Manager, Business Planning & Analysis

Job Description

Manager, Business Planning & Analysis | Novartis

The Tone:
This is a hybrid role at Novartis, located in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is actively shaping the future of Finance through innovative products that seamlessly connect business insight, technology, and groundbreaking solutions. This position offers real ownership over critical Finance products, allowing you to guide their roadmap, evolution, and ongoing impact. Sitting at the intersection of Finance and technology, you will be instrumental in transforming complex business requirements into intuitive, scalable solutions that significantly improve how teams plan, analyze, and make strategic decisions. You will have the opportunity to challenge current practices, enhance user experience and data quality, and explore automation and emerging technologies to build what comes next for Finance at Novartis.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid
• Location: Hybrid – Hyderabad, India
• Mission: Shape how Finance works through products that connect business insight, technology and innovation, improving how teams plan, analyse and make decisions.
• Tech Stack: SAP PBC

What You’ll Actually Do
• Product Lifecycle Ownership: Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, shaping strategy and roadmaps from initial development through adoption and continuous improvement.
• Roadmap Development: Build robust product roadmaps that strategically connect Finance priorities, evolving user needs, demonstrable business value, and advancing technology capabilities.
• Solution Translation: Translate complex Finance challenges and requirements into clear user stories, detailed specifications, and practical, scalable product solutions.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner effectively across Finance departments, operations teams, and Information Technology to turn high-level business priorities into tangible and meaningful product enhancements.
• Backlog Prioritization: Strategically prioritise product backlogs, meticulously balancing diverse stakeholder needs, long-term strategic value, technical feasibility, and realistic delivery timelines.
• Engagement & Adoption: Lead key activities such as workshops, comprehensive testing, engaging demonstrations, and essential change management efforts to build engagement and drive successful product adoption across the organization.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Hold a Chartered Accountant qualification, a Master of Business Administration in Finance, or an equivalent Finance qualification, coupled with a strong understanding of financial planning, accounting, reporting, financial controls, and end-to-end Finance processes.
• Experience: Possess approximately 4 to 6 years of relevant experience across product management, Finance transformation initiatives, or technology-enabled Finance solutions. This includes hands-on experience with SAP PBC within a Finance or product environment, alongside demonstrated product management experience covering roadmap development, backlog prioritization, lifecycle ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Skills: Strong capabilities in financial planning and analysis, robust product management expertise encompassing strategy and lifecycle, adeptness at turning complex Finance requirements into clear technology solutions, excellent stakeholder management with confidence to partner across diverse groups, and a curious, analytical, and future-focused mindset with adaptability to competing priorities.
• Bonus: Experience utilizing Jira and Confluence to support product management activities, requirements definition, and delivery tracking; familiarity and experience working with Agile methodologies and iterative product delivery approaches.