Director, Portfolio Analytics: Strategic Insight Leader

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

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