Portfolio & Operations Director

Astrazeneca

Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Competitive
Hybrid (minimum of three days per week in-office)
Portfolio governance prioritization
Resource allocation and budget management
Performance reporting dashboards
The Portfolio & Operations Director position at AstraZeneca in Macclesfield focuses on leading a complex portfolio to accelerate the delivery of medicines. The role requires strong leadership, strategic insight, and experience in managing financial assets while fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture

Job Summary

  • As Portfolio & Operations Director, you will lead a busy portfolio and prioritise where we invest, align resources to the highest-value work, and ensuring disciplined delivery that improves speed, quality and cost.
  • Your work will create visibility, reduce bottlenecks and enable cross-functional teams to deliver at pace.
  • Here, your portfolio leadership directly shapes how fast life-changing medicines reach people who need them.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

The Portfolio & Operations Director position at AstraZeneca in Macclesfield focuses on leading a complex portfolio to accelerate the delivery of medicines. The role requires strong leadership, strategic insight, and experience in managing financial assets while fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.

Salary

Competitive

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • portfolio governance prioritization
  • resource allocation and budget management
  • performance reporting dashboards
  • financial stewardship and forecasting
  • cross-functional alignment and communication

Nice-to-have

  • strategy development facilitation
  • lean methodologies integration
  • digital ways of working
  • global footprint experience
  • bold thinking and decisive action

Key Requirements

  • University degree in Chemistry, Engineering or Business
  • Own end-to-end portfolio governance
  • Prior experience managing portfolio of products
  • Experience supporting continuous improvement
  • Prior experience managing financial assets and budget cycle
  • Exceptional communication and influence skills

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Not specified

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