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Lisa Sims

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📍 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
30 Years
Current Role
Member
Job Level
Senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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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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Hofstra University
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