Director, Core Portfolio Management

Role Summary

The Director, Portfolio Management within the Advanced Cell Systems (ACS) Business Unit will drive long-term value creation across RUO Proteins, Small Molecules, and other ACS product categories. This role is accountable for shaping and executing a portfolio strategy to support Growing and Leveraging the Core. This leader will be instrumental in optimizing portfolio performance through data in alignment with business goals, customer needs, and operational systems. The ideal candidate is strategic and process-oriented, with a collaborative and coaching approach, who will work across team boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a structured lifecycle management strategy, incorporating product maturity models and end-of-life strategies to maximize long-term portfolio value.
• Drive analysis and recommendations to inform product evolution and differentiation, including discontinuations vs. next-generation planning based on new applications or market areas.
• Champion the use of data to proactively identify value inflection points such as competitive landscape changes, emerging customer needs, technology shifts, etc.
• Design and implement scalable portfolio models, including robust product hierarchies, standardized data structures, and value-based portfolio segmentation aligned to high growth end markets.
• Partner with product management, commercial, and finance leaders to establish dynamic pricing strategies that enable continuous value optimization, not just annual cycles.
• Oversee strategic pricing controls, including discount governance and profitability frameworks to ensure pricing consistency, transparency, and margin integrity across SKUs.
• Represent the portfolio within SIOP, ensuring accurate demand planning inputs, including customer contractual obligations (e.g., MSAs), end-of-life planning and transition timelines, multi-lot strategies for demand/supply/quality alignment, and drive alignment between product plans and operations to support customer commitments and financial targets.
• Co-lead the NPI phase-gate process in close partnership with R&D, Program Management, Marketing, Operations, and Quality teams to ensure a unified, cross-functional approach to new product development and launch.
• Identify and improve time-to-market through streamlined launch processes.
• Continuously improve phase-gate effectiveness by incorporating best practices.
• Serve as a key integrator between end market strategy PM teams and NPI execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Science, or related field; MBA or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in portfolio or product management, preferably in a technology, industrial, or life sciences setting.
• Proven experience with NPI phase-gate processes, lifecycle management, and cross-functional program leadership.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable working with large data sets and portfolio dashboards.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Experience with ERP, PLM, or portfolio management tools a plus.