Commercial Portfolio & Lifecycle Manager

About the role

The Commercial Portfolio Unit is a newly established strategic unit within Novartis Spain, focused on maximising the contribution of the rest of the portfolio by identifying, prioritising and activating high-potential opportunities. The Portfolio & Life-Cycle Management Lead acts as a catalyst for strategic decisions, assessing portfolio performance, market dynamics and life-cycle milestones, and turning insights into recommendations, business cases and plans. The role is not a single-brand management position: it needs an enterprise-wide view and the ability to influence across functions and therapeutic areas without formal authority.

Key responsibilities

• Run continuous portfolio reviews to find growth, value-protection, efficiency and risk-mitigation opportunities, and prioritise them by impact, feasibility, investment and return.
• Develop business cases, financial assessments and scenarios, and monitor the business impact of prioritised initiatives.
• Anticipate life-cycle milestones such as Loss of Exclusivity, and build LoE readiness and risk-mitigation plans with cross-functional teams.
• Define differentiated life-cycle strategies and value-optimisation levers (pricing, supply, demand, brand maintenance, operating model).
• Support brand transitions into the unit and simplify, externalise or rationalise portfolio activities where appropriate.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives, aligning Marketing, Market Access, Finance, Regulatory Affairs, Supply and Legal, and present trade-offs to senior stakeholders.
• Help set up portfolio-management frameworks, governance and decision-making criteria, and promote a data-driven, value-focused culture.

Required profile

• University degree in Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or a related field; an MBA or postgraduate qualification in Strategy, Marketing, Finance or Business Management is an advantage.
• About 7-10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or healthcare industry, or in strategy consulting.
• Experience in commercial or strategic functions such as Marketing, Market Access, Sales, Commercial Excellence, Finance, Strategic Planning, Portfolio Management or Life-Cycle Management.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in matrix organisations and influencing senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Exposure to brands at different life-cycle stages, including those approaching Loss of Exclusivity.

Required skills

• Strategic portfolio and product life-cycle management, business-case development and financial evaluation.
• Scenario modelling, risk assessment and market, customer and competitive analysis.
• Cross-functional programme and project leadership, stakeholder engagement and negotiation.

What we offer

• Annual base salary range of 58,200 to 108,000 EUR, with a possible performance-based bonus.
• Insurance plans, retirement plans, wellbeing resources and global recognition programmes.
• Flexible and hybrid working where possible, and minimum 14 weeks paid parental leave.
• Possible company vehicle or car allowance under local policy.