Portfolio Lead

Takeda•Boston, MA

4d•$154,400 - $242,550•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Portfolio Lead for the joint USBU and OBU DD&T organization, you will report into the Head of Portfolio Strategy and Operational Excellence. In this role, you will be accountable for managing the run and investment portfolio across the USBU and OBU DD&T organization, focusing primarily on value realization, optimization of portfolio through business process planning cycles, and enablement of portfolio tradeoff decisions within the governance forums. You will represent USBU and OBU DD&T in enterprise portfolio forums and workstreams with a focus on identifying portfolio synergies and aligning processes, tools, and ways of working.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree is required, MBA preferred
10+ years of experience in technology, consulting, pharmaceuticals or similar field
Proven experience managing enterprise or technology portfolios in a matrixed organization
Proficiency in portfolio management tools
Experience designing and facilitating governance forums and portfolio review cadences
Ability to develop decision-ready materials and tradeoff frameworks for senior leadership
Knowledge of enterprise portfolio management standards and best practices
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to building trust, listen, and ask effective questions.

Nice To Haves

Prior consulting experience preferred

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the integrated run and investment portfolio across USBU and OBU DD&T, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and currency of all portfolio data
Track portfolio health and status across the full lifecycle, from ideation through delivery and value realization
Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards and reporting to provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio performance.
Define and monitor value realization frameworks and KPIs for active portfolio investments.
Partner with product and delivery teams to capture and report benefits against committed business cases.
Flag at-risk investments and drive corrective action in partnership with stakeholders.
Lead the USBU and OBU DD&T portfolio contribution to annual and mid-year business planning cycles, coordinating inputs across the team.
Manage demand intake and prioritization processes, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives.
Optimize the portfolio through scenario planning and capacity analysis to maximize return on investment.
Prepare and facilitate portfolio review forums, including materials, decision packages, and tradeoff analyses for leadership.
Enable data-driven prioritization and tradeoff decisions by presenting clear options with risk, cost, and value implications.
Maintain governance cadence and ensure follow-through on portfolio decisions.
Represent USBU and OBU DD&T in enterprise-level portfolio forums and workstreams.
Identify and surface portfolio synergies across business units to reduce duplication and optimize shared investments.
Align USBU and OBU DD&T portfolio processes, tools, and ways of working with enterprise and centralized DD&T standards.
Continuously improve portfolio management processes, tools, and templates to increase efficiency and consistency.
Serve as the subject matter expert on portfolio management methodology for the DD&T organization.
Support the Head of Portfolio Strategy & Operational Excellence in building and maturing the portfolio operating model.