Director, Portfolio Planning & Resourcing

Director Portfolio Planning & Resourcing

Gaithersburg MD

Global Portfolio & Project Management

Hybrid Work- on average 3 days/week in office

Gaithersburgis the preferred location for this role however applicants fromCambridge BostonBarcelonaand Mississauga will also be considered.

AstraZeneca Oncology is leading a revolution to redefine cancer care with a portfolio of launched products providing transformative outcomes for patients around the world and a full suite of modalities fuelling future innovative Global Portfolio and Project Management (GPPM) we play a critical role in advancing the pipeline by closely partnering with Research & Development Commercial and Operations to support decision-making project management resourcemanagementand governance across the AstraZeneca portfolio. Come join a team-oriented and fast-paced environment that requires integrity problemsolvingand agility!

The Director Portfolio Planning & Resourcing owns the Quarterly Business Review process for GPPM oncology orchestrates the annual scorecard cycle through collaboration with the Portfolio Leads leads forward-looking capacity planning acrosstheOncologypipeline and serves as the primary GPPM partner to Clinical Operations. Reporting to the Head of Oncology Portfolio Strategy and Management the Director Portfolio Planning & Resourcing ensures that portfolio ambition is always grounded in operational and financial reality andthatthe Oncology R&D organisation can effectively deploy its resources aligned to the portfolio priority with agility.

What youll do

Portfolio Planning and Business Cycle Integration

• Build andmaintainan integrated view of planning capacity and resourcesacross the full Oncology pipeline enabling leadership to make confidentdata-drivendecisions about where to invest where to flex and where to make trade-offs

• Own the Scorecard and Oncology Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process in partnership with finance and portfolio leads integrating inputs from portfolio leads Clinical Operations and Finance to produceaccurateandtimelyoutputs for Oncology leadership

Clinical Operations Partnership and Portfolio Deliverables

• Serve as the primary GPPM partner to Clinical Operations working closely with the Clinical Operations analytics team to build andmaintaina single sourceof truth for portfolio-level operational data (active patients studies sites) for QBR

• Ensure clinical delivery metrics are consistently integrated into QBR and portfolio performance reporting providing leadership with a clear real-time picture of pipeline delivery.Partner with Clinical Operations to improve data and reporting quality

Capacity Planning Resource Strategy and Finance Partnership

• Lead forward-looking R&D capacity and resource planning acrosstheOncologypipeline translating milestones and portfolio scenarios into a clear view of demand and resourcinghighlighting bottlenecks

• Act as the primary liaison between GPPM and functional capacity leads orchestrating the processes that surface resource constraints and demand signals at portfolio level

• Build a strong working partnership with Finance ensuring resource and capacity planning assumptions are aligned with financial planning cycles and portfolio investment decisions

• Provide Finance with clear well-structured resource and capacity inputs that support Annual Business Cycle deliverables including Long-Term Planning and Phased Budget

• Drive consistency in capacity planning methodologies assumptions and timelines across functions across TAs acting as the process owner for how resource and capacity information flows into portfolio governance

• Partner with project managers and Portfolio Leads to ensure resource plans reflect portfolio priorities and investment decisions

Process Redesign and Enterprise Partnership

• Work with enterprise-facing teams including GPPM R&D COO Clinical Operations Finance and Enterprise AI teams to redesign and simplify how planning resourcing and reporting processes are structured and delivered

• Find opportunities andexecute oninitiatives to simplify the process leverage system and automation increasetransparencyandmoderniseways of working including the thoughtful use of digital and AI-enabled tools

• Engage senior stakeholders with confidence translating planning complexity into clear decision-useful outputs and narratives

Essentialfor the role

• Bachelors degree in Science BusinessFinanceor similar subject

• Significant experienceworking within a global biopharmaceutical environment with a strong understanding of drug development portfolio management and R&D business planning cycles

• Proven ability to own and manage complex cross-functional processes delivering integrated outputs on time and to a high standard

• Strong analytical capability with the ability to synthesise resource capacity and portfolio data into clear decision-ready insight

• Experience working in partnership with Finance Clinical Operations or equivalent enterprise functions in a complex global organisation

• Excellent stakeholder management able to build trusted relationships influence and drive alignment across functions and seniority levels

• Strong communicationskills able to translate operational complexity into clear executive-level outputs

• Ability tooperateeffectively in ambiguity and manage multiple competing workstreams simultaneously

• Strong business insight;commitment to the Oncology purpose;curiosity about theportfolioand understanding of priorities

• Ability to work with enterprise-facing teams to redesign and simplify processes

• Demonstrated curiosity and openness to AI-enabled tools and experience insimplifying waysof working

Desirablefor the role

• Advanced degree in a scientific field and/or MBA

• Experience working at the interface of resource and capacity management and portfolio strategy and experience with enterprise portfolio and capacity planning systems (e.g. PLANIT or equivalent)

• Direct experience managing QBR scorecard and Annual Business Cycle processes

• Track recordof driving process redesign and simplification in a complex matrixed environment

Office Working Requirements

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $172466.40 - 258699.60 USD. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentivesan opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs paid time off (i.e. vacation holiday and leaves) as well as health dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

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