Technology Portfolio Lead

Sandoz; India; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz is seeking a Portfolio Lead to provide strategic oversight of the Technology portfolio across multiple domains, aligning investments with business objectives and delivering value.

The role drives governance, prioritization, financial oversight, and performance monitoring, while maintaining transparency into portfolio health and risks across the Technology organization. Excellent leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Technology Portfolio Management, PMO, Project Portfolio Management, or a similar role within a multinational organisation.
• Proven experience managing complex portfolios, programmes, and projects from initiation through delivery.
• Strong understanding of portfolio governance, project lifecycle management, and PMO best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement portfolio management strategies, frameworks, and processes.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, resource planning, and financial reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to manage complexity and drive data-led decisions.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern the Technology portfolio across domains, ensuring effective portfolio management processes, standards, and governance.
• Manage the end-to-end portfolio lifecycle, including demand intake, prioritization, project execution, value realization, and closure.
• Drive portfolio reviews, leadership meetings, and monthly business reviews to support strategic decision-making.
• Monitor portfolio performance, timelines, dependencies, budgets, risks, and benefits realization against business objectives.
• Deliver clear and actionable portfolio reporting, providing visibility of status, risks, financials, and strategic alignment.
• Collaborate with Technology leadership, Finance, Procurement, P&O, and project teams to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Support resource planning, vendor management, and financial governance, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and SOW processes.
• Ensure compliance with organisational standards and methodologies while proactively managing portfolio risks and issues.

Skills

Portfolio management

PMO

Project portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Financial forecasting

Leadership

Data analysis

Data visualization

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or related discipline

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field is preferred

PMP certification

PRINCE2 certification

SAFe certification

PPM qualifications

Tools

Project governance frameworks

Budgeting tools

Data visualization tools

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Portfolio Lead provides strategic oversight of the Technology portfolio across one or more domains, ensuring alignment of investments, initiatives, and resources with organizational priorities and business objectives. The role drives portfolio governance, prioritization, financial oversight, performance monitoring, and benefits realization, while providing transparency into portfolio health, risks, dependencies, and value delivery across the Technology organization.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Job Summary:

The Portfolio Lead provides strategic oversight of the Technology portfolio across one or more domains, ensuring alignment of investments, initiatives, and resources with organizational priorities and business objectives. The role drives portfolio governance, prioritization, financial oversight, performance monitoring, and benefits realization, while providing transparency into portfolio health, risks, dependencies, and value delivery across the Technology organization.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Lead and govern the Technology portfolio, ensuring effective portfolio management processes, standards, and governance across assigned domains.
• Manage the end-to-end portfolio lifecycle, including demand intake, prioritization, project execution, value realization, and closure.
• Drive portfolio reviews, leadership meetings, and monthly business reviews to support strategic decision-making.
• Monitor portfolio performance, timelines, dependencies, budgets, risks, and benefits realization against business objectives.
• Deliver clear and actionable portfolio reporting, providing visibility of status, risks, financials, and strategic alignment.
• Collaborate with Technology leadership, Finance, Procurement, P&O, and project teams to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Support resource planning, vendor management, and financial governance, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and SOW processes.
• Ensure compliance with organisational standards and methodologies while proactively managing portfolio risks and issues.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in Technology Portfolio Management, PMO, Project Portfolio Management, or a similar role within a multinational organisation.
• Proven experience managing complex portfolios, programmes, and projects from initiation through delivery.
• Strong understanding of portfolio governance, project lifecycle management, and PMO best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement portfolio management strategies, frameworks, and processes.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasts, resource planning, and financial reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to manage complexity and drive data-led decisions.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field is preferred.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, or PPM qualifications are advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of project and portfolio management methodologies, tools, and governance frameworks.
• Experience in financial management, resource planning, and vendor management.
• Proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and data visualisation.
• Demonstrated experience in change management and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong leadership, consulting, and strategic planning capabilities.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Skills Desired

Analytical Thinking, Change Management, Client Counseling, Communication Skills, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Financial Modeling, Influencing Skills, IT Portfolio Management