**Job Description** The Portfolio and Governance Lead will provide support to the strategic direction of our Tech R&D projects within our company's animal health division. This role involves overseeing a diverse project portfolio that generates revenue in the hundreds million while ensuring alignment with organizational strategics priorities. The role will assist and participate in the decision-making processes related to research and development investments, actively participating in strategic meetings to prioritize initiatives and implement effective governance practices. This position requires a deep understanding of our structure and opportunities and the ability to navigate industry uncertainties, identifying opportunities for information gathering for better decision making, and standardizing hypotheses, and will play a critical role in providing insights that influence the allocation of R&D funding and support the successful launch of products, thereby driving the overall success of the organization. **Key Responsibilities:** + Oversight of project development governance. + Manage Executive Steering Committee meetings, planning sessions etc. + Overall responsibility to define tracking and monitoring methods over project milestones. + Consolidating bottom up projects reporting into high level dashboards + Responsible for formulating the projects / portfolio high level plan and roadmap, in consultation with management and other parties concerned + Defining portfolio visibility and communication methods + Set KPI mechanism, define KPI’s, cascade Top Down and consolidate Bottom Up + Overall responsibility to set and drive PM knowledgebase, documentation and training + Coordinate and manage the implementation of required supporting technologies / applications / managing systems for high-level systems. + Continuous improvement of methods and organization **Requirements:** + Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related areas of study + 7+ years of experience in Project/Portfolio management in tech related industry and/or job field. + Experience managing project/portfolio on a global scale. + Working knowledge of several project management methodologies including waterfall and agile that function on a variety of internal / external projects + Experience in system, changes, processes implementation + Experience in establish and foundation of infrastructure and methods in large scale organizations + Ability to motivate and influence people who are not directly managed + Communication and interpersonal skills + Portfolio Management Expertise & Risk Management Analytics + Excellent verbal and written communication skills with English fluency Current Employees apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:** Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. 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No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. **Employee Status:** Regular **Relocation:** Domestic **VISA Sponsorship:** No **Travel Requirements:** 25% **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Hybrid **Shift:** Not Indicated **Valid Driving License:** No **Hazardous Material(s):** N/A **Job Posting End Date:** 05/7/2025 ***A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.** **Requisition ID:** R344697