Global Vice President, Portfolio Strategy, Product Management & Marketing

The Global Vice President Portfolio Strategy, Product Management & Marketing owns Centrient’s portfolio growth agenda by connecting market opportunities, customer needs, competitive dynamics and operational capabilities into profitable portfolio, pricing and investment decisions.

The role serves as the commercial integrator across the value chain, translating market intelligence, customer and application segmentation, manufacturing capability, quality and regulatory requirements, and financial return into portfolio strategy, product roadmaps, commercialisation priorities and long-term value creation.

The role leads portfolio strategy, product management, industry marketing, product marketing, pricing and commercial excellence, market intelligence, innovation pipeline governance and commercial launch readiness across Centrient’s portfolio of APIs, intermediates and differentiated technologies.

The role partners closely with Sales, R&D, Business Development, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, Quality and Regulatory Affairs to define where Centrient chooses to compete, how it creates differentiated customer value, and how portfolio choices are converted into profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Value Chain Management

• Own the end-to-end portfolio and value-chain strategy, translating market demand, customer needs, competitive dynamics, industry economics and manufacturing capabilities into portfolio, pricing and profitability decisions.
• Serve as the commercial voice of the market, connecting customer requirements, market intelligence, competitive insights and operational capabilities into actionable portfolio strategies.
• Act as the architect of how Centrient creates, communicates and captures value across its portfolio, technologies, applications and markets.
• Own portfolio performance and lifecycle management, including portfolio optimisation, product rationalisation, growth initiatives, product launches and profitability improvement.
• Define strategic portfolio priorities, regional focus areas, capacity allocation recommendations and investment trade-offs in partnership with Sales, Operations and Finance.
• Ensure portfolio decisions are grounded in market attractiveness, customer demand, technical feasibility, manufacturing capability, regulatory and quality requirements, capital needs and financial returns.

Industry Marketing, Product Management & Product Marketing

• Own global market, customer and application segmentation, defining where Centrient chooses to compete and win.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer segments, end markets, industry value chains, unmet needs, buying behaviours and future growth opportunities.
• Lead industry marketing, including market sizing, attractiveness assessments, competitive positioning, customer segmentation, demand forecasting and market access strategies.
• Own product strategy and product management across the portfolio, ensuring alignment between market opportunity, customer needs, business objectives and operational realities.
• Own product marketing, including customer insights, value proposition development, product positioning, product messaging and commercialisation strategies.
• Translate Centrient’s capabilities, technical expertise, quality, reliability, sustainability and supply-security advantages into differentiated customer value propositions and market positions.
• Define product roadmaps, lifecycle strategies, launch priorities and phase-in or phase-out decisions to maximise long-term value creation.
• Partner with Sales to develop customer engagement strategies, marketing content and value-selling tools that support growth, profitability and strategic account development.

Pricing & Commercial Excellence

• Develop and execute pricing and value-capture strategies that maximise profitability while supporting long-term customer partnerships.
• Own pricing architecture, strategic pricing frameworks, value-based pricing methodologies, price corridor definitions, governance and escalation principles.
• Drive margin optimisation, pricing discipline, portfolio mix improvement and product profitability across the business.
• Support commercial decision-making with market intelligence, portfolio analytics, forecasting, business intelligence and profitability insights.
• Drive data-led sales planning, performance management, resource allocation and continuous improvement of sales processes, tools and commercial capabilities.

Technical Product Management

• Lead technical product managers responsible for product-development support, technical product knowledge and customer-facing product expertise.
• Oversee product documentation, training, technical product input and the translation of product data and trend analysis into commercial and operational action.
• Provide portfolio, market and technical expertise in support of major customer engagements, strategic negotiations and complex commercial opportunities, partnering with Sales where subject-matter expertise is required.
• Coordinate technical issue resolution, complaint learning and cross-functional product improvement with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and R&D.
• Ensure effective interface and data management for technical product initiatives, regulatory inputs, customer requirements and product performance insights.

Innovation, Pipeline & Stage-Gate Governance

• Act as the strategic commercial owner of the portfolio lifecycle, partnering with R&D, Business Development, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality and Regulatory Affairs to identify, evaluate and prioritise new product, technology and business opportunities.
• Shape innovation priorities and align the development pipeline with customer needs, market attractiveness and long-term strategic objectives.
• Lead portfolio governance and stage-gate processes, ensuring investment decisions balance strategic fit, technical feasibility, manufacturing capability and capacity, operational readiness, quality and regulatory requirements, capital needs, financial returns and value creation.
• Chair cross-functional portfolio reviews and recommend portfolio priorities, resource allocation, capacity investments and project progression decisions.
• Develop business cases and commercialisation strategies for pipeline opportunities, ensuring successful progression from concept through development, launch and lifecycle management.

Strategic Customer & Industry Engagement

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key customers, industry stakeholders, partners and opinion leaders, complementing relationships managed by Sales and increasing Centrient’s market insight, influence and visibility.
• Act as a senior external representative of Centrient, helping customers understand the company’s capabilities, technology platforms, quality standards, sustainability commitments and long-term strategic direction.
• Support strategic account development, customer retention and market reputation through thought leadership, technical engagement and executive-level relationship management.
• Define and communicate Centrient’s capabilities, differentiators and benefits within key markets, applications and customer segments.
• Guide brand positioning, marketing communications, trade-show strategy and customer-facing materials to ensure consistent, value-led market messaging.

Market Intelligence

• Lead market intelligence covering customer trends, competitive developments, industry capacity movements, regulatory changes, M&A activity and emerging growth opportunities.
• Maintain a clear view of market structure, competitive dynamics, capacity developments, industry economics and profitability drivers across the API and antibiotics industry.
• Identify emerging trends, customer needs, technology shifts, industry developments and competitive threats that influence portfolio strategy and investment priorities.
• Translate market intelligence into strategic recommendations for portfolio, investment, pricing, market access and commercial priorities.
• Provide ongoing insight into customer strategies, market evolution and future growth opportunities to support executive decision-making.

Cross-functional Leadership

• Coordinate with Sales, R&D, Business Development, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Operations to ensure portfolio choices are executable and commercially sound.
• Ensure alignment between portfolio decisions, customer needs, market access, product capabilities, manufacturing realities, capacity constraints and launch readiness.
• Escalate cross-functional trade-offs relating to capacity, pricing, investment, launch readiness, customer commitments and portfolio prioritisation.
• Build strong portfolio, product management, marketing, pricing and commercial-excellence capabilities across the team, with clear decision rights, governance and accountability.

Experience Requirements

Essential

• 15+ years in pharmaceuticals, APIs, chemicals, life sciences or adjacent B2B ingredient markets.
• Strong experience in portfolio strategy, product management, industry marketing, product marketing, pricing or commercial excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to translate customer needs, market intelligence, competitive dynamics and manufacturing capabilities into profitable portfolio strategies.
• Experience leading global portfolios, product roadmaps, lifecycle management and commercialisation priorities in manufacturing-led organisations.
• Experience working across Sales, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Finance to align portfolio choices with operational reality.
• Experience leading or coordinating pricing, market intelligence, marketing, sales excellence and product management capabilities.
• Proven ability to engage senior customers or industry stakeholders and translate external insight into strategic portfolio and investment recommendations.

Preferred

• Global leadership experience in antibiotic APIs, CDMO, specialty chemicals, pharmaceutical ingredients or B2B pharmaceuticals.
• Experience leading industry marketing, customer segmentation, value proposition development and product-positioning work in technically complex markets.
• Experience leading commercial launch readiness, stage-gate governance or pipeline prioritisation for new products or technologies.
• Experience in portfolio simplification, product lifecycle performance, product rationalisation and portfolio mix optimisation.

Education and Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Master's degree in Business, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Fluent business English.

Preferred

• MBA.
• Additional qualifications in product management, strategic marketing, pricing, commercial excellence or portfolio management.

What we offer: meaningful work, development and a locally competitive package

This is an opportunity to join Centrient Pharmaceuticals in a senior leadership role with significant scope to shape how we work globally.

We offer a competitive senior-level remuneration package, including base salary, pension provisions and a comprehensive benefits package. The final package will reflect the employing country, the scope of the role and the applicable company plans, and will be discussed transparently during the recruitment process.

We support a flexible and remote-working-friendly environment built on trust, accountability and outcomes. For this role, we will agree a working pattern that enables effective global leadership and collaboration while providing meaningful flexibility to balance professional and personal commitments. Some travel and in-person engagement will remain important given the international scope of the position.

Beyond the financial package, the role offers the opportunity to make a visible enterprise-wide impact, work closely with senior leaders across an international organisation and build a function with lasting value. We support continued professional growth through challenging responsibilities, broad exposure and opportunities to develop as both a functional and business leader.