Purpose:
This role supports Discovery Portfolio Management by providing strategic oversight, portfolio analytics, and actionable insights across external studies and related initiatives. The position is responsible for evaluating portfolio composition, monitoring execution performance, and measuring key KPIs such as cycle time, success rates, throughput, and other indicators of portfolio health. The role partners across functions to support prioritization, governance, and continuous improvement through strong analysis, communication, and executive-level presentation skills.
Responsibilities:
- Develop data-driven insights and recommendations to support Discovery Research operations and leadership decision-making, including portfolio prioritization, governance, and operational decision-making.
- Serve as a strong communicator and writer, developing clear summaries, leadership updates, and executive-level slides and presentations.
- Synthesize complex scientific, technical, analytical, and business issues into concise, actionable insights.
- Anticipate challenges and recommend proactive strategies to address portfolio, operational, and business needs.
- Balance quality, timing, budget, and strategic considerations to support high-impact decisions across the portfolio.
- Analyze portfolio composition and performance to identify trends, gaps, risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Track, interpret, and report key KPIs, including cycle time, success rates, throughput, budget performance, and other relevant portfolio metrics.
- Investigate functional pain points and propose practical solutions, supporting or leading implementation efforts as needed.
- Partner effectively across functions and with indirect authority to align stakeholders and drive execution.
- Leverage external intelligence related to technologies, tools, and competitors to inform portfolio strategy and identify opportunities for innovation.
In addition to Cambridge, MA, this opportunity may also be based out of Lake County, IL or Worcester, MA.