Head of Portfolio - Pharma Ingredients

Croda; Goole; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Croda Pharma is seeking a passionate and commercially driven Head of Portfolio to lead strategic management of the product portfolio across topical and oral excipients, maximizing market impact and growth.

The role requires experienced leadership, cross-functional collaboration with R&D, marketing and regional teams, and the ability to translate market insights into portfolio strategies while navigating a highly matrix organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic portfolio leadership in pharma, chemicals or related sectors.
• Experience developing and implementing global portfolio strategies.
• Ability to translate market insights into portfolio or commercial strategies.
• Strong leadership to engage and manage matrix, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape and manage topical and oral excipient portfolios to maximise profitability.
• Analyse financial data and leading indicators to guide portfolio decisions.
• Collaborate with marketing leadership to align with future market trends.
• Define pricing corridors and regional execution plans.
• Lead cross-functional teams to translate strategies into actionable initiatives.
• Track portfolio performance and provide insights to leadership.
• Provide portfolio direction to regional teams to identify opportunities and threats.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Portfolio management

Global market insight

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Communication & presentation

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or business

Job description

Croda is a FTSE100 organisation where we truly believe our people are our difference and this, along with our values of Innovative, Responsible and Together, create 'our Purpose, Smart science to improve lives™'. With over 5,000 employees globally, we specialise in the research and development of innovative ingredients for the Life Science and Consumer Care markets.

We are seeking a passionate and commercially driven Head of Portfolio to join Croda Pharma, within our ingredients business focussed on oral and topical pharmaceutical formulations. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for leading the strategic management of the product portfolio to maximise market impact and business growth.

The successful candidate will combine analytical rigour with strong leadership and collaboration skills to drive sustainable growth across the Pharma Ingredients portfolio.

Who We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in a similar role with strategic planning and execution capability, preferably within pharma, speciality chemicals, or related sectors
• Experience developing and implementing global portfolio or product strategies
• Demonstrated ability to make strategic investment decisions, prioritise growth opportunities, and optimise portfolio performance
• Ability to translate market insights into portfolio, innovation, or commercial strategies
• Experience working closely with R&D and innovation teams to shape product
• An inspiring and motivating leader with the ability to engage and successfully work in a highly matrix organisation, with cross functional and culturally diverse teams
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to build effective working relationships and networks
• Strong communication and presentation skills, capable of translating complex data into clear business recommendations
• Degree in a scientific, pharmaceutical, chemical, business, or related discipline.
• Fluent in written and spoken English

What You’ll Be Doing

• Responsible for shaping and managing our topical and oral excipient portfolios taking commercially focused decisions to maximise business execution and profitability
• Analysis of financial data and leading indicators to guide strategic portfolio decisions to prioritise high growth areas and act on underperforming products
• Work closely with the Head of Strategic Marketing, to understand and leverage future market trends, insights and voice of customer in your focus markets. Build into portfolio strategies and roadmaps, aligning with and influencing global stakeholders
• Ensure portfolio strategy is market led and customer-centric
• Define pricing corridors that set boundaries for our key portfolios
• Work with regional commercial teams to develop regionals execution plans in alignment with the global strategy and marketing plan for your portfolios
• Manage cross-functional teams across marketing, R&T, commercial teams to define portfolio strategies and translate them into actionable plans and initiatives
• Track and report portfolio performance, with a focus on profitability and impact of recent activities. Provide insights and recommendations to marketing and leadership
• Collaborate with regional teams, providing portfolio insights and strategy direction to help identify market opportunities, customer unmet needs and competitor threats

Additional Information

This role can be based at any of our sites across Europe, we will expect travel to the office site and our HQ in Cowick, East Yorkshire (UK).

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the hiring process or experience any issues with our online application process, please email [e-mail].

Why Croda?

At Croda, we believe our people are our difference. We are people-led, driven by the desire to do good and deliver value, a unifying principle shaped by all the great people that have travelled through Croda since our beginning in 1925. We pride ourselves on bringing together diverse teams and talents from across the globe and, guided by our values of Responsible, Innovative, and Together, we are passionate about building an inclusive, collaborative, and diverse organisation with innovation and customer focus underpinning all that we do.

Croda is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.