Director, Pipeline and Portfolio Strategy (PPS), Program Manager (PgM)

Director, Pipeline and Portfolio Strategy (PPS), Program Manager (PgM)

Key Responsibilities
- Serve as strategic and operational integrator from development through commercialization; translate asset strategy into integrated plans and operationalize execution through disciplined delivery, transparent communication, and governance readiness.
- Coordinate cross-functional work, manage interdependencies, and keep programs on the critical path day-to-day.
- Apply program/project management best practices across the asset lifecycle: build integrated timelines, scenario plans, dashboards, and risk/issue/decision systems.
- Develop and maintain Integrated Master Timelines (IMTs); lead scenario planning; monitor Key Inflection Points (KIPs) and milestones.
- Own integrated program planning and status updates (milestones, timelines, budget); manage financial/FTE resource planning tradeoffs.
- Drive risk, issue, and decision management (documentation, analytics, escalation, decision rationale).
- Facilitate governance readiness and key meetings (pre-reads, decision framing, minutes, follow-through).
- Communicate and influence in a matrix; synthesize forum inputs into decision-ready portfolio updates.
- Build high-performing cross-functional teams; resolve conflict; coach and mentor program leaders.
- Embed continuous improvement and standardize program management data/metrics/tools.

Skills & Capabilities / Qualifications
- Extensive experience as a program or project manager with cross-functional teams.
- Strong understanding of the asset lifecycle (development through commercialization).
- Proficient in project management tools/systems.
- Enterprise mindset; strategic thinking; influence and leadership; communication and collaboration.
- Decision making, critical thinking, problem solving; program/project management; agility/proactivity; planning and organization.
- Change management.