Project and Portfolio Manager

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Every person at Ferring works together to change lives and help people build families. Our corporate teams offer empowering, innovative, challenging and rewarding careers – we are motivated to make a difference. To reach our full potential we collaborate, and respect and value diverse contributions so that we can grow as an organization and as professionals. Together we can influence the world around us to make life and work better.

Ferring+You

The Strategy & Operations department is part of Global Research and Medical (GRM) and serves as an internal staff function collaborating across the organisation to plan, optimise, develop, and facilitate the research aspirations at Ferring.

The function, together with the research teams, is responsible for maintaining a pipeline overview and to ensure optimal decision-making tools and direction-setting for the early project portfolio. We are a tight-knit team which is characterised by an informal atmosphere with emphasis on team spirit and a fun and engaging working environment.

You will report to the Head of Strategy and Operations and will be working cross-functionally to support the early pipeline.

Your day at Ferring

• Planning and delivery of early research project and portfolio analyses that support the direction-setting and decision making for the early pipeline at Ferring.

• Drive cross-functional project operations and tasks including helping the research teams plan, coordinate and manage the projects and teams.

• Management of cross-functional projects/initiatives/frameworks as well as support the head of strategy and operations in driving strategic portfolio initiatives.

• Connecting with Global Project Teams (GPT), Finance, Commercial Planning and Portfolio Management Offices across Ferring and other cross-functional stakeholders to help structure portfolio activities, discussions, and cross functional alignment.

• Partner with scientific project leaders and drug discovery functions to plan and track the cross-functional drug discovery projects.

• In close liaison with project leaders, monitor project plans and functional activities including objectives, timelines, budget, resources and deliverables and maintain and update plans to accurately reflect project progress and status.

• Support the project leaders and functional heads by identification of project bottlenecks and resource constraints.

• Ensure project plans, resources, and timelines are correctly captured in in Ferring’s portfolio and project management system, Planisware.

• Apply best practices and support standardization of planning data, deliverables, reports and metrics across the organization.

• Collect and analyze drug discovery portfolio metrics data and prepare visualizations hereof to support efficient decision making by GRM management.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

We are looking for a candidate that has a relevant life science education combined with experience from the pharmaceutical/academic industry.

• Bachelor or Masters degree in chemistry, biology or related early drug discovery discipline with 5+ years’ experience in a planning capacity in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Good knowledge of the drug discovery process and interconnectivities across various functions from idea generation to NME declaration and successful transfer into clinical development.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written, positive can-do attitude, and the ability to thrive in a highly interactive, multidisciplinary, international team environment.

• Keen interest in the healthcare environment with a good understanding of the key commercial, clinical, regulatory and legal drivers impacting potential new drugs.

• An ideal candidate will have a general understanding of drug development, and a technical and scientific understanding of cross-functional project execution. We are also looking for someone with strong strategic and analytical skills as well as a structured approach. You should be able to demonstrate through previous work your ability to drive projects and deliverables independently. Importantly, you have excellent stakeholder engagement skills along with ability to build trusting relationships while driving agendas.

People come first at Ferring

Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love.

Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role

• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

• Extended support on family building journey

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply until October 3rd.

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact the Talent Acquisition Sourcer, Patricia Martins ([email protected])

Note to agencies: this search is being managed by Ferring’s Talent Acquisition team. Kindly do not send us spontaneous profiles.

Location:
Ferring Denmark