IT PMO Project Portfolio Manager – Drug Product Division

About Sailotech

Sailotech is a global IT services and consulting company delivering enterprise technology, ERP, analytics and digital transformation solutions to manufacturing and life-sciences organizations worldwide. We partner with clients to turn strategy into governed, high-value technology delivery — and we are growing our leadership bench to match.

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned IT Portfolio Manager to lead the end-to-end IT investment portfolio for a global Drug Product Division spanning sterile and oral solid dose manufacturing, quality and laboratory systems, planning, maintenance, automation, site infrastructure and operational analytics.

You will convert business strategy into a governed, prioritized and executable portfolio of programs and projects — owning a single, trusted view of investment, delivery health, risk, capacity and value. This is a high-visibility role where your recommendations directly shape what gets funded, sequenced, recovered or stopped, in an environment where batch output, right-first-time performance and release speed determine customer delivery and margin.

What You'll Do

• Own the portfolio — Own the integrated portfolio roadmap, investment profile, delivery forecast and governance calendar for the division.

• Drive strategy to execution — Translate divisional strategy into funded programs with clear traceability from priority to execution to realized value.

• Prioritize with rigor — Run intake, assessment and sequencing against consistent criteria — strategic fit, value, risk, dependencies, affordability and capacity — and prepare decision-ready start / continue / pause / stop recommendations.

• Lead governance — Direct the full cadence: monthly portfolio reviews, quarterly business reviews, annual planning, stage gates and executive readouts.

• Challenge constructively — Provide objective challenge to project status — correct unsupported RAG ratings, require recovery or rebaseline plans, and escalate material delivery, financial, quality or vendor risks with options and a recommendation.

• Control the money — Manage the portfolio budget baseline, forecast, actuals, CapEx/OpEx classification, commitments, accruals and variance actions.

• Balance capacity — Own resource and capacity planning across internal teams, vendors and specialist functions; recommend allocation trade-offs.

• Integrate the landscape — Coordinate MES, LIMS, QMS, ERP, planning, maintenance and infrastructure dependencies to avoid fragmented releases and duplicate site disruption.

• Govern vendors — Lead vendor delivery governance — SOW alignment, deliverables, performance scorecards and renewal recommendations.

• Lead people — Set delivery standards for project and program managers, coach them, and drive closure, benefits transition and lessons learned.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in IT, engineering, life sciences, business, finance or a related discipline.

• 10+ years of progressive IT project / program / portfolio management experience, including 4+ years managing a complex multi-project portfolio.

• Portfolio management experience in a regulated environment — pharmaceutical, life sciences, manufacturing, healthcare or similar.

• Proven leadership of annual planning, prioritization, executive governance, financial management and delivery recovery.

• Strong command of stage-gate governance, risk and dependency management, and benefits realization.

• Working knowledge of CapEx/OpEx, business cases, forecasting, accruals, vendor SOWs and portfolio-level financial analysis.

• Advanced executive communication — decision framing, scenario analysis and stakeholder management at senior level.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise portfolio management tools, dashboards and structured data-quality controls.

Nice to Have

• PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe or Lean Six Sigma certification.

• Experience with Planview or a comparable enterprise PPM platform.

• Delivery experience across ERP, MES, LIMS, QMS, supply-chain planning or manufacturing technology programs.

• Experience governing validated / GxP-relevant solutions — computer-system validation, data integrity, change control, inspection readiness.

• Experience leading globally distributed teams, site-based stakeholders and third-party delivery partners.

Why Join Us

• Global scope and real decision influence — your recommendations shape a multi-program investment portfolio.

• A portfolio where technology directly moves batch output, quality performance and patient supply.

• Executive visibility with divisional and PMO leadership from day one.

• • Hybrid, globally flexible working model.