Operations Senior Project Manager
- Compensation
- €75.9K–€140.9K
- Location
- Dublin (NOCC)
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- · Experience supporting resource planning or operational strategy within clinical development or clinical operations.
- · Experience working across global, matrixed organizations with Finance, operational, and senior leadership stakeholders.
- Benefits & Rewards
- At Novartis, we’re committed to reimagining medicine together - and rewarding the people who make it happen.
- Expected Annual Base Salary Range for role: € 75,880 to € 140,920
- The base salary offered is determined based on gender-neutral objectives, such as relevant skills, competencies and experience in accordance with the Novartis pay setting policy and upon joining Novar
- In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for a performance-based bonus depending on certain performance parameters.
- The rewards of being part of our team go far beyond base pay and incentives. We also offer a variety of competitive benefits in kind to help you thrive personally and professionally, such as insurance
- Pay equity is a fundamental principle of our employment policy and reflects our commitment to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment that treats all employees with dignity and respect,
- Read our brochure to learn more about our global total rewards offering:
- Note: Benefits and compensation may vary by country and are subject to local legal requirements, including provisions of collective bargaining agreements where applicable. A full overview of your comp
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO paragraph
- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
- Skills Desired
Full description
Salary Range:
€75,880.00 - €140,920.00
Job Description Summary
Primary Location: Dublin, Ireland
Relocation Support: This role is based in Dublin, Ireland. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Ready to shape how global clinical operations plan and deploy their resources for the future? As Operations Senior Project Manager, you will partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to help drive strategic resource planning, budget management, and data-driven decision-making. You will connect teams across functions, translate business needs into forward-looking resourcing solutions, and help build agile approaches that ensure the right capabilities are available where they are needed most. This is an opportunity to influence how we plan today while helping create a more flexible and sustainable operating model for tomorrow.
Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities
· Partner with Site Management and Monitoring leadership to identify resource gaps and secure appropriate capabilities.
· Implement resourcing strategies and track internal and external workforce utilization, budgets, and staffing requirements.
· Build collaborative relationships across functions to enable effective resource deployment and reallocation.
· Partner with Finance to support budget development, financial targets, and continuous process improvement.
· Coordinate financial planning activities during annual strategy and portfolio planning cycles.
· Help develop sustainable, agile resource models that enable portfolio-driven, real-time allocation.
· Create and implement data-driven approaches that strengthen strategic workforce and resource planning.
· Support leadership in managing functional budgets, travel expenditure, service agreements, and financial priorities.
· Align with project management colleagues to optimize organizational processes, performance, and cross-functional collaboration.
· Represent Operations leadership when delegated, ensuring alignment and coordination across key initiatives.
Essential Requirements
· Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
· Minimum 4 years of experience in strategic resource planning, workforce management, or operational planning within a complex global organization.
· Strong project management experience, including coordinating complex initiatives across multiple functions and stakeholders.
· Experience managing budgets, financial targets, resource forecasts, and multi-year planning activities.