Strategic Portfolio Analytics & Decision Enablement Lead

- 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

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.