MissionMaximize business value by aligning R&D projects with the company strategy, balancing risks and making the best use of resources.Secure use of project and portfolio management best practices on planning, monitoring, reporting and managing.Tasks & Responsibilities• Support the R&D portfolio strategy and roadmap definition, monitoring, optimization, and re-alignment.• Establish the project selection criteria and metric definition and guide the project selection criteria to build the portfolio.• Coordinate the analysis, review, and prioritization of the R&D Portfolio in close coordination with Drug Discovery, Marketing and Finance departments.• Lead the annual R&D Portfolio Review exercise to provide the Pipeline Committee with a project prioritization list based on the R&D Portfolio Analysis, the value of the development projects and their expected investments needs for next years.• Monitor construction of a steady state portfolio through the analysis impact of new BD&L opportunities.• Establish and lead a regular update of the portfolio tools (e.g.; Enrich Portfolio System) to enable portfolio analysis and decisions.• Support Project Managers (PM) to validate project PTRS, risks, value and priorities.• In coordination with the R&D Finance department, develop the budget and regular forecasts of the portfolio.• Support the CSO on the strategy analysis and change management decisions to continue improvement of the R&D organization.• Ensure best practices in project and portfolio management standards and methodologies are implemented and continue improvement culture in place.• Maintain and exploit R&D productivity benchmarking data.• Manage the R&D Projects in collaboration with the Project Leader (PL) defining the strategic plans and scenarios internally and with the partner (if applies)• Ensure proper Alliance management of the programs or projects, from candidate to phase II stage and collaborate with Corporate Alliance Management from phase III onwards.• Monitor and analyze project critical path, timelines, budget expenses and actions to meet project goals.• Manage project communication, setting agendas, facilitating meetings, developing minutes, and ensuring right distribution of project information within the team.• Report and present project plans, risk management activities and budget aspects to decision making committees (R&DSC ,R&DPC, MB, IEC).• Ensure proper reporting of R&D portfolio progression to top management on a regular basis.• Coordinate project due diligence with possible partners• Create and maintain the project plans, including internal and external resources.• Participate in all activities within the R&D Project, Portfolio and partnership Excellence department as required and any other required by the Head of the department.Education Bachelor's or Ph.D. degree on scientific area (Biology, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Chemistry) PMP certification and /or MBA/Business master preferred Experience & Specific expertise• Previous experience in R&D within the pharmaceutical industry or biotech.Minimum 10 years of experience• Understanding of the overall R&D process• Analytical and synthetic skills• Ability to simplify complex situations• Self-motivation and resilience under pressure Organisational and prioritisation skills.• Presentation skills, with the ability to adjust discourse according to audience• Proficient in spoken and written English• Experience with planning tools• Computer tools (user level)Values • Care: we listen & empathize, we value diverse perspectives & backgrounds and we help each other succeed.• Courage: we challenge the status quo, we take full ownership and we learn from our success & failures • Innovation: we put the patient and customer at the center, we create novel solutions and we empower entrepreneurial mindsets.• Simplicity: we act decisively and avoid over-analysis, we understand why before we act and we are agile & keep things simple.
