Undergrad Portfolio Analyst (Hybrid, 54-Week)

Cancer Research UK (CRUK); Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office-based with optional home-work

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a motivated undergraduate to join the Centre for Drug Development as a Student Portfolio Analyst. You will help manage our drug development portfolio by gathering, analysing and presenting project data, supporting resource forecasting and developing reporting and data-visualisation tools.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in portfolio management, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement while contributing to life-saving cancer research.

Qualifications

• You must be in your 2nd year of undergraduate study or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assist with gathering, analysing and presenting information about our portfolio of early-phase drug development projects to support the effective review and management of the CDD portfolio.
• Support routine and targeted reviews of the CDD portfolio, creating/updating tools to gather and present information, coordinating provision and internal review of information.
• Support monthly management meetings by writing minutes, preparing slides and performing other activities as needed.
• Assist with user account management for Portfolio Management/Dashboard tools.
• Ensure project information held in Portfolio Management/Dashboard tools is up to date by reviewing data and prompting Project Leaders to update their project information.
• Update and maintain resource planning models to capture functional group resource forecasting across CDD and coordinate information gathering across functional groups and project teams.
• Assist with developing data visualisation methods and tools for CDD portfolio information and maintain up to date information.
• Create, update and maintain models and trackers for the effective delivery of Portfolio activities and analyses.
• Support change initiatives within Portfolio Management and across CDD including benchmarking, stakeholder management and development of guidance documents.
• Maintain awareness of Portfolio Management practices and trends in the pharmaceutical sector.
• Create, update and maintain guidance documents for portfolio processes and tools.
• Play a supportive role in contributing to and maintaining a cohesive Project and Portfolio Management function.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Time management

Microsoft Office

ICH/GCP guidelines knowledge (benefit)

Education

Second year undergraduate (2nd year)

Science-related degree (BS/MS/combined program)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cancer Research UK is seeking a motivated undergraduate to join the Centre for Drug Development as a Student Portfolio Analyst. You will help manage our drug development portfolio by gathering, analysing and presenting project data, supporting resource forecasting and developing reporting and data-visualisation tools.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in portfolio management, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement while contributing to life-saving cancer research.