Marketing Strategy Specialist at Novartis in Insurgentes

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Job Description Summary Location: Mexico City, Insurgentes Contract Type: This role is based in Mexico City, Insurgentes. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. Reimagining Medicine Starts With Our People We are seeking a strategic, analytical, and collaborative professional to join our Marketing Operations team as a Marketing Strategy Specialist. In this role, you will serve as a trusted operations partner, supporting business planning, process excellence, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives. You will leverage data, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration to drive informed decision-making, enhance organizational effectiveness, and enable successful execution of strategic priorities. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to business transformation, operational excellence, and digital innovation while working closely with diverse stakeholders across the organization. Job Description Key Responsibilities Business Operations & Governance Coordinate and manage team operating rhythms, governance forums, leadership meetings, organizational events, and planning activities. Monitor priorities, decisions, action items, risks, and dependencies to support effective execution and delivery of business objectives. Facilitate collaboration across subject matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders to align activities and advance team priorities. Maintain and optimize collaboration platforms, knowledge repositories, SharePoint sites, Teams channels, and project management tools. Ensure business documentation, dashboards, and team resources remain accurate, current, and accessible. Support internal communications and stakeholder engagement activities, including team updates and feedback processes. Strategic Planning, Analytics & Process Excellence Translate business objectives into actionable plans, measurable milestones, and operational priorities. Analyze business data and performance metrics to develop actionable insights and recommendations. Track resource utilization, capacity, and workload trends to support planning and decision-making. Document business processes, workflow maps, and operational requirements to enable process improvements and standardization. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce complexity, and enhance organizational performance. Support business reviews, annual planning activities, and portfolio management initiatives. Innovation & Digital Enablement Contribute to automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation initiatives that improve operational effectiveness. Gather business requirements and coordinate implementation activities for new tools, solutions, and process enhancements. Promote adoption of best practices, agile ways of working, and continuous improvement methodologies. Support the development and maintenance of reporting tools, dashboards, and performance metrics. Stakeholder Collaboration & Organizational Enablement Partner with individuals and teams across functions to facilitate problem-solving, decision-making, and execution of key initiatives. Communicate priorities, risks, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner. Develop executive presentations, business cases, reports, and communication materials to support leadership decision-making. Facilitate readiness activities for organizational initiatives and operational changes. Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and solutions-oriented environment across stakeholders and business partners. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Life Sciences, Operations, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of experience in business analysis, business operations, strategic planning, process improvement, project management, consulting, or a related discipline. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert data into clear insights and reco