Associate Director, Portfolio Resourcing

MSD

Associate Director managing project study costs and resource forecasting data with multiple functional stakeholders. Overseeing resource demand and capacity for clinical trial execution across functional areas.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $142,400 - $224,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Actively manages the relationship with the functional areas regarding the project study costs and resource forecasting data
Collaborate across multiple functional stakeholders in identifying, establishing, validating and managing the resource demand to complement our portfolio demand
Manage Global Clinical Development, and as requested, Global Clinical Supply, and Early Development, global headcount, capacity, and resource planning in support of clinical trial execution
Ensure logic checks are applied to the project cost estimates and/or resource forecast demand prior to issuance to the functional areas for review and approval
Support Late Development Review Committee and other governance meetings by providing baseline and incremental resource demand estimates
Post-meeting, communicate the approvals to appropriate functional management
Review and cascade time reporting compliance reports and analyze time data as a source to validate algorithms/single equation templates
Develop, manage, and maintain function-level, role specific resource algorithms within Planisware and other supporting tools
Work with functional leadership to understand global headcount, capacity, and resource planning
Maintain and track approved full-time equivalent headcount (fixed & flex), for assigned functions
Continuously assess existing resource planning and headcount/capacity processes and tools to identify areas for improvement/increased efficiencies
Ensure consistency, simplification and standardization across functions to ensure global alignment and execution on the resourcing and headcount/capacity strategies and processes
Implement, monitor and continually improve trending and analytics outputs to optimize resource demand to fit financials and BoB
Ensure adherence to GDP's, SOP's, internal processes, and all corporate policies and procedures

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree required
7+ years of related business experience
Deep understanding of Clinical Development, Operations, and Resourcing
Proven project and/or resource management experience
Familiarity with resource planning tools & processes, Planisware specific experience required
Effective communication skills both orally and written
Strong Analytical skills including advanced MS Excel capabilities including formula writing and model development
Ability to influence and negotiate with functional leadership
Strong understanding of customer and ability to focus on customer needs
Ability to drive strategic partnerships with Functional Areas and support teams
Strategic thinker
Detail-oriented
Flexible and adaptable
Process oriented

Benefits

Comp & perks

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
Paid holidays
Vacation
Compassionate and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

resource managementproject managementresource planningdata analysisadvanced MS Excelformula writingmodel developmentresource algorithmscapacity planningcost estimation

Soft Skills

effective communicationanalytical skillsinfluencenegotiationcustomer focusstrategic thinkingdetail-orientedflexibilityadaptabilityprocess orientation

Certifications

Bachelor's degree