Value Realization Finance Leader

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-Eligible

On-Site Eligible

Annual bonus

Equity awards

Total Rewards benefits

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is seeking a Senior Director/Director to lead the Value Realization Office (VRO) process for material, transformational initiatives across the project lifecycle. You will partner with project owners, executive sponsors, Finance, and DTE to define value metrics, establish baselines, and monitor realized value against objectives.

You will establish governance, drive consistent measurement practices, and escalate risks to keep initiatives on track, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• Significant experience in finance, strategic planning, transformation, program leadership, PMO leadership, reporting, or related business functions.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and business partners.
• Demonstrated strength in budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, reporting, variance analysis, or executive decision support.
• Experience building governance structures, reporting cadence, accountability models, and measurable business outcomes for complex initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of performance measurement, success metrics, baseline methodology, and variance review.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of the Value Realization Framework for material initiatives across the project lifecycle.
• Partner with project owners and stakeholders to define success metrics, baselines, and reporting for value measurement.
• Facilitate intake and kickoff reviews of current state, target state, costs, ownership, and dependencies.
• Provide challenge and guidance on metrics, methods, and baseline assumptions.
• Confirm sign-off criteria for metrics, baselines, cadence, and accountability.
• Establish governance and reporting cadence with regular scorecard reviews.
• Review realized value against metrics, baselines, and budget inputs.
• Evaluate measurability confidence and document assumptions and finance validation.
• Escalate risks, gaps, and variances; support corrective actions and re-baselining as needed.
• Drive adoption of consistent value measurement across finance, operations, risk, and workforce outcomes.

Skills

Finance

Strategic planning

Transformation

PMO leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Long-range planning

Executive decision support

Governance

Reporting cadence

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Advanced degree in finance or accounting

Job description

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is seeking a Senior Director/Director to lead the Value Realization Office (VRO) process for material, transformational initiatives across the project lifecycle. You will partner with project owners, executive sponsors, Finance, and DTE to define value metrics, establish baselines, and monitor realized value against objectives.

You will establish governance, drive consistent measurement practices, and escalate risks to keep initiatives on track, while