Associate Director, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics

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The Portfolio Insights team is responsible for driving analysis of key value metrics and support organization in making informed portfolio choices within TA and drive cross-prioritization above TA in alignment with larger strategic goals. Portfolio Strategy and Analytics group within this team is responsible for ensuring consistency in approach across TAs, driving adherence to Portfolio prioritization objectives, cross- TA prioritization and development of visualization to support senior Governance meetings.  This is an Individual Contributor position reporting into Dir II, Portfolio Strategy and Analytics. This role is responsible for interacting with functional stakeholders, linking across various functional inputs, - assembling inputs to inform productivity analysis, conducting scenario-based analysis and developing high quality outputs.

Responsibilities:

• Leads cross- TA portfolio analysis of highest strategic importance
• Support key outputs (e.g., Plan Book, Financial LRP process)
• Partner with TA- aligned Portfolio Insights team members, PPM TA-Heads, Commercial Forecasting, Finance Sr. Dir and Strategic Resourcing team members to identify linkages and assemble key inputs
• Has responsibility for all projects in primary area of responsibility.
• Engages effectively with functional stakeholders (e.g., Finance, PPM) to drive appropriate linkages and evaluation critically engaging and constructively questioning assumptions/ inputs
• Ensures consistency in approaches and principles across TAs while still allowing for TA-specific nuance as needed and incorporates situation dependent nuances clearly in analysis and communication of results
• In collaboration with Dir II maps out potential portfolio scenarios and conducts scenario-based analysis to inform trade-offs
• Produces outputs at a portfolio level with clear scenarios and trade-offs to support Sr. Leadership decision making on portfolio investments
• Present key findings and insights to senior leadership as needed
• Collaborate with manager in taking input from cross-functional partners and leadership to drive continuous improvement in Cross-TA insight gathering and prioritization process
• Conduct ad-hoc short-term analysis or strategic projects at leadership request

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific or business field and MBA. PhD in scientific field preferred
• 7-10 years of experience with multi-faceted, broad based understanding of Pharma R&D business processes, investment stage gating and commercial processes; fewer years can be considered if candidate has advanced degrees (MBA, PhD)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated experience in working in fast paced setting and proven track record of delivering high quality and insightful analysis
• Effective communication skills with proven ability to communicate analytical outputs to different audiences in a tailored way both in written and verbal communications
• Strong presence in meetings with willingness to navigate different functional perspectives and push for “enterprise thinking”
• Prior experience in Management Consulting and track record of experience in R&D Strategy, Portfolio prioritization projects a plus
• Strong organizational and project management skills commensurate with conducting multiple sophisticated analysis for cross-TA support across several assets

​​​​​​​Key Stakeholders:

• R&D Finance, Commercial Finance, PPM, ASL

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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