Organon & Co. Hiring for Executive Director, Portfolio and Governance Management at Knoxville, Tennessee Full Time

Job Description

Organon is a Women’s Health Company that believes in a better and healthier every day for every woman! We are a passionate, global community of thousands dedicated to redefining the future of women’s health. Our mission is to deliver impactful medicines and solutions for a healthier every day. But what really makes it work at Organon is our people.

We’re looking for real, passionate team players, curious innovators, forward thinkers, empowered by the idea of shaping their career, and ready to bring their fire to embrace change and the opportunities it brings for progress.

At Organon, you’ll get to enjoy the best of both worlds: the open, agile, collaborative culture of a start-up, and operating at the scale of a Fortune 500 company with an international footprint that serves people in more than 140 markets.

It’s going to be an exciting future—come be a part of it!

THIS ROLE CAN BE 100% REMOTELY BASED.

Summary:

The Executive Director, Portfolio and Governance Management will have accountability to establish best practices and tools for key processes such as portfolio planning and on time execution, timely and decision making, transparent 360 degree communication, and optimal management of key program risks. She/he will be responsible for synthesizing activities across the portfolio to drive consistent tools and processes, maintaining and optimizing over time. The candidate will lead a team to work with our Program Managers to develop tools and processes to gather program data to support portfolio views and develop data visualizations, performance measures, analytics and to generate evidence and business insights enabling optimal decision-making, operational efficiency, progress tracking, and targeted communications to stakeholders.

She/he will drive portfolio-level activities, including management of product and portfolio governance reviews, decision making, and setting and reporting of goals/milestones. The Executive Director and PPM will work in close partnership with the Clinical Development, Research, Commercial, Finance, and Technical Operations team representatives to define, develop and execute against an integrated project plan for timely delivery to the scope of work within the agreed to budget.

The candidate will facilitate and manage the Research and Development Committee governance body through strong meeting management practices and be responsible to ensure that the meeting drives the right discussion and oversight across the portfolio to discuss issues, risks, approvals, etc.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead informed decision-making through disciplined prioritization, data analytics, and real-time reporting to synthesize and integrate the enterprise portfolio to deliver on portfolio objectives through best-in-class standards across program operations to roll into portfolio views and tracking.

• Partner with functional leaders to drive teams to effective governance decisions within the company’s operating model, and proactively identify and escalate risks, gaps, and challenges; works productively and collaboratively with teams to develop scenarios and solve problems

• Build relationships and collaborate with Program Management and Portfolio and Governance, program leaders, and functional leaders across the organization to define and implement enhancements to governance and proactively identify and escalate risks, gaps, and challenges.

• Develop communication tools and dashboards to enable audiences to understand timelines, milestones, risks, and progress across the portfolio.

• Provide quantitative valuations for prospective product opportunities and standard portfolio metrics/analyses at key meetings to ensure data-driven decision-making.

• Coach and manage a team of portfolio operations leads.

• Combines attention to detail with a big-picture strategic perspective

• Act as a point of escalation for early pipeline issues and risks.

• Accountable for accurate forecasting, tracking and adherence to program budgets (headcount and external costs) by liaising with team members; responsible for challenging and reconciling assumptions, timelines, and expenses on program level.

• Manages project variance and root cause analysis, and develops risk mitigation/issue management plans with the objective to meet the financial targets.

• Ensures program team operational excellence in terms of meeting conduct, decision making, risk assessment and management, and lessons-learned processes with a commitment to continuous improvement.

Education Minimum Requirements​:

• Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in a scientific or applied discipline strongly preferred.

Required Experience and Skills​:

• BS in a scientific discipline

• PMP or advanced project management training/certificate

• 15+ years in the life-sciences, pharmaceutical industry, with at least 10 years experience in program and portfolio leadership and management including integrated timeline management in the context of pharmaceutical product development

• Demonstrated deep knowledge and expertise in program management

• Adaptive leadership style, and ability to guide and influence multidisciplinary teams without formal authority

• Experience managing program leads and/or managers and leading high-functioning cross-functional teams

• Previous people management experience required along with a passion for employee development

• Highly collaborative orientation with outstanding communication and relationship management skills, and high EQ

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for bridging scientific and business constituents, negotiating timelines, and effective collaboration

• Significant breadth of experience across drug development including non-clinical, clinical, regulatory, CMC, and commercial functions

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

• Strong communications and visualization skills to help deliver complex information into consistent views

Preferred Experience and Skills​:

• Advanced degree (e.g., MS, MBA, PhD, PharmD) strongly preferred.

• Experience leading the work of outsourced partners strongly preferred.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers’ Policy – Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions. If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

Who We Are:

Organon delivers ingenious health solutions that enable people to live their best lives. We are a $6.5 billion global healthcare company focused on making a world of difference for women, their families and the communities they care for. We have an important portfolio and are growing it by investing in the unmet needs of Women’s Health, expanding access to leading biosimilars and touching lives with a diverse and trusted portfolio of health solutions. Our Vision is clear: A better and healthier every day for every woman.

Subject to applicable law, all prospective US Organon hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a vaccine authorized or approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement, as a precondition of employment.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote Work

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Number of Openings:

1

Requisition ID: R507008