Portfolio Manager

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited is seeking a Portfolio Manager to drive strategic planning, evaluation, and optimization of the pharmaceutical product portfolio across the lifecycle. The role collaborates with R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, IP, and Business Development to maximize portfolio value and growth.

The incumbent will lead portfolio prioritization, evaluate new opportunities, monitor development pipelines, and establish

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
• MBA or postgraduate qualification in Marketing, Strategy, Healthcare Management, or Business Administration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop portfolio strategies aligned with business objectives and therapy area priorities.
• Build long-term roadmaps for new products and lifecycle management.
• Assess market trends, unmet needs, and customer insights for growth opportunities.
• Recommend strategic portfolio investments to strengthen competitive positioning.
• Evaluate pipelines and in-licensing opportunities for commercial potential and regulatory complexity.
• Establish objective prioritization frameworks based on risk, ROI, and market attractiveness.
• Support executive decision-making through portfolio reviews and scenario analysis.
• Recommend Go/No-Go decisions at key development milestones.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to ensure alignment on portfolio priorities.
• Coordinate governance meetings and portfolio review forums.
• Facilitate communication between development and commercial teams.

Skills

Portfolio management

Product management

Business development

Strategy

Commercial excellence

R&D collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy / Life Sciences / Biotechnology or related

MBA or postgraduate qualification in Marketing / Strategy / Healthcare Management / Business Administration

Job description

Position Summary

The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for driving the strategic planning, evaluation, and optimization of Emcure's pharmaceutical product portfolio across the product lifecycle. The role will work closely with Research & Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Intellectual Property, and Business Development teams to maximize portfolio value, accelerate product commercialization, and support sustainable business growth.

The incumbent will lead portfolio prioritization, evaluate new product opportunities, monitor development pipelines

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute portfolio strategies aligned with Emcure's business objectives and therapeutic area priorities.
• Build long-term product roadmaps covering new product introductions, lifecycle management, line extensions, and portfolio rationalization.
• Assess market trends, competitive intelligence, unmet medical needs, and customer insights to identify future growth opportunities.
• Recommend strategic portfolio investments to strengthen competitive positioning.
• Evaluate pipeline assets, in-licensing opportunities, and new product proposals using commercial potential, strategic fit, technical feasibility, regulatory complexity, and financial return.
• Establish objective prioritization frameworks based on risk, investment requirements, market attractiveness, and expected ROI.
• Support executive decision-making through portfolio reviews and scenario analysis.
• Recommend Go/No-Go decisions at key development milestones.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate with R&D, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Intellectual Property, Commercial, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Quality teams to ensure alignment on portfolio priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functional governance meetings and portfolio review forums.
• Facilitate communication between development and commercial teams to enable successful product launches.

Lifecycle Management

• Develop lifecycle strategies to maximize the commercial performance of existing brands.
• Identify opportunities for product enhancements, new indications, dosage forms, combination products, and geographic expansion.
• Drive portfolio optimization through timely product additions, rationalization, and discontinuation decisions.
• Monitor therapeutic area dynamics, competitor pipelines, patent expiries, pricing trends, reimbursement landscapes, and emerging technologies.
• Conduct market opportunity assessments for new product development and business expansion.
• Benchmark portfolio performance against industry and competitor offerings.

Resource & Budget Optimization

• Support allocation of R&D investments, development resources, manufacturing capacity, and commercial budgets across the portfolio.
• Ensure efficient utilization of organizational resources to maximize portfolio value.
• Collaborate with Finance to evaluate investment scenarios and forecast portfolio returns.
• Track development milestones, regulatory submissions, clinical progress, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization timelines.
• Identify portfolio risks related to regulatory approvals, intellectual property, competition, clinical outcomes, and supply continuity.
• Recommend mitigation strategies and escalation plans where necessary.
• Maintain portfolio governance processes and performance dashboards.

Product Launch & Commercial Support

• Partner with Commercial, Marketing, Sales, and Medical Affairs teams to ensure launch readiness for new products.
• Monitor launch performance and recommend post-launch optimization strategies.
• Support pricing, forecasting, demand planning, and commercialization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
• MBA or Postgraduate qualification in Marketing, Strategy, Healthcare Management, or Business Administration preferred.

Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry across Portfolio Management, Product Management, Business Development, Strategy, Commercial Excellence, or R&D.
• Experience managing pharmaceutical portfolios across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical product development lifecycle from concept through commercialization.
• Exposure to branded formulations, specialty products, or global portfolio management is preferred.
• Experience working with cross-functional leadership teams in a matrix organization.