Novartis Pharma AG - June 24, 2026

Job ID: REQ-10078689

Date: Jun 02, 2026

Location: Basel, Switzerland

#LI-Hybrid 3 days/week in office

Summary

We are seeking a Product Manager for Agentic AI Solutions to lead the product strategy, development, and enterprise integration of a portfolio of Agentic AI solutions supporting our Research organization. This role operates at the intersection of product management, AI platform strategy, research informatics, enterprise architecture, and governance. We focus on solutions built on Palantir Foundry and AIP. The ideal candidate will be responsible for shaping and scaling AI products that enhance scientific workflows, foster trusted human-AI collaboration, and align with enterprise standards for agent interoperability, identity, security, and responsible AI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Lead product management for multiple Agentic AI solutions serving the Research organization, from strategy and roadmap through execution, adoption, and lifecycle management.
Define product vision, value proposition, and success metrics for AI-enabled solutions that enhance research productivity, decision support, and operational effectiveness.
Collaborate with scientific, digital, data, engineering, platform, and business stakeholders to identify high-value use cases and translate them into scalable product capabilities.
Oversee product planning and prioritization for solutions built on Palantir Foundry and AIP, ensuring alignment with research needs and enterprise architecture standards.
Lead integration efforts between Research Agentic AI products and the Enterprise Agentic Mesh, enabling interoperability, orchestration, and scalable agent-to-agent collaboration.
Develop strategies for integrating with other enterprise agents and shared AI services, ensuring cohesive user experiences and reusable patterns across the organization.
Define and drive the product strategy for Agentic Identity and Security, including trusted access models, authorization approaches, auditability, governance, and risk-aware deployment practices in partnership with security and platform teams.
Establish frameworks for agent lifecycle management, product governance, release planning, and operational readiness.
Collaborate closely with engineering and architecture teams to define requirements for APIs, data products, orchestration patterns, observability, and system integration.
Partner with legal, compliance, privacy, cyber, and risk stakeholders to support responsible and compliant deployment of Agentic AI capabilities while acting as a thought partner to senior leadership on the evolving role of Agentic AI in Research and the broader enterprise.
Create business cases, product roadmaps, and executive communications that clearly articulate priorities, dependencies, risks, and expected outcomes.
Monitor product performance, user adoption, and business impact, using insights and feedback loops to continuously improve products and platform strategy.
Drive cross-functional operating models and collaborative working methods across product, engineering, data, and research stakeholders in a complex enterprise environment.

Essential Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred in life sciences, computer science, engineering, data science, business, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in product management, with a strong background in strategic roles across complex, enterprise-scale technology products.
Significant experience with AI, machine learning, generative AI, or agentic systems in a product, platform, or transformation capacity.
Experience with Palantir Foundry and/or AIP is essential.
Strong understanding of enterprise product delivery, platform operating models, and integration strategy.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving business, technical, architectural, and governance stakeholders; demonstrated ability to manage multiple products or workstreams simultaneously in a matrixed global organization.
Familiarity with research and development environments in pharma, biotech, or life sciences.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
Proven ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear product direction and actionable roadmaps.

Desirable Requirements

Understanding of identity, access, security, and governance concepts for enterprise AI systems is preferred.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives, and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates who drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!

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Accessibility and Accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to all individuals. If, due to a medical condition or disability, you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please send an email to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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Primary location salary range: CHF122,500.00 - CHF227,500.00

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Location : BASEL
Country : Switzerland

Product Manager / Product Manageress