Summary

As part of the Portfolio Strategy Department, and reporting to the VP Portfolio Strategy, the Portfolio Strategy Director  will play a pivotal role in leading strategic projects at both the portfolio and program levels to maximize Moffitt’s portfolio value. This role will manage various portfolio-level processes to assist the Portfolio Review Committee with decision-making. It will also involve creating and maintaining various portfolio analyzes for reporting purposes. Additionally, this position will design frameworks, templates, and best practices to support portfolio strategy development, executive decision-making, project team deliverables and budgeting. The incumbent will serve as a liaison for cross-functional teams to implement initiatives and tactics in support of the overall strategy. 

Job Components: 

• Manage portfolio processes to facilitate executive team decision-making, portfolio strategy, prioritization and budgeting 

• Create periodic portfolio views for management updates that include overall portfolio view, integrated timelines, portfolio revenue potential, risks, etc. 

• Analyze existing data and industry best practices to ensure processes and initiatives are meaningful and aligned to the overall business strategy 

• Recommend and drive portfolio process improvements 

• Lead portfolio level projects and initiatives as needed in support of maximizing portfolio value 

• Identify and assess risks associated with the overall portfolio, and recommend risk mitigation strategies 

• Develop standard processes and templates for product teams to communicate overall product strategy, differentiation, clinical and regulatory plans and commercial potential 

• Partner with cross-functional leaders to enable and embed standardized processes at the team level 

• Implement portfolio analysis tools and techniques to evaluate the performance of existing products and provide recommendations for portfolio optimization 

• Support the Portfolio Review Committee with allocation of resources, including budget, personnel, and time, to optimize the pipeline portfolio 

• Liaison closely with cross-functional leadership on the Portfolio Review Committee 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure each program has a strategic direction and to resolve issues and risks 

The ideal candidate will possess: 

• At least 8 years of pharmaceutical/biotech/consulting commercial, strategic, and/or analytical experience

• Strong knowledge in the area of oncology, including external trends and developments in the treatment landscape 

• Demonstrated ability to lead development and execution of complex plans across multiple priorities 

• Significant analytic skills with the ability to clearly aggregate scientific, clinical, and commercial information into portfolio-wide insights and implications 

• Must demonstrate previous experience in establishing strong relationships with internal executive stakeholders 

• Proven experience in analytics and strategic development 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to develop and deliver compelling presentations to senior management 

• Demonstrate a healthy sense of urgency and intellectual agility 

Preferred Skills/Specialized Training 

• Relevant pharmaceutical experience 

• Detailed knowledge of the drug development processes including clinical development and regulatory requirements 

• Experience in Portfolio Management for Biopharma company 

• Competent in simplifying complex problems, developing pragmatic solutions and guidance 

• Experience with designing, implementing and managing centralized reporting and analytics frameworks 

• Strong leadership skills are necessary to engage, influence and motivate colleagues at all levels. 

• Collaborative worker with a diverse group of people and expertise 

• Strategic thinker with strong organizational skills 

• Effective verbal and written communication skills 

• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills 

• Self-starter with demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit, enthusiasm and creativity 

• Demonstrated expertise in data visualization tools 

Education requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Life Sciences, a Master’s Degree is preferred