Manager, Portfolio Management

Overview

Job Description

Summary:

The Manager of Portfolio Management (Execution Focus) enables day-to-day portfolio execution by turning portfolio priorities, guidance, and governance decisions into accurate, decision-ready outputs. Reporting to the Senior Director, Portfolio Management, this role collaborates with director-level portfolio leads across in-house and Business Development portfolios and acts as the execution backbone of the portfolio function. The role is accountable for execution readiness, follow-through, and efficiency—driving productivity gains by replacing manual work with scalable, AI-enabled processes.

The role proactively identifies risks, data gaps, and decision blind spots, and flags options to portfolio leadership. This is an individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibilities.

Position Location:

Princeton, NJ US headquarters. Sandoz offers a flexible hybrid model allowing up to 50% remote work for US office-based employees. This role will not be remote-only. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. U.S. work visa sponsorship is not available for this role now or in the future.

• Portfolio Governance & Execution Readiness (Enable Timely Decisions):
  Prepare governance-ready materials for portfolio forums by building slides, validating data, and ensuring clear decision framing. Deliver complete, accurate materials on time with minimal rework.
• Portfolio Forecasting & Change Control Support (Maintain Integrity):
  Maintain portfolio forecasts and scenarios across internal and BD assets by updating the internal pipeline system. Clearly summarize changes and implications to support timely governance decisions.
• Business Development Portfolio Enablement (Support Inorganic Execution):
  Support BD-led assets by coordinating inputs, maintaining trackers, and reflecting deal and development changes in portfolio forecasts and materials as opportunities progress.
• Process, Tools & AI Enablement (Deliver Step-Change Efficiency):
  Build and improve templates, dashboards, automation, and AI-enabled workflows on product evaluations to reduce manual effort, rework, and cycle time. Convert repetitive work into scalable, low-touch processes.
• Operating Rhythm Management (Keep the Portfolio Running):
  Manage portfolio timelines, data refreshes, and deliverables across the internal pipeline, BD funnel, and governance activities to ensure readiness ahead of decision points.
• Cross-Functional Coordination (Get Work Done in a Matrix):
  Coordinate inputs across R&D, Regulatory, Commercial, Finance, Supply, and BD teams. Resolve data gaps or inconsistencies early to prevent downstream delays.
• Execution Accountability & Follow-Through (Close the Loop):
  Track decisions, actions, owners, and timelines from portfolio forums and ensure updates are reflected in materials, forecasts, and next steps.
• Special Projects & Priority Analyses (Deliver on Demand):
  Execute priority analyses or portfolio initiatives as assigned, delivering clear, practical outputs with minimal oversight.
• Risk Identification and Escalation (Protect Decision Quality):
  Proactively surface risks that could impact portfolio readiness or decision quality.

• Governance Readiness & Quality:
  Delivers complete, accurate, decision-ready materials with validated data and minimal rework.
• Forecast Integrity & Responsiveness:
  Maintains up-to-date portfolio forecasts that quickly adapt to new information and leadership requests.
• Execution Predictability:
  Ensures deliverables and timelines are reliably met.
• Process & Tool Impact:
  Improves execution through standardized processes and fit-for-purpose tools.
• AI-Driven Efficiency Gains:
  Replaces manual work with AI-enabled workflows to reduce cycle time and analyst effort.
• Leadership Support:
  Supports Directors and Executives with execution readiness and proactive issue surfacing.

• Execution-First Orientation:
  Focus on execution excellence, translating direction into timely outputs; not responsible for final investment decisions.
• Project & Portfolio Discipline:
  Manage multiple…