Portfolio Leader, Oncology

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

At Roche/Genentech, we have a bold Pharma Ambition to deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden by 2030. Within Portfolio Strategy & Management (PSM), we bring this Ambition to life by driving high quality decisions to shape our portfolio. We are a strong, closely-knit, trusting team that operates from a creative mindset, experimenting and iterating to achieve aspirations. We are a place for talent to grow and contribute, where talent feels valued, connected, and a sense of belonging to something impactful. Stakeholders rely on our expertise to help actively manage our portfolio to meet the Pharma Ambition. As Portfolio Leader, Oncology you will focus on co-creating the Portfolio Strategy and managing the portfolio of the Oncology Therapeutic Area. You will be expected to closely collaborate with colleagues in groups beyond PSM (e.g., Global Product Strategy, PD Functions, other Portfolio groups in Roche, Program Management, Finance, gRED, pRED, Chugai) in your day to day work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science, business, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in matrix cross-functional leadership
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including clear, succinct and timely communication, proven ability to build trusting relationships with and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong drug development understanding, along with planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated thought partnership and/or ability to influence Senior Leaders on complex topics, including framing, decision support, and options analysis.
• Experience in portfolio management and strategy development.
• Ability to navigate within a changing organization, maintaining objectivity, respect for differences of opinion, and proven ability to question and challenge in a constructive manner.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree and/or certification (e.g. MBA, PhD, PharmD, MS, MPH) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with PD & GPS Therapeutic Area Heads and other Pharma Leaders (LSPC members, PD & GPS Franchise Heads, pRED & gRED Therapeutic Area Leaders, LifeCycle Leaders) to co-create and deliver robust Oncology portfolio strategies that provide the scaffolding for molecule decisions
• Actively manage the Oncology portfolio with an enterprise mindset, providing data-driven actionable portfolio insights that contextualize individual molecule and project decisions within the Therapeutic Area, Late Stage, as well as Pharma portfolio priorities.
• Collaborate closely with the Late Stage Governance Team in implementing the governance process at the Therapeutic Area setting, as well as enabling development and business reviews in advance of portfolio investment decisions.
• Serve as an active thought partner to decision-makers and mentor to Portfolio Leads for areas including, but not limited to defining/scoping of tactics to deliver on defined portfolio strategies; content expertise to develop strategic options and valuations; trade-off analysis, and/or decision framing including portfolio context.
• Serve as an objective and expert reviewer at Boards when invited, focusing on strategic options, trade-off analyses, and valuation
• Understand and communicate portfolio dynamics (risk, value, mix, competitive positioning etc) at the Therapeutic Area, Late Stage, as well as Pharma levels to influence portfolio decisions.
• Actively support and model talent flow to work with the highest impact across PSM as well as the broader portfolio community across R&D units to deliver more patient benefit.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available for this job posting.
• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees