Role OverviewThe Vice President, Head of Portfolio & Program Strategy will serve as a strategic thought partner to the executive team and an enterprise integrator across Umoja's portfolio, responsible for shaping portfolio strategy and enabling the effective advancement of programs through clinical development and toward commercialization.
What You Will Do
This leader will establish, lead, and continually evolve Umoja's Portfolio and Program Management function, aligning cross-functional teams around clear priorities, integrated development plans, critical milestones, risks, and resource requirements.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of the end-to-end drug development process and the cross-functional interdependencies required to advance complex programs from early clinical development toward later-stage development and commercialization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in scientific, business, engineering, or related field
- 15+ years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience with increasing responsibility in portfolio strategy, program management, program leadership, or R&D leadership
- Demonstrated senior leadership experience in portfolio management, program leadership, or a closely related discipline
- Deep understanding of the end-to-end drug development process and the cross-functional interdependencies required to advance complex programs from early clinical development toward later-stage development and commercialization
- Track record of leading programs through clinical development, including late-stage or commercialization experience
- Proven success leading cross-functional teams and portfolio processes in a growing biotechnology or pharmaceutical organization
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategy, data, risks, and competing functional inputs into integrated plans, clear choices, and decision-ready recommendations
- Demonstrated strength in portfolio prioritization, risk management, scenario planning, governance, resource planning, and organizational change
- Exceptional leadership and coaching capability, with experience building and developing high-performing program and project management talent
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, including the ability to influence without authority, build trust, challenge constructively, and align stakeholders across organizational levels
- Ability to move effectively between enterprise-level strategic questions and detailed program execution
Benefits
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- 401k plan through Fidelity with a 100% match up to their first 4% deferral
- Generous Paid Time Off policy
- Employee commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
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