Director Early-Stage Portfolio Management (m/f/d)

As Director Early-Stage Portfolio Management (m/f/d), you will play a key role within our Marketing, Strategy & Portfolio team. You will shape the commercial strategy of early-stage products and support strategic portfolio decisions across our global Biopharma business. Working with development teams, Business Development, Finance and regional stakeholders, you will translate market insights into robust business strategies.

This position can be based in Germany (Bad Homburg) or Spain (Madrid or Barcelona).

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of the early-stage portfolio on behalf of the Marketing, Strategy & Portfolilo team, as a core member of cross-functional product development teams
• Define target product profiles and support their cross-functional alignment
• Develop sales forecasts, SG&A cost estimates and commercial assumptions for early-stage products
• Generate competitive intelligence, market research and business insights to support strategic decision-making
• Ensure that commercial perspectives are incorporated into development milestones and early product strategies
• Develop business cases for potential in-licensing and out-licensing opportunities in collaboration with Business Development, Finance and regional teams
• Contribute commercial expertise to due diligence processes and lead pitch presentations for potential business partners
• Lead and support cross-functional evaluations of portfolio strategies and potential additions to the development pipeline
• Assess and prioritize life cycle management opportunities for late-stage products
• Support Biopharma leadership in developing mid- and long-term strategies, strategic projects, management reporting and executive presentations

Your Qualifications:

• University degree, preferably in a scientific discipline, or an equivalent qualification; a postgraduate degree such as an MA, MSc, MBA or PhD is highly desirable
• At least ten years of relevant experience in portfolio management and strategy development
• Strong expertise in biosimilar development as well as the biosimilar market landscape and dynamics, particularly in the US and Europe
• Proven experience in competitive intelligence, business insights, analytics and primary or secondary market research
• Solid expertise in sales and cost forecasting as well as P&L-related reporting
• Robust understanding of pharmaceutical product development and the ability to influence early-stage development and commercial strategy
• Ability to manage complexity and translate data, market insights and conceptual ideas into clear strategies and recommendations
• Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills in an international environment
• Proven project management skills and experience managing multiple external vendors and priorities
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, high attention to detail and fluency in written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage

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