Commercial Excellence Leader, India

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• Provides direct people leadership, site stewardship, and delivery health management for India-based talent supporting Commercial Excellence and adjacent Commercial Experience work.
• Ensures transitioned services are stable, measurable, and supported by clear SLAs, escalation paths, quality baselines, capacity plans, and process documentation.
• Partners with contributing function leaders on priorities, service expectations, process standards, and role-specific performance input rather than replacing their functional accountability.
• Builds an automation- and AI-ready operating model that improves throughput, reduces low-value manual work, and strengthens seller, customer, and patient support outcomes.
• Does not act as a separate strategy team, duplicate regional commercial leadership, or become a catch-all intake point for unstructured work. Work moves into the center only when scope, decision rights, process maturity, and success measures are clear. Phase 1: Establish and Transition
• Build the initial India center structure, leadership rhythm, and staffing model based on approved transition waves and validated business demand.
• Coordinate the transition of selected work across Sales Productivity, CRM Administration, PACE, and Samples Management, sequencing waves to protect knowledge transfer, quality, and service continuity.
• Define and operationalize handoffs, SLAs, escalation paths, quality checks, coverage windows, and stabilization plans for supported regions.
• Establish baseline measures for volume, service levels, quality, rework, cycle time, cost, and experience impact before and after transition.
• Deliver committed 2027 cost and productivity outcomes without measurable degradation to seller, customer, or patient support. Phase 2: Transform and Scale
• Lead process discovery and redesign across transitioned services, prioritizing standardized, high-volume case work and repeatable workflow patterns.
• Partner with Automation, Insights and Incubation, IT, and contributing functions to build a practical automation and AI enablement roadmap for the center.
• Convert stable operational work into scalable digital services where appropriate, including RPA, workflow orchestration, agent-assisted execution, self-service, and LLM-embedded support patterns.
• Drive productivity improvements through case deflection, task elimination, reduced rework, faster throughput, better routing, and disciplined continuous improvement.
• Mature the center into a source of operational insight, reusable capabilities, and talent development for the broader Commercial Experience and Commercial Excellence ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Site Leadership and People Accountability
• Act as the primary local leader and voice for India-based Commercial Excellence talent.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, engagement, coaching, performance routines, development planning, and retention for the center in partnership with HR and contributing function leaders.
• Create a cohesive site culture across different disciplines and work types, anchored in service excellence, quality, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Coordinate across multiple supported functions so the India team operates as one integrated center rather than disconnected work pods. Transition Leadership and Business Continuity
• Guide end-to-end transition planning, including work scoping, knowledge capture, shadow periods, cutover, hypercare, and sustained stabilization.
• Validate readiness thresholds before work moves, including process documentation, volume stability, quality baselines, role clarity, system access, and escalation design.
• Manage cross-cultural and statutory sensitivities associated with ceded work in partnership with HR, Legal, regional leaders, and GBS governance.
• Protect service continuity during transition by coordinating with existing vendor, regional, and service delivery plans. Talent Model, Capability Building, and Workforce Optimization
• Design roles and team structure before placement decisions are finalized, ensuring clear scope and minimal overlap with retained regional, program, or vendor roles.
• Build a blended talent base spanning operational delivery, CRM support, case management, application development, data engineering, automation, and AI-enabled operations.
• Match capacity and skills to demand as the center matures, using workforce data and performance insights to improve productivity and resilience.
• Establish career paths and development routines that make the center a destination for strong, adaptable talent. Automation, AI, and Process Excellence
• Steward the center automation and AI enablement roadmap in partnership with the relevant functional and technology teams.
• Create disciplined intake, prioritization, experimentation, and production-readiness practices for automation and AI-enabled workflow improvements.
• Ensure responsible use of AI, includi