MSD

Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management

MSD

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Massachusetts

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Salary

💰 $139,600 - $219,700 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PMPSpark

About the role

  • Associate Director, Discovery Portfolio Management – lead portfolio planning, governance, and prioritization for early-stage R&D (discovery through IND/Ph1)
  • Partner with Therapeutic Area and functional leadership to maintain portfolio views, timing, milestones
  • Prepare reports and presentations for senior management and governance committees
  • Capture and communicate metrics on portfolio, including resources and project distribution
  • Provide organizational and process expertise to navigate governance and business requirements
  • Collaborate with functional areas, support functions, alliance partners to facilitate delivery
  • Manage/administrate strategic cross-functional or cross-divisional committees
  • Prepare, facilitate, and document TA leadership meetings; mentor Specialist/Senior Specialist PMs
  • Partner with Finance for resource/budget planning; collaborate with IT and PMO to maintain portfolio tools
  • Identify and implement best practices in portfolio management and governance

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in a scientific or applied discipline strongly preferred
  • Advanced degree preferred (MS, PhD, MBA)
  • 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 effectively in a team setting, including demonstrated experience building and leading teams, committees, task forces, etc.
  • Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills; able to establish good working relationships with employees at all levels, resolve conflict and provide feedback, and to devise and implement creative solutions to problems
  • Strong communication skills, both oral and written; demonstrated ability to speak up appropriately and to raise issues to teams and management
  • Preferred: Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
  • Preferred: Project management certification (PMP), Portfolio management certification (PfMP) and/or formal coursework/training in project or portfolio management
  • Travel: 5-10% of the time