Portfolio Leader

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

1d • $149,300 - $277,300

About The Position

The Portfolio Leader provides Portfolio Strategy, Portfolio Management, and Portfolio Insights & Analytics to partners across Pharma and the Roche enterprise. The role collaborates closely with colleagues across relevant groups to co-create deliverables and contributes to developing and applying analytical tools, financial models, and data-driven insights to shape the Pharma portfolio.

Responsibilities may include strategic investment analysis; strategy support; portfolio assessments and presentations; decision support and valuation; decision management and ecosystem architecture; and insights and analytics. 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, to translate strategic models into actionable portfolio delivery.
• Experience applying financial modeling and decision analysis to 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.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA) is highly preferred.
• Passion for the shared purpose of co-creating and delivering the portfolio for the benefit of patients.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous, collaborative environments where authority and accountability are distributed and advice-seeking is foundational.
• Effective, transparent, and strategic communication; comfort with working out loud, iteration, and experimentation; and active listening.
• Strategic thinking that connects traditional biopharma strategy with technology-enabled quantitative analytics.
• Ability to synthesize complex probabilistic models into clear narratives that guide portfolio decision-makers and leadership.

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 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 update 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 for teams and decision-makers.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Pharma and the Roche enterprise to co-create deliverables.
• Develop and apply analytical tools, financial models, and data-driven insights to shape the Pharma portfolio.
• Deliver quarterly Pharma Portfolio Reports, annual R&D performance benchmarking, business planning, and ad hoc analytical requests.

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