Associate Director, Decision Analyst

Role Summary

The Associate Director, Decision Analyst will analyze data, create scenarios, and provide recommendations to inform asset and portfolio investments. This role tackles complex questions by integrating scientific, financial, and other insights to drive high-impact decisions. As a strategic thought partner, the analyst will ensure that asset and portfolio strategies align with the organization’s objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support efforts to improve decision quality in the organization by developing and continuously improving decision analysis methodologies and best practices.
• Facilitate workshops to incorporate uncertainties into asset and portfolio scenario analysis.
• Work with Asset Teams, Program Management Leads, and SMEs to determine planning confidence levels and develop risk-adjusted development timelines and scenarios.
• Enhance and facilitate processes to estimate pre-clinical and clinical probabilities of success.
• Collect inputs for portfolio models that integrate attrition rates, clinical probability of success, timeline uncertainties, and commercial forecast scenarios to inform decision-making.
• Support portfolio optimization processes during financial planning cycles. Build, maintain and execute portfolio analysis processes and tools to support strategic decision making.
• Structure and perform scenario analyses and simulations to model and value strategic alternatives and trade-offs with the aim of maximizing value at an asset and a portfolio level.
• Provide support to teams for decision framing and decision analysis by demonstrating established methodologies.
• Supports periodic end-to-end portfolio performance reviews and health checks.
• Support teams with governance preparations by evaluating phase transition business cases, collecting portfolio analysis inputs, and providing a portfolio perspective to inform a recommendation to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement in portfolio operations, leveraging data and analytics to inform strategic decisions, and enhance execution efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategy or portfolio management within a pharmaceutical/biotech company, or equivalent experience in management consulting or other industry with strong discipline in decision analysis.
• Ability to perform and synthesize in-depth analyses of asset and portfolio information, integrating findings into insights and actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally across research, clinical development, commercial, and manufacturing teams.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Advanced degree preferred (MS or MBA), with a strong understanding of drug development, R&D strategy, and decision analysis.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical field (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Engineering) or equivalent experience.
• Advanced degree preferred (MS or MBA), with a strong understanding of drug development, R&D strategy, and decision analysis.

Skills

• Application of various decision analysis methodologies and tools.
• Portfolio modeling, scenario planning, or strategic investment frameworks using modeling and simulation software.
• Business & Financial Acumen: Understanding of business objectives, strategies, and Discounted Cash Flow Analysis.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working effectively with diverse teams.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing environment.