Associate Director, Innovation Lab (Innovation Practice)

Job description

Band Level 5 Job Description Summary: At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. Our work combines breakthrough science, advanced technology, and a deep commitment to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals around the world. Innovation at Novartis goes beyond drug discovery, it includes how we educate, engage, and enable better decisions across highly complex scientific and healthcare ecosystems. The Associate Director, Innovation Lab – Innovation Practice sits within the Innovation Lab (iLab), part of the Marketing Technology Product Management organization. This role is central to advancing open innovation, building innovation capability across the enterprise, and translating emerging technologies into meaningful business and customer impact. You will act as the program owner for open innovation, serve as a resident expert in innovation practice, and help cultivate a vibrant internal and external innovation ecosystem. This includes designing and delivering immersive innovation experiences, managing innovation platforms and lab spaces, and enabling cross‑functional collaboration that accelerates experimentation, learning, and value re...