SpecialismStrategy & Growth

Product & Portfolio Strategy

Specialists who decide which assets, indications and markets deserve investment, and how to maximise value across a product’s life.

Functions we cover Portfolio & therapy area strategyNew product planningAsset & indication strategyLifecycle managementForecasting & valuationPortfolio consulting

Our perspective

The people who decide where the next decade of value comes from

Every pipeline decision is a bet: which assets to accelerate, which indications to pursue and which programmes to stop. Portfolio and new product planning teams make those calls on incomplete data, and the quality of their judgement shows up years later in the P&L.

Great candidates here combine scientific literacy with commercial modelling and the confidence to challenge R&D. The role looks different in a biotech moving from one asset to several than in a global pharma balancing dozens of programmes, and many of the best build their skills in consultancies first. We follow careers on both sides and know when people are ready for the next step.

Where we focus

The areas within portfolio strategy we know best

Portfolio and therapy area strategy

Portfolio and franchise teams that rank assets, allocate investment across therapy areas and decide where the company should build depth.

Typical rolesHead of Portfolio Strategy · Therapy Area Strategy Lead · Portfolio Management Director

New product planning

Early commercial input into pipeline assets: market assessment, target product profiles, label testing and the commercial case for development.

Typical rolesNew Product Planning Director · Early Commercial Lead · Global Asset Strategy Lead

Asset and indication strategy

Choosing the indications, patient populations and trial design inputs that give an asset the best chance of clinical and commercial success.

Typical rolesAsset Strategy Lead · Indication Strategy Director · Global Programme Strategy Lead

Lifecycle management

Extending and protecting value through new indications, formulations, combinations and loss-of-exclusivity planning.

Typical rolesLifecycle Management Director · Loss of Exclusivity Strategy Lead · Brand Lifecycle Lead

Forecasting and valuation

Risk-adjusted valuation, scenario modelling and forecasts that underpin portfolio, deal and investment decisions.

Typical rolesHead of Forecasting · Valuation Manager · Portfolio Analytics Lead

Portfolio and pipeline consulting

Consultancies advising pharma, biotech and investors on prioritisation, asset strategy and pipeline value.

Typical rolesConsultant · Engagement Manager · Principal · Partner

Levels we recruit

From rising consultants to the leadership table

Consulting

ConsultantSenior ConsultantEngagement ManagerAssociate PrincipalPrincipalPartner

Pharma & biotech

ManagerAssociate DirectorDirectorSenior DirectorVP Portfolio StrategyChief Strategy & Portfolio Officer

Live roles

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