Portfolio Manager

Zentiva Poland; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zentiva is seeking a pharmacist with strong market knowledge to manage portfolio strategies and collaboration across hospital, retail, and global teams. The role emphasizes data-driven decision-making, market analysis, and cross-functional leadership to optimize the product mix.

The position focuses on strategic alignment, development planning, and proactive portfolio optimization with a multinational team across Europe.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English with strong communication and influence skills.
• Advanced analytical skills and proficiency in Excel for data-driven decisions.
• Strong finance acumen and ability to build business cases and assess opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop the products' Wishlist in collaboration with local teams (Hospital, Cardiology, OTC).
• Ensure communication and follow-up with global team for implementation of the Wishlist.
• Elaborate and update the long-range plan (LRP) in collaboration with the global portfolio team.
• Assess development opportunities by collecting market and customer data and building business cases.
• Analyze market trends and competitors to inform portfolio development and diversification strategy.
• Ensure portfolio competitiveness and provide optimization recommendations.
• Track portfolio optimization with local and global teams and present to leadership.

Skills

Fluent English

Advanced analytics

Excel proficiency

Finance acumen

Education

Pharmacist degree

Job description

MISSION STATEMENT

Ensure the strategic coherence of the product portfolio by aligning development, innovation and rationalization decisions with the company's growth objectives.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DUTIES

• Develop the products' Wishlist in collaboration with local teams (Hospital, Cardiology, OTC)
• Ensure communication and follow-up with global team for the Wishlist's implementation
• Elaborate & update the LRP (5 years' plan) in collaboration with global portfolio team
• Assess development opportunities by collecting market & customer data and building business cases
• Proactively analyze market trends, and competitors' strategic orientations to inform our own portfolio development and diversification strategy
• Ensure current portfolio's competitiveness and provide optimization recommendations
• Track portfolio optimization execution with local teams (commercial, supply, regulatory, finance) and global teams (portfolio team)
• Lead presentation to global portfolio team and local executive team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Pharmacist degree with strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical market (generics and branded drugs, retail and hospital). Fluent in English. Advanced analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and strong finance acumen.
• Rigor, prioritization skills and autonomy, with a strong results-oriented mindset and attention to detail in execution. Strategic thinking, proactivity and ability to propose solutions. Collaborative team player with good interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally. Communication and influencing skills, capable of convincing senior executives.

At Zentiva, we provide health and wellbeing for all generations, with focus on developing, producing, and delivering high-quality, affordable medicines to more than 100 million people in over 40 countries across Europe. We have four manufacturing sites and a broad network of external manufacturing partners. Zentiva employs more than 5,400 unique talents in over 30 countries, bonded together by a commitment to the people who depend on our products every day. Visit us at www.zentiva.com