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Portfolio External Insights Director

UK – London – New Oxford Street💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-30

Core

Owns analysis and framing of the R&D portfolio and its metrics, integrating rigorous productivity analysis with an outside-in view of external assessments to inform senior leadership decisions.

Role type

Senior IC portfolio analytics and decision science director

Builds

Evidence-based R&D portfolio narratives and external communications for senior leadership and investors

Domain

Biopharma R&D portfolio management and investment analysis

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

R&D portfolio analytics, decision science, external benchmarking, financial valuation, stakeholder management, narrative generation, quantitative analysis, competitive intelligence, data interpretation

Preferred skills

Advanced degree in scientific/quantitative/business field, biopharma corporate strategy knowledge, R&D benchmarking familiarity

Technologies

Broker/analyst research platforms, consensus estimate tools, third-party benchmarking platforms

Responsibilities

Lead R&D portfolio analysis and interpretation; Synthesize outside-in perspectives from external research; Own selection and interpretation of external data sources; Develop and maintain R&D productivity metrics; Support hands-on decision science analytics projects; Manage complex stakeholder networks across R&D, Finance, and IR; Co-develop external R&D and pipeline narratives

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