Director, Portfolio Management, Biosimilars

Teva; Haarlem; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus based on performance

Hybrid work policy

Pension plan

26 vacation days + 13 day budget

Job summary

Teva, a leading biopharmaceutical company, seeks a Director of Portfolio Management for Biosimilars to lead development, commercialization, and lifecycle management. You will collaborate across Commercial, R&D, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to deliver biologics-ready products on time while optimizing supply and market access.

The role requires strong strategic and financial acumen, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders in a matrixed, global organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Business, Finance, or related discipline.
• 10+ years in biosimilars with development and commercialization experience.
• Experience working with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Technical Operations, CMC, or External Manufacturing.
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives in a global matrix organization.
• Strong executive communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial leadership and input into biosimilar programs throughout development, ensuring alignment with market requirements and commercial objectives.
• Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, CMC, and Technical Operations to enable milestones and assess launch timing and value.
• Assess competitive biosimilar landscapes and launch timing considerations including IP and differentiators.
• Lead governance with external development, manufacturing, and alliance partners as appropriate.

Skills

Cross-functional Leadership

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Business, Finance, or related discipline

MBA / MS / PharmD / PhD preferred

Job description

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

The Director, Portfolio Management , Biosimilars will play a critical leadership role in shaping and executing the company’s biosimilar portfolio from development and portfolio evaluation through launch, commercialization, and lifecycle management.

The primary responsibility of this role is to deliver commercially ready biosimilars to the market on time while ensuring right supply. They will serve as a key link between Commercial, Business Development, R&D, Regulatory, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing/Technical Operations, and Marketing.

This is a highly cross-functional role requiring strong strategic thinking, financial and analytical capabilities, operational experience, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across both commercial and technical organizations.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Biosimilar Development & Commercialization

• Provide commercial leadership and input into biosimilar programs throughout development, ensuring that development plans remain aligned with evolving market requirements and commercial objectives. Bring understanding of customer needs to program design.
• Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, CMC, and Technical Operations teams to enable development milestones, technical risks, regulatory pathways, and assess potential implications for launch timing and commercial value.
• Assess competitive biosimilar landscapes including expected entrants, development status, formulation and device differentiation, interchangeability strategies, indications, intellectual property considerations, and launch timing.
• Clear grasp of biosimilar regulatory pathways and patent/launch considerations. Partner with Market Access, Pricing, Trade, Sales, Medical Affairs, and Marketing to develop integrated go-to-market strategies.
• Strong understanding of biosimilar market dynamics in the US and EU, including payer and provider economics, ASP trends, buy-and-bill dynamics, GPOs, health systems, specialty pharmacy, contracting, reimbursement, and channel strategy into portfolio decisions.
• Contributes to development of positioning and differentiation strategies for biosimilars operating in increasingly competitive markets.
• Participate in governance with external development, manufacturing, and alliance partners as appropriate.

Supply, Manufacturing & Technical Operations

• Serve as the primary Commercial Portfolio partner to Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Technical Operations for assigned biosimilar products. Hands-on experience working with manufacturing & supply chain organizations is a plus.
• Integrate commercial demand forecasts with forecasts, manufacturing capacity, supply plans, inventory strategies, and launch requirements.
• Lead commercial assessment and decision support when supply constraints, manufacturing delays, quality events, capacity limitations, or other operational issues could affect customer supply or portfolio performance.

Your Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Business, Finance, or related discipline required. Advanced degrees such as an MBA, MS, PharmD, or PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in the industry including demonstrated experience working specifically with biosimilars, including direct involvement in biosimilar development and subsequent commercialization or launch.
• Demonstrated previous experience working directly with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Technical Operations, CMC, or External Manufacturing organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed global organization.
• Ability to synthesize technical, operational, commercial, and financial information and translate it into actionable business recommendations.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

How We’ll Take Care of You

• Competitive Salary: We offer a salary that reflects your skills and experience.
• Bonus based on personal and company performance.
• Flexible Working Conditions: Enjoy the benefits of our hybrid work policy.
• Comprehensive Pension Plan: Includes occupational disability insurance and partner and orphan insurance.
• Generous Vacation: 26 paid vacation days, plus a Vabene Budget of 13 days (or a 5.3% payout of your annual salary) based on full-time employment
• Parental Leave: Benefit from 9 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Wellbeing Initiatives: Take advantage of our bike plan, caregiver policy, "I Feel Fit" program, fresh fruit, and more.

Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, military status or status as a disabled or protected veteran, or any legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience. Request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to [e-mail] with the nature of your request and your contact information. Only inquiries concerning a request for a reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.