace analyses, long‑range growth opportunities, competitive assessments, and enterprise strategic evaluations.

Strategic Cross‑Functional Partnership  

• Engage senior functional leaders early in strategy formation to embed business realities and execution considerations.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Required Qualifications:

Education & Experience (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MS) strongly preferred.

• 8+ years in corporate strategy, management consulting, healthcare strategy, or related disciplines.

• Demonstrated experience producing executive‑level strategic recommendations.

• Deep understanding of U.S. healthcare, pharmaceuticals, generics, and biosimilars

• Experience operating in large, matrixed organizations and leading cross‑functional initiatives.

• Exceptional communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.

• Proven ability to structure complex problems, synthesize insights, and navigate ambiguity.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in pharmaceuticals, generics, biosimilars, payer strategy, or healthcare consulting.

• Experience with Board‑level or C‑suite strategic engagements.

• Scenario planning, strategic risk, or portfolio strategy expertise.

You’ll Receive:

Sandoz offers a generous employee benefits package that includes a competitive salary, health insurance coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision, a generous company match for retirement savings accounts, and generous paid time off.  We also follow a hybrid work policy that combines a mix of in-person and remote work to allow our employees flexibility.   

   

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $185,500 - 344,500 USD/year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/26 through 12/31/26, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period.  Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. 

On September 30, 2021, Sandoz entered into a 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement. Certain positions will have responsibilities to support the execution and adherence to CIA obligations, CIA-related deliverables, and any relevant audit, monitoring or Independent Review Organization (IRO) remediation. 

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Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

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EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

Sandoz, Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to reasonable.accommodations@sandoz.com or call 1-609-422-4098 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Salary Range

$185,500.00 - $344,500.00

Skills Desired

Account Management, Account Management, Adaptive Strategy And Innovation, Business Development, Business Partnering, Business Planning, Business Strategy, Drug Development, Efficiency, Financial Modeling, Go-To-Market Strategy, Investment Portfolio, IT Portfolio Management, Key Account Management, Leadership, Lifesciences, Market Share, Npd (New Product Development), Organizational And Project Design, Partner Relationship Management, Pipeline (Software), Portfolio Analysis, Prioritization, Product Positioning, Profit and Loss (P&L) {+ 3 more}

Global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, operating as an independent company spun off from Novartis. Based in Basel.

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