Director, Portfolio and Capacity Management, Enterprise Cell Therapy Unit

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

13d • $159,181 - $238,771 • Hybrid

About The Position

Within the AstraZeneca Enterprise Cell Therapy Unit, our ambition is to realize the full potential of cell therapy for people living with cancer, immune-mediated and rare diseases around the world. This unit has responsibility for the value chain from discovery through to late-stage development and commercialization. We are rapidly progressing a broad pipeline of cell therapies in collaboration with AstraZeneca’s Therapeutic Area Units. The Director, Portfolio and Capacity Management role is a member of the Business Planning and Operations team within Enterprise Cell Therapy, and it critically responsible for establishing capacity management processes, overview of resource demand, headcount/vacancies (capacity) and provides the information required to support critical business activities such as LTP/MTP/RBU’s.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in relevant scientific discipline
• Experience communicating business impact analysis to senior leaders
• Experience presenting resource demand forecasts to support
• Advanced Excel and AI user experience
• Familiar with large capacity and portfolio management systems
• Experience in portfolio capacity and demand management within the Pharmaceutical environment.
• Experience presenting resource demand forecasts
• Scientific background and experienced in conducting and presenting data analysis
• Experience influencing and collaborating across global and functional boundaries with a delivery-focused attitude

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic resource planning and capacity management process for Enterprise Cell Therapy functional units.
• Liaise directly with Enterprise Cell Therapy leaders to understand demand / capacity across Enterprise cell Therapy functions.
• Establish and lead capacity management, planning and controls; Manage functional internal and external processes that provide information on demand and capacity
• Lead interactions with the R&D Resource Council leads, escalate capacity issues to Enterprise Cell Therapy LT, ensure actions are agreed and assigned to address capacity issues and provide feedback to relevant functional leaders.
• Lead activities that improve management of resource allocation required to support the portfolio.
• Support Project and Functional Leaders in development of high-quality plans and demand forecasts. Coach leaders in planning best practice and independently review data and suggest improvements to templates, algorithms, processes. In partnership with GPPM, lead the development / improvement of resource forecasting algorithms to forecast credible FTE demand.
• Develop a streamlined process to track and reconcile demand / capacity across all systems such as PLANIT, CAPIT, ResourcIT/ MYTIME and WorkDay. Support reporting, training and reconciliation processes.
• Identify new capacity and resource issues, highlight potential gaps in organizational capacity and propose potential solutions.
• Collaborate with BPO’s, Finance Business Partner, and business analysts to help deliver business cycles (LTP/MTP/RBU’s).
• Promote capacity and demand data provision, analytics and interpretation required for the business cycles.
• Create and ensure clear communications to Enterprise Cell Therapy leaders and partners through presentations of demand and capacity data along with data analysis and interpretation.

Benefits

• qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• paid vacation and holidays
• paid leaves
• health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
• short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• equity-based long-term incentive program

What This Job Offers

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