Director, Portfolio Governance

Regeneron · Tarrytown, NY · 6 days ago

On-siteFinance$183k–$305k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Director, Portfolio Governance is a strategic leadership role accountable for designing, enabling, and continuously improving the Development governance framework that drives high-quality, timely decision-making across the development portfolio.

Responsibilities

Own and continuously evolve the governance framework to enable effective, scalable decision-making across the portfolio.
Establish and enforce decision quality and readiness standards, including clear articulation of options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations.
Facilitate governance forums to ensure structured, decision-focused discussions and clear, actionable outcomes.
Define and manage governance performance metrics (e.g., decision cycle time, right-first-time decisions, deferrals, forum utilization) to assess effectiveness.
Synthesize governance outputs into portfolio-level insights, identifying cross-program risks, recurring issues, and systemic bottlenecks.
Establish and maintain centralized decision documentation and knowledge management practices to ensure transparency and traceability.
Oversee governance intake, prioritization, and scheduling to ensure alignment to strategic importance, while advancing efficient, scalable processes and leveraging technology to streamline execution.
Drive cross-forum integration to streamline escalation pathways, eliminate duplication, and improve decision flow.
Partner closely with senior leaders, governance chairs, and stakeholders to align priorities and reinforce governance expectations.
Implement governance quality and experience measurement, incorporating multi-directional feedback from teams, executives, and chairs to improve effectiveness.
Coach and develop team members ensuring that the organizational strategy delivers the skills, capabilities and processes that enable portfolio delivery are present in his/her team.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, or consulting.

Qualifications

Deep understanding of drug development lifecycle and portfolio management.

Proven experience designing governance frameworks, operating models, or decision-making processes.

Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into insights and actions.

Experience with process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.

Exceptional executive communication and facilitation skills.

Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and drive change in matrixed environments.

Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership capabilities.

Demonstrate experience leading and developing high-performance teams, including direct people management.

Experience leveraging technology and digital solutions to enable scalable processes, improve efficiency and enhance decision-making (e.g. dashboards, workflow tools, analytics platforms).

Skills