Director, Portfolio Management

Position summary

Responsibilities

• Guide pipeline teams across the R&D lifecycle, including business development, through strategic decisions and economic analyses such as probability of success, ROI, and NPV.
• Facilitate team decision-making and option evaluation, linking portfolio-level and project-level considerations for senior leaders and teams.
• Provide objective project assessments for investment decisions at RI&I Research Unit boards, other Research Unit governance groups, and the Portfolio Investment Board.
• Recommend options to investment body chairs based on rigorous analyses, value-risk assessment, clear delineation of risk discharge, and resource optimisation.
• Support visible senior leadership decisions with objective analyses, portfolio context, and consistent approaches across decision-making bodies.

Candidate profile

• The successful candidate is an experienced portfolio expert with extensive R&D experience.
• Use data-driven analyses from internal and external perspectives to produce clear, objective, concise insights.
• Systematically assess uncertainty and risk and conduct probabilistic evaluations to inform technical progression and investment decisions.
• Conduct economic analyses of development options and highlight scenarios or sensitivities for discussion.
• Bring strategic judgment, innovative thinking, and the ability to navigate the RI&I and wider R&D ecosystem.
• Monitor external advances in data and technology that could improve portfolio management and decision-making.

Business context