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.
EducationBachelor's or Ph.D. degree on scientific area (Biology, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Chemistry)PMP certification and /or MBA/Business master preferredExperience & 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.
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