Portfolio Leader

Genentech • Basel, California

1d • $149,300 - $277,300

About The Position

At Roche/Genentech, the Pharma ambition is to deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden by 2030. The Portfolio Leader joins the global Portfolio Strategy & Management (PSM) community and helps co-create and deliver the target portfolio for patients. The role provides portfolio strategy, portfolio management, and portfolio insights and analytics to partners across Pharma and the Roche enterprise, collaborating with colleagues in relevant groups to co-create deliverables. It also contributes to developing and applying analytical tools, financial models, and data-driven insights to shape the Pharma portfolio.

The role combines strategic investment analysis, strategy support, portfolio assessment and communication, decision support and valuation, decision management, and insights and analytics. It uses financial modeling and portfolio analytics to inform capital allocation, portfolio decisions, and strategy updates, and develops actionable content for Executive Leadership. Key deliverables include quarterly Pharma Portfolio Reports, annual R&D performance benchmarking, business planning, and responses to ad hoc requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Finance, Data Science, Engineering, or a similar quantitative discipline.
• Strong understanding of disease and drug development, with the ability to translate competitive and industry insights into actions.
• Strong experience combining quantitative rigor with collaborative partnership across matrixed technical teams, including Finance, Data Science, and Informatics.
• Experience applying financial modeling and decision analysis to guide portfolio management decisions in the pharma/biotech or a similar industry.
• Proven experience with tools such as Python, R, and Tableau to automate analytical workflows and generate predictive portfolio insights.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex probabilistic models into clear narratives for portfolio decision-makers and leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD, or MBA) is highly preferred.
• Passion for co-creating and delivering a portfolio for the benefit of patients.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous, collaborative environments with distributed authority and accountability, where advice seeking is foundational.
• Transparent and strategic communication, comfort working out loud and using iteration and experimentation, and active listening.
• Strategic thinking that connects traditional biopharma strategy with technology-enabled quantitative analytics.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate strategic options using financial modeling, including rNPV, scenario analysis, and trade-off optimization, to quantify risk, asset value, and competitive positioning and guide capital allocation decisions.
• Partner with Pharma Leaders to co-create and deliver portfolio and business strategies that support Pharma portfolio decisions.
• Manage and communicate portfolio dynamics, including risk, value, mix, and competitive positioning, to inform portfolio decisions and strategy updates.
• Develop portfolio content and actionable insights for presentation to Executive Leadership.
• Act as a thought partner to teams and decision-makers, including defining and scoping tactics to deliver on business strategies.
• Architect decision pathways, decision-making models, and portfolio prioritization to support decision quality.
• Design and evolve advice-seeking and fit-for-purpose engagement opportunities, and develop or evolve resources and guidance for decision-making and portfolio management.
• Design, develop, and improve portfolio metrics, analytics, and dynamic visualizations to support operational efficiency, decision-making, and targeted communications.
• Provide and update guidance on valuation and risk methodologies used by teams and decision-makers.
• Deliver quarterly Pharma Portfolio Reports, annual R&D performance benchmarking, business planning, and ad hoc analyses or requests.
• Collaborate with relevant groups across Pharma and the Roche enterprise to co-create deliverables and translate analytical models into portfolio delivery.

Benefits

• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• The position qualifies for benefits detailed at the provided benefits link; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.

What This Job Offers

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