PMO Manager

Lupin; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Lupin in Mumbai seeks a portfolio management professional to drive cross-functional execution across API and formulation manufacturing environments. You will track multiple projects, maintain MIS dashboards, and deliver executive summaries to senior leadership.

You will coordinate with R&D, regulatory, SCM, and commercial teams to ensure milestones, governance forums, and timely escalations are addressed. Strong MS Office and data analytics skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Mandatory exposure to both API and formulation manufacturing environments with hands-on cross-functional project coordination.
• Experience in managing or supporting multiple products / portfolio-level tracking.
• Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, regulatory milestones, and commercial launch processes.
• Portfolio tracking, MIS, and Executive-level reporting.
• Hands-on experience with MS Office (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel) as well as Data Analytics tools.
• Strong Stakeholder Management across manufacturing sites and corporate teams.
• Proficiency in project planning tools (MS Project / Primavera / Excel trackers).
• Ability to handle multiple parallel projects with high complexity and interdependencies.
• Analytical mindset with focus on risk identification and resolution tracking.

Responsibilities

• Track and monitor multiple product pipelines spanning development, scale-up, and launch stages.
• Maintain integrated portfolio dashboards covering milestones (tech transfer, manufacturing readiness, launch execution).
• Support prioritization across projects based on timelines, dependencies, and business impact.
• Coordinate with API and formulation manufacturing sites, R&D, SCM, regulatory, and commercial functions to ensure milestone adherence.
• Align site-level execution with portfolio commitments and ensure manufacturing readiness.
• Facilitate structured communication across stakeholders to resolve interdependencies between projects.
• Prepare category-level MIS, portfolio health dashboards, and executive summaries for leadership.
• Drive governance forums and ensure action tracking, escalation of bottlenecks, and follow-through.
• Provide updates on launch readiness, OTD, and key project KPIs.
• Identify risks across API sourcing, formulation scale-up, and supply chain execution.
• Track inter-project dependencies and ensure timely escalation of critical risks.
• Support mitigation planning and closure through stakeholder follow-ups.
• Monitor end-to-end launch readiness including manufacturing readiness and supply planning.
• Coordinate with global project management teams for synchronized execution.

Skills

API exposure

Formulation exposure

Cross-functional coordination

Portfolio tracking

Executive reporting

MS Office

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Project planning tools

Analytical mindset

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Excel

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Portfolio Planning & Tracking

• Track and monitor multiple product pipelines and commercial portfolios spanning development, scale-up, and launch stages.
• Maintain integrated portfolio dashboards covering key milestones (tech transfer, manufacturing readiness, launch execution).
• Support prioritization across projects within the category based on timelines, dependencies, and business impact.

2. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate closely with API and formulation manufacturing sites, R&D teams, SCM, regulatory, and commercial functions to ensure milestone adherence.
• Align site-level execution (manufacturing readiness, material availability, validation timelines) with portfolio commitments.
• Facilitate structured communication across stakeholders to resolve interdependencies between projects.

3. Management Reporting & Governance

• Prepare category-level MIS, portfolio health dashboards, and executive summaries for the Category Head and senior leadership.
• Drive governance forums (weekly/monthly reviews), ensuring clear action tracking, escalation of bottlenecks, and decision follow-through.
• Provide structured updates on launch readiness, On-Time Delivery (OTD), and key project KPIs.

4. Risk, Dependency & Issue Management

• Identify risks across API sourcing, formulation scale-up, manufacturing capacity, and supply chain execution.
• Track inter-project dependencies and ensure timely escalation of critical risks impacting portfolio delivery.
• Support mitigation planning and ensure closure through stakeholder follow-ups.

5. Launch Readiness & Execution Support

• Monitor end-to-end launch readiness including manufacturing readiness (API & formulation), packaging material availability, and supply planning.
• Coordinate with global/corporate project management teams to ensure synchronized execution across markets.

6. External Partner & Process Oversight

• Coordinate with external partners (CDMOs, testing labs, vendors) for project timelines, documentation, and deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to defined PMO processes, documentation standards, and reporting protocols.

Expected Candidate Profile

1. Mandatory exposure to both API and formulation manufacturing environments, with hands-on involvement in cross-functional project coordination.
2. Experience in managing or supporting multiple products / portfolio-level tracking
3. Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, regulatory milestones, and commercial launch processes.
4. Portfolio tracking, MIS, and Executive-level reporting
5. Hands-on experience with MS Office (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel) as well as Data Analytics tools
6. Strong Stakeholder Management across manufacturing sites and corporate teams
7. Proficiency in project planning tools (MS Project / Primavera / Excel trackers)
8. Ability to handle multiple parallel projects with high complexity and interdependencies
9. Analytical mindset with focus on risk identification and resolution tracking