Senior Portfolio Analytics & Decision Enablement Lead

Zoetis; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoetis seeks an Associate Director of Decision Support & Enablement within VMRD to drive data-driven decisions across R&D. You will transform complex data into actionable insights, build business cases, and lead process improvements that boost portfolio performance.

You will partner with leaders across the organization, develop resource estimation and forecasting strategies, design dashboards, and ensure the decision support team has the tools and reports to operate effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a science or business field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional analytics and stakeholder engagement experience.
• Excellent communication at all levels of the organization.
• Strong influencing and soft skills to 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).
• Demonstrated ability in data aggregation and analytics for large data sets.
• Demonstrate organizational, problem solving, and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex data insights into actionable strategies that drive business outcomes.
• Uses KPIs and data to propose and implement business process improvements for system utilization, data quality, and resource planning.
• Collects and analyzes data on portfolio and project performance to identify trends and insights; presents recommendations to leadership.
• Owns and drives the strategy for enhanced resource estimation and forecasting for R&D project execution.
• Signaling and communication of portfolio dynamics to leadership to inform resource allocation decisions.
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams to align expectations and secure buy-in for process changes.
• Lead workshops and facilitate discussions to drive process improvements.
• Work with other Zoetis divisions to collaborate on portfolio data analytics.

Skills

Data analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Power BI

Communication

Project management

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science or business

Tools

Microsoft Project

Data dashboards

Job description

Zoetis seeks an Associate Director of Decision Support & Enablement within VMRD to drive data-driven decisions across R&D. You will transform complex data into actionable insights, build business cases, and lead process improvements that boost portfolio performance.

You will partner with leaders across the organization, develop resource estimation and forecasting strategies, design dashboards, and ensure the decision support team has the tools and reports to operate effectively.