Director, Portfolio Analytics

Biopharma Careers; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 345,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based cash incentive

Annual equity awards eligibility

Comprehensive benefits package (health

401(k) with company contribution and-m

Job summary

Novartis seeks a Director-level leader to drive portfolio analytics across enterprise and therapeutic areas, shaping methodologies, communicating insights, and influencing senior decision-makers. This role partners with executives to frame value, trade-offs, and investment priorities, while mentoring colleagues and advancing analytic capabilities.

The position emphasizes independent judgment in high-stakes contexts and the delivery of senior-ready materials that inform strategic planning and

Qualifications

• Degree in business (MBA preferred) or an advanced scientific degree.
• Significant pharmaceutical industry experience with exposure to research, development and/or commercialization processes.
• Deep experience with R&D portfolio analytics, valuation, forecasting, prioritization, scenario planning, or related strategic analytics.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical R&D, portfolio strategy, asset value drivers, risk, development trade-offs, and enterprise decision processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex analyses and convert them into senior-level recommendations.
• Ability to influence in a matrixed environment without formal authority.
• Track record of improving analytical methods, tools, processes, or team capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead major portfolio analytics workstreams, including portfolio reviews, long-range portfolio assessments, prioritization exercises, TA/franchise analyses, and enterprise-level portfolio decision support.
• Provide senior stakeholders with clear interpretation of portfolio dynamics, risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and implications for investment, prioritization, and strategic planning.
• Serve as a senior PDA thought partner for enterprise, franchise, TA, and EPI stakeholders.
• Lead development of senior-ready materials that synthesize complex portfolio analyses into clear recommendations and decision narratives.
• Mentor Associate Directors and other PDA colleagues in analytical framing, communication, stakeholder management, and portfolio methodology.
• Drive continuous improvement of PDA tools, systems, reporting, and analytical standards.

Skills

Portfolio analytics

Valuation

Forecasting

Scenario planning

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

MBA preferred

Advanced scientific degree

Job description

The Director, Portfolio Analytics leads major portfolio analytics workstreams that inform enterprise, franchise, Therapeutic Areas, and senior leadership decisions. The role shapes analytical approaches, interprets portfolio-level implications, advises stakeholders on value and trade-offs, and ensures PDA’s portfolio insights are rigorous, timely, strategically framed, and actionable.

CORE PDA FOUNDATION

All PDA roles share a common foundation of analytical rigor, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and clear communication. The differences between Portfolio Analytics and Decision Analytics lie in the primary context and stakeholder model, while the differences between Associate Director and Director lie in scope, autonomy, influence, and impact. Common characteristics are:Demonstrates strong analytical rigor, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and clear communication.Uses common PDA tools, methods, assumptions, templates, and capability standards.Supports TA-aligned PDA collaboration across Portfolio Analytics and Decision Analytics.Converts complex analytics into concise insight and practical recommendations for decision-makers.

ROLE-SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead major portfolio analytics workstreams, including portfolio reviews, long-range portfolio assessments, prioritization exercises, TA/franchise analyses, and enterprise-level portfolio decision support.Shape analytical methodologies for portfolio prioritization, valuation, risk, scenario planning, pipeline sizing, value optimization, and related portfolio decision questions.Provide senior stakeholders with clear interpretation of portfolio dynamics, risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and implications for investment, prioritization, and strategic planning.Serve as a senior PDA thought partner for enterprise, franchise, TA, and EPI stakeholders.Lead development of senior-ready materials that synthesize complex portfolio analyses into clear recommendations and decision narratives.Mentor Associate Directors and other PDA colleagues in analytical framing, communication, stakeholder management, and portfolio methodology.Drive continuous improvement of PDA tools, systems, reporting, and analytical standards.

LEVEL-SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS

Owns complex, high-impact analytical workstreams from problem framing through stakeholder communication.Operates with significant independence and judgment in ambiguous or high-stakes situations.Shapes the analytical agenda, not only responds to requested analyses.Influences senior stakeholders by connecting data, assumptions, trade-offs, and strategic choices.Coaches others and advances PDA capabilities through development of reusable methodologies, tools, frameworks, and best practices that improve the function beyond a single deliverable.

CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCEDegree

degree in business (MBA preferred) or an advanced scientific degreeSignificant pharmaceutical industry experience with exposure to research, development and/or commercialization processesDeep experience with R&D portfolio analytics, valuation, forecasting, prioritization, scenario planning, or related strategic analytics.Strong understanding of pharmaceutical R&D, portfolio strategy, asset value drivers, risk, development trade-offs, and enterprise decision processes.Demonstrated ability to lead complex analyses and convert them into senior-level recommendations.Ability to influence in a matrixed environment without formal authority.Track record of improving analytical methods, tools, processes, or team capabilities.

Benefits & Rewards

The salary for this position is expected to range between $185,500 and $344,500 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

Why Novartis:

Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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