Manager, Portfolio Management

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 works closely with director-level portfolio leads across both 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 efficiencydriving material productivity gains by replacing manual work with scalable AI-enabled processes (for example using the Copilot interface and capabilities). The role is expected to proactively identify risks data gaps and decision blind spots and to flag options to portfolio leadership. This is an individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibilities

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path unique opportunities will present themselves both professionally and personally.

Major Accountabilities / Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• 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 our 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 that 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 consistently in materials forecasts and next steps.

• Special Projects & Priority Analyses (Deliver on Demand): Execute priority analyses or executionfocused portfolio initiatives as assigned delivering clear practical outputs with minimal oversight.

• Risk Identification and Escalation (Protect Decision Quality): Proactively surface timeline data integrity or crossfunctional execution risks that could compromise portfolio readiness or decision quality

Key Performance Indicators:

• Governance Readiness & Quality: Delivers complete accurate decisionready materials for portfolio governance forums with clear framing validated data and zero rework.

• Forecast Integrity & Responsiveness: Maintains highconfidence uptodate portfolio forecasts that respond rapidly to new information scenario changes and leadership requests.

• Execution Predictability: Ensures portfolio deliverables analyses and timelines are reliably met reducing surprises and execution variability.

• Process & Tool Impact: Improves portfolio execution outcomes through standardized processes fitforpurpose tools and measurable productivity gains.

• AI-Driven Efficiency Gains: Replaces manual repetitive work with AIenabled workflows to materially reduce cycle time and analyst effort.

• Leadership Support: Extends Director and Executive Director effectiveness by ensuring execution readiness proactive issue surfacing and seamless followthrough on decisions

Key Capabilities Required:

• Execution-First Orientation: Relentlessly focused on execution excellenceturning direction into accurate ontime outputs not owning portfolio strategy or final investment decisions.

• Project & Portfolio Discipline: Manages multiple priorities with rigor structure and strong followthrough across complex crossfunctional portfolios.

• Data Analytics & AI Fluency (Copilot Power BI): Uses data dashboards and AI tools to drive insights automate workflows and improve decision speed and quality.

• Executive-Ready Communication: Produces clear concise and decisionoriented materials suitable for senior leadership without rework or translation.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works seamlessly across R&D BD Regulatory Supply Chain Finance and Commercial to ensure aligned and timely portfolio execution.

Job Dimensions:

Impact on the organization: Medium. This role materially improves execution quality forecast reliability governance efficiency and operating leverage across the generic portfolioenabling portfolio leadership to scale.

What youll bring to the role:

Required Qualifications:

Education & Experience (Required):

• Education: Bachelors degree in Pharmacy Life Sciences Business Engineering or Finance is required.

• Experience: 3 years in pharma/biotech with exposure to generics; portfolio or execution roles preferred.

Travel Requirements: Up to 5%

Ability to work independently from home or office when necessary for business purposes.

Youll Receive:

Sandoz offers a generous employee benefits package that includes a competitive salary health insurance coverage for medical prescription drugs dental and vision a generous company match for retirement savings accounts and generous paid time off. We also follow a hybrid work policy that combines a mix of in-person and remote work to allow our employees flexibility.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $118500-220100SD/year; however while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/26 through 12/31/26 fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to geographical location experience level knowledge skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a sign-on bonus restricted stock units and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation sick time and parental leave) dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

On September 30 2021 Sandoz entered into a 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement. Certain positions will have responsibilities to support the execution and adherence to CIA obligations CIA-related deliverables and any relevant audit monitoring or Independent Review Organization (IRO) remediation.

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Why Sandoz

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz a leader in this sector provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100 countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities production sites new acquisitions and partnerships we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost high-quality medicines sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful flexible-hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

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Salary Range

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Skills Desired

Behavioral Economics Business Administration Business Management Clinical Research Clinical Trials Cross-Functional Teams Collaboration Drug Development Efficiency Innovative Forward Thinking Lifesciences Microsoft Project Microsoft SharePoint Operations Pmi (Project Management Institute) Pmp (Project Management Professional) Program Management Project Documentation And Presentation Project Execution Project Planning Stakeholder Management Waterfall Project Management