We are seeking a
Senior Director - Planning Transformation & Portfolio Excellence to drive the design and implementation of planning capabilities across a major enterprise transformation program. Acting as a planning expert, you will lead cross-functional workshops, define scalable planning frameworks, and ensure alignment between business functions, governance structures, and portfolio management processes.
Key Responsibilities- Lead multiple planning transformation workstreams and facilitate strategic planning workshops.
- Design and implement functional planning frameworks, templates, governance models, and milestone structures.
- Drive stakeholder alignment and decision-making across business functions.
- Develop cross-functional dependency maps and planning standards to support scalable execution.
- Translate workshop outcomes into implementation-ready deliverables for planning platform deployment.
- Partner with business and technical teams to ensure planning solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with governance requirements.
- Support pilot deployments and adoption activities for new planning processes and tools.
- Advise senior leadership on planning maturity, portfolio governance, and operating model evolution.
- Standardize planning practices across functions and contribute to broader transformation initiatives.
- Mentor project management and planning resources involved in the program.
Requirements- Strong experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or related industries.
- Strong experience in drug development, portfolio management, project management, or planning transformation.
- Proven track record leading cross-functional planning initiatives and strategic workshops.
- Expertise in planning methodologies, portfolio governance, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), milestone frameworks, and operating models.
- Experience with planning and PPM tools such as OnePlan, Planisware, Planview, Clarity, or Microsoft Project.
- Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and influence senior stakeholders in complex environments.
- Fluent English.
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