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Lisa Sims

Pioneer · DISC type Sid
Member at Chief
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Lisa Sims is the Executive Director of Learning Strategy & Operations at Novartis, where she leads a team focused on onboarding programs, curriculum design, and learning technology. Her team recently won a TGaS Advisors award for superior capabilities in Learning Technology. She holds a BBA from Hofstra University and a certification in AI from Wharton Executive Education.

Colleagues and direct reports describe Lisa as a fantastic partner, a leader, a mentor, and the "ULTIMATE pharmaceutical sales professional." She is consistently praised for her high organizational IQ, positive work ethic, strong business acumen, and for being a dedicated team player who puts her customers first.

In a recent podcast, she discussed how her team doubled its output, launching 150 learning programs and reaching over 35,000 learners in the first half of 2025 alone.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Member
Job Level
Senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Lisa shows up

Decisive But Friendly
Driven But Considerate
Friendly But Fast

They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed

Priorities

Topics Lisa cares about

AI in Pharma Training
Recently discussed leveraging AI and quality data to personalize learning at scale for pharma professionals and partnered with Quantified to design a purpose-built AI sales coaching platform.
Learning Technology
Leads the Learning Operations & Technology team at Novartis, which was recently recognized with a "Best of Benchmark" award for superior capabilities in learning technology versus industry peers.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Member
Chief
12-2024
Executive Director, Learning Strategy & Operations
Novartis
8-2022 - 12-2024
Director Training Ops & Learning Tech
Novartis
12-2020 - 8-2022
Director of Learning Technology
Novartis Oncology
11-2018 - 12-2020
Associate Director, Field Operations
Novartis Oncology
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Education
BBA
Hofstra University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

S

Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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