Bharti Rai

VP & Head, Commercial Execution

Novartis US Pharma

Bharti Rai

Any transformation needs to be anchored in clear business goals and success measures and dusted off regularly, especially when it's easy to lose track amidst the vast changes and settling period.

Bharti is an accomplished leader with 25 years of experience in Healthcare and Big 4 Management Consulting. She has been at the forefront of strategy and business transformations for commercial effectiveness, data-driven decision making and analytics to drive omnichannel engagement and customer experience.

In Novartis since 2018, as the Vice President of Commercial Operations, Insights, Data and Analytics, Bharti led the vision and creation of this US function from ground up and drove the turnaround of Insights & Analytics for competitive advantage and enhanced operational excellence.

Prior to Novartis, she held roles at Bayer Healthcare across a versatile set of functions including Strategy and Process Innovation, Re-Engineering, Digital Health Innovation, CRM, and Chief Data Officer. Before Bayer, she was at Deloitte Consulting in the Public Sector practice, leading multi-million dollar change initiatives and business development.

Bharti has a reputation for combining strategic big-picture thinking with an ability to move large teams to execute for purpose-driven impact and cutting-edge excellence. She is recognized as an industry thought leader and is the recipient of numerous industry awards and accolades including CDO Magazine Top Executives, Top 100 Data & Analytics innovators and WLDA Corporate Change Champion of the Year Nominee.