Associate Director, Program & Portfolio Operations

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals • Warren, MI

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About The Position

The Associate Director, Program Budget Delivery Lead is a content-level leadership role within Program & Portfolio Operations (PPO). The role is designed to improve consistent, decision-ready delivery of Program Budgets, which translate program vision into actionable, resourced, and costed plans. Deployed selectively alongside Strategic Program Teams (SPTs), the role partners directly with Development Program Managers (DPMs) and Program Finance to co-develop strategic planning deliverables, bringing drug-development and financial expertise to support portfolio-level insight and investment decisions.

The role builds trusted relationships throughout the organization, improves consistency and comparability of SPT deliverables, and facilitates decision-making across Development, Research, Commercial, and Manufacturing. It owns the quality and timeliness of Program Budget outputs at the CDU and portfolio level, while the DPM retains overall accountability for Program Budget development. The role is also expected to contribute to longer-term capability building and, over time, extend its expertise to other high-judgment SPT deliverables.

The position is based in Tarrytown, New York, or Warren, New Jersey, with travel of less than 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years of industry experience, including a minimum of 5+ years of project management experience.
• Significant experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry and a strong understanding of drug development from early development through lifecycle management.
• Strong financial competence and proven experience building and evaluating program budgets, resource forecasts, and development costs.
• Proven strategic planning and portfolio management experience, including synthesizing complex program information into clear, decision-ready outputs.
• Ability to act as an embedded content expert and thought partner to program leadership without formal programmatic authority.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities, including supporting multiple programs and SPTs simultaneously under compressed timelines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to negotiate, influence, and work effectively with people at all organizational levels, including senior leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting complex financial and strategic information clearly.
• IT proficiency with Microsoft software, including Excel-based financial modeling, project management tools, and process mapping tools.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.

Responsibilities

• Partner with DPMs, Program Finance, and SPTs to co-develop high-quality, decision-ready Program Budgets.
• Own the quality and timeliness of Program Budget outputs at the CDU and portfolio level, while the DPM retains overall accountability for budget development.
• Forecast resource capacity and costs, and build end-to-end development plans and associated costs from IND through lifecycle management (LCM).
• Enable comparison of programs across the portfolio and support investment and prioritization decisions through consistent, comparable outputs.
• Manage timely entry and exit points for initial and subsequent Program Budget updates in ongoing collaboration with the DPM and Program Finance.
• Facilitate decision-making and guide SPTs through strategic planning, improving consistency and comparability of deliverables across the organization.
• Help expedite implementation of Program Budgets with consistent quality while contributing to longer-term capability building across Program & Portfolio Operations.
• Over time, extend expertise to future high-judgment SPT deliverables.

Benefits

• Annual bonuses or other incentive plans may be offered, depending on country and role.
• Equity awards may be offered, depending on country and role.
• Pension or retirement benefits may be offered, depending on country and role.
• 401(k) company match may be offered, depending on country and role.
• Health and wellness programs may be offered, depending on country and role.
• Fitness centers may be available, depending on country and role.
• Insurance benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, depending on country and role.
• Paid time off may be offered, depending on country and role.
• Family support benefits may be offered, depending on country and role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior