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The Associate Director, Decision Analyst, will be responsible for analyzing data, creating scenarios, and providing recommendations. This individual will tackle complex asset and portfolio investment questions, integrating scientific, financial, and other insights to drive high-impact decisions. As a strategic thought partner, they will ensure that portfolio and asset strategies align with our broader corporate objectives.
Job Responsibility:
Support efforts to improve decision quality in the organization by developing and continuously improving decision analysis methodologies and best practices
Facilitate workshops to incorporate uncertainties into asset and portfolio scenario analysis
Work with Asset Teams, Program Management Leads, and SMEs to determine planning confidence levels and develop risk-adjusted development timelines and scenarios
Enhance and facilitate processes to estimate pre-clinical and clinical probabilities of success
Collect inputs for portfolio models that integrate attrition rates, clinical probability of success, timeline uncertainties, and commercial forecast scenarios to inform decision-making
Support portfolio optimization processes during financial planning cycles
Build, maintain and execute portfolio analysis processes and tools to support strategic decision making
Structure and perform scenario analyses and simulations to model and value strategic alternatives and trade-offs with the aim of maximizing value at an asset and a portfolio level
Provide support to teams for decision framing and decision analysis by demonstrating established methodologies
Supports periodic end-to-end portfolio performance reviews and health checks
Support teams with governance preparations by evaluating phase transition business cases, collecting portfolio analysis inputs, and providing a portfolio perspective to inform a recommendation to leadership
Drive continuous improvement in portfolio operations, leveraging data and analytics to inform strategic decisions, and enhance execution efficiency
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical field (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Engineering) or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in strategy or portfolio management within pharmaceutical/biotech company, or equivalent experience in management consulting or other industry with strong discipline in decision analysis
Ability to perform and synthesize in-depth analyses of asset and portfolio information, integrating findings into insights and actionable recommendations
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally across research, clinical development, commercial, and manufacturing teams
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Advanced degree preferred (MS or MBA), with a strong understanding of drug development, R&D strategy, and decision analysis
What we offer:
discretionary annual bonus
discretionary stock-based long-term incentives
paid time off
company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans