Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management (Hybrid)

Job Description

Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management, GPAM (P4)

Global Project and Alliance Management (GPAM) sits in the R&D organization in our Research & Development Division. The Project Managers and Alliance Managers in GPAM are core members of discovery, development, and alliance teams. Project Managers drive these cross-functional teams to deliver projects and products that improve human health and our Company's business, and Alliance Managers ensure successful collaborations with our R&D alliance partners. The GPAM Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for the development, sustainment, and training of GPAM-owned systems, tools, and business processes as well as alignment with Finance, IT, and functional area operations groups within our Company.

Position Description/Summary

The Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management, is a core functional area member of Project and Leadership teams in Discovery and Early Development. Partnering with Therapeutic Area and functional area leadership, the Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management will help plan and execute our Company’s discovery, preclinical, translational pharmacology, development, and in-line portfolio efforts for early-stage assets.  Portfolio managers are strategic partners to the Project Leads, Therapeutic Area (TA) Leads and Committee Chairs and may manage multiple cross-functional and/or cross-divisional committees.

The Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management, leads portfolio-level planning, governance support, annual business planning and prioritization processes to ensure that early R&D programs are aligned with broader pipeline objectives. They are expected to work cross-functionally to drive data-driven decision-making and shape the future of our Research & Development Division's early portfolio. They are also expected to contribute to ongoing business process improvement and talent development in GPAM.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Leading portfolio management activities for early-stage R&D programs (discovery through IND/Ph1) including maintaining the portfolio view for the breadth of projects within the TA, including timing and anticipated milestones, in partnership with the TA Lead and Discovery Team Leads

• Contributing to, synthesizing, and articulating portfolio strategy and translating it into execution

• Preparing regular reports and presentations for senior management/governance committees/leadership committees.

• Capturing and communicating various metrics on the portfolio, including resources, project distribution across sites, phases of development, etc.

• Providing organizational and process expertise to teams to enable navigation of discovery, development, and corporate governance and business requirements.

• Collaborating effectively with functional areas, support functions, and alliance partner functions (if applicable) to facilitate project/portfolio delivery.

• Managing or administrating strategic, cross-functional or cross-divisional management, governance, or alliance committees

• Preparing for, facilitating, and documenting outcomes of TA leadership team meetings, ensuring meetings have clear purpose and objectives and that conflict is surfaced and resolved.

• Providing mentoring, coaching, and oversight to Specialist/Senior Specialist project/Portfolio Managers working on common projects

• Actively participating and completing ongoing training and personal development activities to increase leadership competency and to gain knowledge and skill in the discipline of project management and the business and science of pharmaceutical product discovery and development.

• Partnering with Finance to ensure resource/budget planning and management.

• Collaborating with IT and PMO colleagues to maintain portfolio tools, dashboards, and reporting systems.

• Identifying and implementing best practices in portfolio management and governance, to drive process improvements and operational efficiencies.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in a scientific or applied discipline strongly preferred

• Advanced degree preferred (MS, PhD, MBA)

Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements:

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in project or portfolio management or a related role required.

• Demonstrated leadership and ethics; demonstrated ability to hold others accountable for delivery

• Demonstrated ability to work eff