Summary

Lead the engine room of a pivotal transformation. As the Portfolio and Program Management Office Associate Director, you will establish and lead the Program Management Office for ASCEND—our large-scale, technology-enabled change program in Global Development—aligning best-in-class practices (Project Management Institute standards and agile ways of working) to deliver outcomes that matter for patients and the business. You will orchestrate cross-functional roadmaps, governance, and value tracking; bring transparency through executive-ready dashboards; and foster a culture of empowerment, accountability, and continuous improvement.

If you thrive on connecting strategy to execution, optimizing resources, and simplifying complexity across general, multidisciplinary teams, this is your opportunity to shape how innovation moves from idea to impact at Novartis.
About the Role

LI-Hybrid

Location: Barcelona, Spain
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and lead the Portfolio and Program Management Office for a global transformation initiative.
- Design governance structures,



operating cadence, and decision forums that enable timely, transparent execution.
- Build and maintain integrated roadmaps, deliverable baselines, and cross-functional milestones aligned to strategy.
- Develop executive level reporting, dashboards, and narratives that clearly communicate progress, risks, and value.
- Institute rigorous risk, issue, and dependency management with proactive mitigation and escalation pathways.
- Drive benefits realization planning, value tracking, and outcome measurement against defined business objectives.
- Enable effective resource planning, capacity management, and prioritization across internal teams and external partners.
- Embed agile ways of working, continuous improvement, and change management practices across the program.
- Facilitate alignment with functional leaders, technology, and finance to coordinate budgets, timelines, and scope.
- Coach project leade

📌 Development Tech Transformation PMO (España)
🏢 Development
📍 España