Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid
Location: Hyderabad, India
Relocation Support: This role is based in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for candidates outside India: please only apply if accessible.

Join us in shaping how environmental sustainability is measured, managed, and driven across a global organization. In this role, you’ll combine data, analytics, and sustainability expertise to support smarter decision-making and ensure we meet evolving regulatory and environmental commitments. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll play a key role in strengthening data quality, enabling transparent reporting, and helping Novartis deliver meaningful impact for patients, society, and the planet.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Drive environmental performance reporting through strong collaboration across internal and external stakeholders

• Implement and maintain processes ensuring timely reporting of environmental key performance indicators across sites

• Ensure readiness for emerging regulations including Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Green Taxonomy

• Support senior leadership with data-driven insights to guide environmental sustainability decisions

• Drive execution and delivery of sustainability targets across climate, waste, and water

• Support assurance of sustainability indicators in line with ISAE 3000 and applicable standards

• Support product carbon footprint assessments as needed in line with evolving guidelines

• Improve data accuracy, quality, and controls to meet evolving regulatory requirements

• Prepare monthly environmental performance reports for senior leadership

• Support training and communication initiatives to build sustainability capabilities across teams

Essential Requirements

• Master of Business Administration with degree in engineering, technology, or related technical or scientific field

• Around 5 to 6 years of relevant experience in environmental sustainability preferably with leading consulting organizations

• Strong experience in data analytics, performance reporting, and working with cross-functional stakeholders

• Hands-on experience reporting environmental sustainability performance aligned with Greenhouse Gas Protocol and similar standards

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

• Strong communication skills with proactive and self-driven working style

• Ability to work effectively in a global matrix organization

Desirable Requirements

• Experience driving execution of environmental sustainability strategy and targets within multinational organizations

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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

Accessibility and Accommodation

Novartis 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 recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

 

Skills Desired

Decision Making, emergency response planning, Environmental Management, GDP Knowledge, gmp knowledge, Hse Management Systems, Incident Investigation & Reporting, Occupational Hygiene, occupational safety, Problem Solving, Regulatory Compliance, risk assessment & management