Associate Director, Portfolio

The Associate Director, Portfolio & NPL Head, North/East/South/West Europe Hub is responsible to deliver business growth through strategic and operational management of the entire Portfolio & New Product Launch (NPL) strategy and activities within the hub in close alignment with EMENA Portfolio Director and Countries. The scope of the role includes:Development and execution of hub portfolio and new launch strategy, initiatives and projects.
Leading portfolio growth, optimisation and life cycle management initiatives supporting the growth of Accord across different businesses/verticals.
Driving the new product launch team, cross functional workstreams (commercial, medical affairs, product development, regulatory affairs, R&D and marketing) and processes to successfully launch new generics and speciality brands in the region within timescales and right first timeSpecific Job

Responsibilities:
In close alignment with BD and NPL, evaluate new opportunities for addition into hub pipeline, track developments and propose/evaluate suitable opportunities for financial assessment via business cases (BC).
Deliver BC financial assessments for new pipeline opportunities, providing quantitative and qualitative feedback plus market intelligence when necessary and within agreed timescales.
Identify new business opportunities (with support from stakeholders) incorporating In-House, In-License, acquisition, distribution or local deals where relevant.
Deliver business growth by providing recommendations for pipeline candidates and new business opportunities via the Make It Better process.
Analyse portfolio by completing optimisation reviews, delivering clear recommendations and outcomes.
Collaborate cross functionally (commercial, medical affairs, product development, regulatory affairs, R&D and marketing) ensuring alignment on portfolio growth, optimisation strategies and commercial opportunities.
Responsible for understanding portfolio strengths, weaknesses, external opportunities and threats.
Align with hub head, country directors and stakeholders, ensuring optimal portfolio expansion by market.
Maintain efficient workflows by keeping accurate portfolio records including existing products, pipeline candidates and new product launches.
Optimize portfolio by identifying underperforming products and initiate relevant life cycle management activities in accordance with the MA & Launch Cancellation process.
Ensure cost savings are achieved and all CRF and regulatory activities completed within timescales to ensure MAs are cancelled where approved or saved if sunset clause applicable.
Drive continuous process improvement plus life cycle management via Make It Better and COGs improvement requests.
Prepare budget launch date recommendations and ensure adherence for all pipeline products including relevant SKUs in budget templates.
Provide recommendations on launch timelines for budget forecast and long range plans.
Lead any ad-hoc projects required to support business growth and profitability.
Central point of contact between EMENA Portfolio team and the hub regarding portfolio and pipeline.
New Product Launch:Lead development, maintenance and revision of launch excellence program ensuring launch success.
Lead new product launch team and cross functional workstreams from opportunity assessment to execution of launch plans right first time.
Understand market objectives of each launch, identifying risk and critical success factors, develop, align and execute launch and market access plans.
Create launch plans employing detailed analysis of critical success factors, understanding market requirements, regulatory, quality, supply limitations and opportunities.
Align launch plans with relevant stakeholders and update plans according to changes in market condition or product readiness ensuring execution according to plan.
Ensure readiness in market for each product launch including system set up, local regulatory / pricing / quality activities.
Identify any market specific requirements and ensure these are communicated back to the central NPL team.
Identify bottlenecks, dependencies and key decisions points in launch process and take required actions to mitigate risks.
Track launch milestone status, elevate bottlenecks and foster clear communication with commercial, pharmacovigilance, quality, regulatory and supply chain, ensuring all team members understand required actions and responsibilities.
Evaluate implications, opportunities or changes and mitigate risk or maximize early opportunities.
Lead meetings monitoring progress against key milestones ensuring bottlenecks are resolved.
Ensure consistent and timely completion of launch readiness activities and key deliverables.
Provide recommendations on launch timelines for budget forecast and long range plans.
Develop and track launch performance measurements and evaluate launches against set goals using findings to continually improve processes and optimise hub success.
Proactively instigate new processes to support our