Manager, Portfolio Decision Analysis

Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence Posted Date: Jul 25 2022 As part of the approach to decision-making at GSK, there is an exciting opportunity to continue to enhance the use of portfolio analytics, economic analysis and insights to drive informed technical and investment decisions at governance boards. The right insights from robust portfolio analyses on differentiated strategic options or scenarios inform trade-off analyses and eventual investment choices. We're looking for outstanding talent to help drive portfolio decision-making, integrating the pillars of the R&D strategy, standard portfolio management data and tools with scientific insights and analyses. Are you energized by the opportunity to drive a streamlined and integrated approach to portfolio investment decision-making focused on balancing scientific merit, economic analyses, and business discipline? If so, this Portfolio Decision Sciences Manager role could be an exciting opportunity for you! As a portfolio decision analysis manager in R&D, you will work directly with technology / capability and project teams to evaluate early stage investment opportunities where there is still significant uncertainty and limited data. Thus, systematic risk and probabilistic analyses incorporating evaluative techniques will be imperative to guide technical progression and investment decisions. This will include economic analysis and use of ROI analyses to guide investment choices on technology or pipeline project decisions. For broad portfolio context, you will be responsible for monitoring the external environment for advances in decision analysis, data and technology that could be applied to decision consulting and portfolio decision-making at GSK to create a competitive advantage through improved data driven insights. The Decision Sciences Team you will join is focused on: Data-driven portfolio insights using internal and external lenses to support decision-making An objective perspective on GSK’s portfolio versus competitors Driving challenging conversations in an open and constructive manner to generate strategically differentiated investment options Utilizing cutting-edge data trends/technology capabilities and applying to portfolio decision making; and Driving organizational learning from decision making This role will provide YOU the opportunity to support highly visible decisions at the senior leadership level, enhancing your visibility and enterprise exposure. Your responsibilities will include providing objective analyses, portfolio context and a consistent approach across decision making bodies to support progression and investment decisions. This may include: Guiding teams through strategic decision and financial analyses, facilitating team framing to recommendation processes, and thus supporting portfolio decision discussions between teams and senior leaders. This role will be assigned projects from the technology/capability portfolio as well as the asset portfolio. Driving expansions of the current technology and capability Return on Investment (ROI) tool as driven by business need. Developing frameworks for assessing appropriate trade-offs based on rigorous decision analysis, leveraging, among other criteria, our strategic imperatives such as the focus on high quality targets that are genetically validated as an approach to improving success rates. Leading portfolio assessments to enable GSK leadership to make portfolio prioritization and investment decisions, e.g. supporting ROI impact analysis of a technology or capability, probability of success elicitation, portfolio level prioritization based upon scientific/clinical/strategic/operational/financial factors Providing external insights, including benchmarking context and enterprise R&D portfolio context to guide and drive investment management Working with portfolio colleagues to review and recommend areas of short-term and longer-term focus from a disease area, indication, modality perspective and offer risk mitigation approaches to optimize the GSK portfolio overall. Visualization and critical assessment of current and future state of the discovery and clinical portfolio to guide decision making and optimization of resources. Drive business efficiency by staying current, anticipating internal and external drivers, evaluating and implementing cross-functional strategies to maximize productivity and efficiency Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Bachelor’s Degree in scientific or quantitative discipline Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: MBA and/or PhD in scientific discipline Experience demonstrating Decision Analysis Able to deliver under pressure while working through multiple ambiguous projects Decision consultant with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment with ability to influence and align stakeholders. Scientific background and experience of drug discovery and early development process from target identification through proof-of-concept. Pharmaceutical Industry Acumen, through experience in R&D, commercial, business and/or corporate development/consulting in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry Deep business partnering experience across areas of finance, business development, R&D. Experience within global portfolio management function: including experience performing and interpreting decision analyses with ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative findings into concise portfolio prioritization and investment recommendations. Experience synthesizing information from multiple sources, tailoring presentation materials and communicating ideas and data both verbally and written in a persuasive and appropriate manner in a multi-cultural environment to a variety of audiences, including internal/external partners At least 5 years of R&D experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry Why GSK? At GSK, we have already delivered unprecedented change over the past four years, improving R&D, becoming a leader in Consumer Health, strengthening our leadership, and transforming our commercial execution. Now, we’re making the biggest changes we’ve made to our business in over 20 years. We’re on track to separate and create two new companies in 2022: New GSK with a leading portfolio of vaccines and specialty medicines as well as R&D based on immune system and genetics science; and a new world-leading consumer healthcare company of loved and trusted brands. With new ambition comes new purpose. For New GSK, this is to unite science, talent and technology to get ahead of disease together – all with the clear ambition of delivering human health impact; stronger and more sustainable shareholder returns; and as a new GSK where outstanding people thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it. How we do all this is through our people and our culture. A culture that is ambitious for patients – so we deliver what matters better and faster; accountable for impact – with clear ownership of goals and support to succeed; and where we do the right thing. So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of billions, join us at this exciting moment in our journey. Join our challenge to get Ahead Together. *LI-GSK If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US). GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. 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