Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid

Primary Location: London, UK

Please note closing date for applications is 2 weeks from initial posting date

Step into a truly global leadership role where you will shape how Novartis protects its people, patients, and reputation worldwide. As functional Head of Global Security Investigations world-wide, and the Regional Head for EMEA, you will lead complex, high-impact investigations, set enterprise-wide standards, and partner with senior stakeholders to navigate critical risks. This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic influence with operational leadership - championing servant leadership, accelerating change with agility, and driving the responsible use of artificial intelligence and augmented reasoning (AIAR) with vision, to strengthen investigative excellence and business resilience across a diverse and dynamic region.

 

Job Description

• Lead the global investigations strategy, standards, governance, and capability across high-risk matters, to deliver maximum impact for the company

• Manage and oversee complex, sensitive internal investigations in partnership with ethics, legal, and compliance teams to detect and mitigate risk

• Ensure high-quality case management, reporting, and performance tracking across investigation portfolios

• Provide executive-level insights, escalation, and decision-support for critical investigations

• Lead and develop EMEA security and investigations teams, driving regional operational excellence

• Strengthen incident response, crisis management, and business continuity capabilities across EMEA

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen enterprise resilience and mitigate multi-jurisdictional security threats

• Champion Novartis values & behaviors; inspire and make others extraordinary, deliver collective impact, and take full accountability for decisions and actions.

• Integrate and evolve AIAR responsibly and strategically to drive performance, empower teams, and enable innovation grounded in sound data, strong governance, ethics, human judgment and accountability.

Essential Requirements

• Extensive senior leadership experience in investigations, security, risk and resilience

• Proven expertise and experience in leading complex internal and external investigations including fraud and FCPA matters

• Strong track record managing international teams through servant leadership and cross functional programs in a matrix organization

• Demonstrated strategic thinking, change agility, compassion and high-impact decision-making in high-risk environments

• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders across legal, compliance, and risk functions, including responsible AIAR adoption

• Excellent communication skills with strong executive presence and stakeholder influence

Why Novartis:  Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future  together? : https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

 

Skills Desired

Adaptability, Business Acumen, Critical Thinking, Curiosity, Decision Making, Forward Planning, Negotiation, Persuasion, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking