Novartis Posted November 2, 2026

Manager - Customer Relationship Platform (Salesforce) Operations

Hyderabad (Office), India FULL_TIME
Marketing Manager
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About this opportunity

This role will act as a critical bridge between country business teams (Sales, Medical, KAM) and global product teams, ensuring that local business needs are accurately represented while driving adoption of standardized Customer Relationship Management processes. The ideal candidate brings strong CRM functional expertise, deep understanding of pharma commercial operations, and the ability to influence business stakeholders and drive adoption at scale.

Key Responsibilities:1. Country CRM Usage & Business RepresentationA. Represent country CRM usage by providing insights into how CRM is leveraged across Sales, Medical, and KAM teams, including key processes, workflows, and pain points.B. Support in the articulation of country-specific business needs, priorities, and nuances to ensure accurate reflection in CRM design and rollout planning.2. Business Requirements Validation & AlignmentA. Support in the validation of business priorities and requirements to ensure they reflect country realities while aligning with the global CRM product scope and design principles.B. Support refinement of requirements by bridging gaps between local expectations and standardized global solutions.3. Business SME Support & Decision EnablementA. Support the primary business SME for CRM by clarifying functional queries, reviewing solution outputs, and providing contextual inputs during design and implementation discussions.B. Support informed decision-making by highlighting trade-offs, risks, and impacts of proposed CRM solutions on country operations.4. CRM Adoption & Change EnablementA. Support CRM adoption in-country by reinforcing standard ways of working and promoting alignment with global processes and tools.B. Support rollout readiness by collaborating with change and training teams to drive business engagement, user preparedness, and adoption success.Essential Requirements:Considerable functional expertise in CRM platforms – either Veeva CRM or Salesforce Life Sciences CloudConsiderable understanding of pharma commercial operations, including Sales, Medical, and Key Account Management (KAM)Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across business and global product teamsExperience driving user adoption and change enablement initiativesStrong communication and facilitation skills for cross-functional discussionsAwareness of regulatory and compliance considerations in CRM usageAbility to work in cross-functional, multi-geography environmentsDesirable Requirements:Experience in CRM transformation or migration programs (Veeva or Salesforce highly preferred)Exposure to change management, training, or adoption programsExperience working in global rollout programs across multiple countries

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Hyderabad (Office), India
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 705 comparable Manager Marketing roles across 117 biopharma companies.

705Comparable roles tracked
651Currently active
117Companies hiring similar roles
58Countries represented

Salary context

130 of 705 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate, Insights, Intelligence & Strategy Oncology · Pfizer $60,200/yr – $100,400/yr
Highest disclosed · Associate Director, Marketing Program Governance · Novartis $160,300/yr – $297,700/yr
Peer group range $80,300 – $229,000 (median $188,775)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 705 comparable roles

United States259
China87
India56
Japan42
Germany24
Taiwan19

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Seniority mix

705 of 705 peers have a known seniority level

Manager527
Associate Director141
Associate37

Therapeutic area mix

135 of 705 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology61
Neuroscience16
Rare Disease10
Cardiovascular / CVRM10
Vaccines & Infectious Disease8
Dermatology & Aesthetics7
Immunology7
Gastroenterology6
Respiratory6
Ophthalmology4

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