Novartis
Healthcare
CapabilityBuildingManager
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“Capability Building Manager at Novartis. Skills: Capability building strategy, Learning deployment, Stakeholder management. Localize and deploy capability programs. Build and sustain role-based capabilities”
What You'll Achieve.
Optimize capability excellence; Optimize agility; Optimize knowledge retention; Enable organization to be future ready; Drive performance improvement; Deliver measurable business impact; Avoid duplication; Avoid learner audience overload; Avoid fragmented training approach; Embed capabilities into country routines; Embed capabilities into ways of working; Monitor capability building adoption; Monitor capability building effectiveness; Maintain focus on high impact activities
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7–10 years capability building, Experience in pharmaceutical, Country level execution of global strategies, Organizing scalable workshops, Organizing scalable trainings
Nice to Have
Experience in sales, Experience in marketing, Experience in medical, Experience in value & access, Capability needs assessment, Learning journey design, Localization and deployment of global curricula, Stakeholder partnership across commercial and medical functions, Learning effectiveness measurement, Continuous improvement, Execution and orchestration skills, Ability to influence without direct authority, Structured, outcome focused, ethical and pragmatic mindset, Comfort operating in matrix and governance driven environments
What You'll Do.
Localize and deploy capability programs
Build and sustain role-based capabilities
Ensure capability building delivers business impact
Avoid fragmented or duplicative learning
Partner with functional leaders
Embed capabilities into country ways of working
Embed capabilities into business cycles
Deploy industry leading capabilities programs
Optimize capability excellence
Optimize knowledge retention
Enable organization to be future ready
Drive performance improvement through learning
Deliver measurable business impact
Lead deployment of country capability strategy
Execute country capability strategy roadmap
Translate global functional strategy
Translate country business priorities
Align capability development
Orchestrate capability development
Deliver function agnostic capabilities
Ensure trainings are delivered
Assess country specific capability gaps
Prioritize capability building needs
Orchestrate capability building programs
Orchestrate curricula deployment
Avoid learner audience overload
Avoid fragmented training approach
Synchronize capability building focus
Execute external trends landscape overview
Localize training/curricula
Deploy training/curricula
Operationalize capability monitor
Assure adherence to country capability standards
Recommend enhancements to Capability Head
Advance existing capabilities
Incorporate global platform user skillset
Support change management capability needs
Support adoption of new technology
Manage end-to-end learning journeys
Coordinate country rollout of curricula
Coordinate timing of curricula
Monitor program/curricula adoption
Monitor program/curricula effectiveness
Report to functional heads
Ensure enablement beyond formal training
Include reinforcement
Include coaching support
Include best practice sharing
Include communities of practice
Embed capabilities into country routines
Embed capabilities into planning cycles
Embed capabilities into governance
Embed capabilities into functional forums
Support functional leaders in role modelling
Support functional leaders in reinforcing capabilities
Monitor capability building adoption
Monitor capability building effectiveness
Adjust capability roadmap
Adjust learning journeys
Assess capability building activities
Retire low value activities
Retire redundant activities
Maintain focus on high impact activities
Partner with country functional leadership
Work with Customer Excellence
Work with Integrated Insights
Work with Field Excellence
Work with global functional CoE
Align capability needs with process changes
Align capability needs with tool changes
Maintain partnerships with external vendors
Manage vendor selection
Manage vendors operationally
Support program/curricula delivery
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Functional heads; Functional leads; Therapy Area Heads; Technology teams; Functional leadership; Customer Excellence; DAP; Integrated Insights; Field Excellence; Global functional CoE; External vendors
Communication Scope
Reporting
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Orchestration
Full Job Description
**Job Description Summary** The Capability Building Manager is accountable for deploying and executing the country capability building strategy across Marketing, Sales, Value & Access (V&A), and Medical Affairs. The role localizes and deploys global capability programs and curricula to ensure business relevant, role-based capabilities are built and sustained. It acts as the single country point of accountability for capability deployment, adoption, and effectiveness, aligned with Internation-al priorities and learning governance. The role ensures capability building delivers measurable business impact and avoids fragmented or duplicative learning. It partners closely with functional leaders to embed capabilities into country ways of working and business cycles. **Job Description** **Location – Mumbai** **Key Responsibilities:** **Below accountabilities cover a general capability building lead role, for function specific role adapt accordingly** **1\. Country Capability building strategy deployment & execution** · Aligned with global strategy, localize and deploy industry leading capabilities programs/curricula across the 4 key functions (Marketing, Sales, V&A, Medical Affairs), in partnership with respective functional heads, to optimize capability excellence, agility and knowledge retention, to enable the organization to be future ready · Drive performance improvement through learning experiences that deliver measurable business impact · Lead the deployment/execution of the country capability strategy and 12–24 month roadmap for the assigned functional audiences, in partnership with respective functional leads (that remain responsible for building the capability strategy), and aligned with global International priorities and frameworks (e.g. ICE, IMAX, DAP, new engagement models) and International unit learning council direction. · Translate global functional strategy and frameworks and country business priorities into clear, role-based capability building requirem
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