Manager, Operational Excellence

Job Description Summary

The Manager, Operational Excellence supports the Head of Operational Excellence in strengthening operational discipline, simplifying processes, and improving execution across the North America region. This role delivers analytical, project management, and governance support to enhance decision‑making quality, cross‑functional alignment, and execution speed.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

 

Position Location:

This position will be located at the Princeton, NJ US Headquarters site.

Our Sandoz flexible hybrid working approach allows US office-based employees to work up to 50% of their monthly workday remotely. This role will not have the ability to be located remotely.

Must be authorized to work in the U.S.  U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available for this role now or in the future.

As we evolve, strengthening operational discipline and simplifying how we work is essential. The Manager, Operational Excellence will play a pivotal supporting role in enabling operational efficiency, strengthening governance, and ensuring disciplined execution across functions.

Major Accountabilities / Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support assessments of end‑to‑end North America processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.

• Contribute to simplification and standardization efforts that reduce operational complexity and improve execution speed.

• Support simple, fit‑for‑purpose governance routines (e.g., calendars, dashboards, templates, action logs) to strengthen clarity and execution discipline.

• Coordinate cross‑functional inputs for operational reviews, ensuring timely preparation and alignment across stakeholders.

• Track initiative progress, risks, and follow‑ups to drive accountability and ensure closure of action items.

• Develop and maintain performance tracking tools, scorecards, and reports to measure operational excellence outcomes.

• Prepare clear, concise, executive‑ready materials to support decision‑making in governance and leadership forums.

• Support high‑priority, cross‑functional projects aligned with company strategy and goals - including cost optimization, digital enablement, data transparency, and growth acceleration - by providing analysis, coordination, and execution support.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Required Qualifications:

Education & Experience (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations, supply chain, or a related field.

• 3–6 years of experience in operational excellence, continuous improvement, business analysis, consulting, PMO, or similar roles.

• Experience supporting cross‑functional transformation, PMO, or change‑management activities.

• Experience conducting process mapping, root‑cause analysis, and structured problem‑solving using data‑driven approaches.

• Experience building dashboards, trackers, scorecards, or KPI reports to support operational visibility and performance management.

• Strong organizational and coordination skills, capable of managing multiple workstreams and deadlines in a matrixed environment.

• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise, executive‑ready communication for leadership forums.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, or regulated industries.

• Exposure to Lean or Six Sigma methodologies (e.g., Green Belt) is a plus.

• Experience with digital workflow, process‑mapping, or reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Signavio, Smartsheet, Visio, Miro, BPMN).

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

You’ll Receive:

Sandoz offers a generous employee benefits package that includes a competitive salary, health insurance coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision, a generous company match for retirement savings accounts, and generous paid time off.  We also follow a hybrid work policy that combines a mix of in-person and remote work to allow our employees flexibility.   

   

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $117,500 - 218,300 USD/year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/26 through 12/31/26, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period.  Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. 

On September 30, 2021, Sandoz entered into a 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement. Certain positions will have responsibilities to support the execution and adherence to CIA obligations, CIA-related deliverables, and any relevant audit, monitoring or Independent Review Organization (IRO) remediation. 

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Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

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EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

Sandoz, Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] or call 1-609-422-4098 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Salary Range

$117,500.00 - $218,300.00

Skills Desired

Building Construction, Business Networking, Business Partners, Business Planning, Business Process Transformation, Business Strategy, Curiosity, Decision Tree (Forecasting Model), Diversity & Inclusion, Finance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Key Account Management, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management Consulting, Scrum (Programming Methodology), Strategic Planning