Regional Portfolio Director, International Region

Sandoz; Basel; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz in Mexico City is seeking a strategic Portfolio Lead to drive value across the regional product pipeline, aligning with global strategy and planning.

You will steer mid- and long-term portfolio options, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ensure timely progression from selection to launch with a focus on ROI and risk management.

Join a global biosimilar and generic medicines leader and influence decisions across Platforms, Development, Regulatory, and Commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Develops in-depth and consistent evaluation methodology across regional and country Portfolio teams – ensuring key value drivers are identified and aligned to market specifics, assumptions are data-driven, aligned with relevant stakeholders and well-documented, resulting in durable portfolio strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develops mid- (3–5 years) and long-term (5–10 years) portfolio strategy with a detailed product/country portfolio execution plan.
• Provides portfolio analyses and reports to management committees for decision support; leads strategy efforts and lifecycle management planning.
• Drives initiatives across Platforms, Development and other units to create integrated pipeline strategies.
• Maintains market intelligence for key Region countries to support assessments and decisions.
• Establishes robust methodology to define project execution path (in-house development or external partnerships).
• Leads cross-functional teams to develop First-to-Market/Day 1 launch pathways for key assets.

Skills

Portfolio strategy

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Market intelligence

Job description

Job Description Summary

Drives increase in value of the product pipeline in Sandoz International Region markets in line with Regional and Global Portfolio strategy and growth objectives. Acts as the lead for strategic portfolio choices, prioritization, allocation and all related functional processes. Implements best in class Portfolio selection and execution practices across the Region and cross-functionally. Monitors pipeline execution and the transition to product launch functions, by monitoring investments, return on capital, risk profile and resources requirements. Determines and oversees timeline management and risk analysis in order to meet corporate objectives.

Job Description

Drives increase in value of product pipeline across assigned markets of International Region by identifying and selecting high-value strategic assets, ensuring high-quality evaluation, timely allocation to execution and progression of selected pipeline assets through all execution phases from selection to launch.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Develops mid- (next 3-5 years) and long-term (5-10 years) portfolio strategy with a detailed product / country portfolio execution plan.
• Provides product portfolio analyses and reports to management committees for support of decision-making. Leads teams in strategy efforts, lifecycle management planning, and assessments of probability-of-success. Serves a key role in portfolio evaluation process.
• Drives initiatives across Platforms, Development and other relevant units to create fully integrated pipeline strategies.
• Maintains and regularly shares in-depth market intelligence for key countries of the Region with clarity regarding market archetype, regulatory aspects, commercial infrastructure as well as customer insights to facilitate assessments and decision-making.

What you'll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements

• Develops in-depth and consistent evaluation methodology across regional and country Portfolio teams – ensuring key value drivers are identified and aligned to market specifics, assumptions are data-driven, aligned with relevant stakeholders and well-documented, resulting in durable portfolio strategy.
• Establishes a robust methodology to define project execution route – allocation to in-house development (SGD) or external partnerships (BD) – maximizing probability to launch and pipeline value.
• Sets up and leads cross-functional project teams with the objective of developing and implementing First-to-Market / Day 1 launch pathway strategies for the key pipeline assets – from product selection, business case development, definition of IP, Development, Regulatory, Manufacturing as well as Commercial and other aspects of the development and go-to-market strategy.
• Leads and influences partners in the countries and project teams without direct reporting relationship. Collaborates with other senior level to establish strategic plans and objectives.Makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensure operations effective achievement of objectives.
• Regularly interacts with senior management and/or major customers (internal or external) -Ensures budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Monitor and facilitate progress of pipeline projects execution, course-correct and provide transparent and regular status updates to relevant stakeholders to ensure successful execution of projects and pipeline value maximization.
• Close alignment with relevant country, Regional and Global functions, including but not limited to Global Platforms, IP, BD, Regulatory, Project Management, Launch Management, Commercial, and other functions to ensure their continued support in Regional Portfolio strategy execution.

Why Sandoz? Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world's medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of good health. With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably. Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.

Skills Desired

Agility, Brand Awareness, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience, Customer Insights, Data Strategy, Digital Marketing, Go-To-Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, People Management, Product Marketing, Product Roadmap, Return on Investment (ROI), Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing