Portfolio Analyst - VMRD Decision Support & Enablement

- Zoetis India Capability Center; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoetis is seeking an Associate Director of Decision Support & Enablement within VMRD to empower data-driven decision making across the organization. You will transform data into actionable insights, build business cases, and lead cross-functional collaboration.

The role emphasizes process design, stakeholder engagement, and resource forecasting for R&D projects, with a focus on portfolio analytics and improving decision speed and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science or business field with professional analytics experience.
• Excellent communication skills across staff at all levels.
• Proven ability to influence and lead change in complex settings.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Experience with data analytics and project management systems (Power BI, Microsoft Project).
• Demonstrated ability to aggregate and analyze large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex data insights into actionable strategies that drive business outcomes.
• Use KPIs and data to propose and implement process improvements for system utilization, data quality, and forecasting.
• Collect and analyze data on innovation portfolio, identifying trends and insights for leadership recommendations.
• Own and drive resource estimation and forecasting strategies for R&D project execution.
• Champion portfolio signaling methods to influence leadership decisions on resource allocation.
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams to align expectations for process changes.
• Use leadership and facilitation skills to guide workshops and drive improvements.
• Work with Zoetis divisions to collaborate on portfolio data analytics.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Data analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Power BI

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or business

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Project

Job description

The Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) group is seeking an Associate Director of Decision Support & Enablement supporting Veterinary Medicine Research & Development's (VMRD). This position will report to the Director, Business Operations & Decision Support.

This position will:

• Support R&D business decision-making at various levels of the organization by providing data and analysis that enhance decision speed and quality across the organization.
• Partner with all levels of the organization to create and deliver data-driven business cases.
• Design, optimize and implement effective business processes that leverage the use of data/insights available to enhance efficiency of work practices.
• Develop plans for process implementation including stakeholder management, training and communication.
• Ensure the Decision Support teams has the tools and reports needed to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Transform complex data insights into actionable strategies that drive business outcomes. The ideal candidate will combine analytical expertise with strong communication and implementation skills to ensure insights lead to measurable impact.
• Uses key performance indicators and other data to propose, create and implement business process improvements for areas such as system utilization and data quality, resource planning and utilization, project planning and execution, and expense forecasting and management.
• Collects and analyzes data on innovation portfolio and project performance to identify trends, variances and insights to improve portfolio outcomes. Presents data insights and provides recommendations to leadership.
• Own and drive the strategy for enhanced resource estimation and forecasting for R&D project execution; provides resources for teams to balance workload and prioritize their work.
• Champion methods of signaling and communication of portfolio dynamics to leadership resulting in recommendations that change resource allocation and portfolio focus.
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams to align expectations and ensure buy-in for process changes.
• Uses strong leadership and facilitation skills to guide workshops, influence stakeholders and drive process improvements.
• Work with other divisions within Zoetis (commercial, manufacturing) to collaborate on innovation portfolio pipeline data analytics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a science or business field with a minimum of 10 years professional-level experience in business analytics and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate well with staff at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated use of influencing and soft skills to effectively lead change in a complex setting.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
• Experience in data analytics and project management systems (e.g., Power BI, Microsoft Project, etc)
• Demonstrated ability in data aggregation and analytics for large data sets
• Demonstrate organizational, problem solving, and strong interpersonal skills.

Full time

Regular

Colleague

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