Senior Portfolio Manager

Cranmore Executive Search is proud to partner with the SFI ARC Hub for Therapeutics to recruit a Senior Portfolio Manager. The Senior Portfolio manager—with the support of two reporting portfolio managers —will have responsibility for selecting and guiding pre-clinical research studies with suitable commercial potential across a variety of therapeutic areas including small molecule therapies, biological therapies, biomaterials, biomarkers with therapeutic application and in the area of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs).
Reporting to the Executive Director, and a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Senior Portfolio Manager holds primary responsibility for shaping and executing the programme work plan, with a key focus on driving growth, optimizing commercial potential and identifying opportunities to support the ARC Hub vision, mission and strategic direction.
This role will drive the strategic direction of all activities in Trinity, providing leadership across the two portfolio manager roles to ensure rapid and effective responses to ARC academic and industry partner needs, in alignment with the Funding Agencies requirements.
The Senior Portfolio Manager will work collegially across the ARC Hub academic partners to generate collaborative opportunities that will increase the Hub’s impact for its key stakeholders.
The successful candidate will achieve the above objective by:
Working closely with ARC Executive Director and ARC Academic Director and other senior stakeholders across the 3 partner universities, to forge and implement partnerships and develop an extensive range of activities required to ensure the ARC Hub achieves it’s targets for funding commercilsation projects, to scale engagement with the Innovation eco-system, and deliver for SFI and the commercial entities which will benefit from the programme.Manage and direct the team in Trinity, and in other partner institutions and further develop the capability of the ARC Hub by providing leadership to enhance inter-university collaborations, thereby positively promoting the university’s profile and reputation in commercialising research outputs.Manage and direct the team in Trinity, and in other partner institutions and further develop the capability of the ARC Hub by providing leadership to enhance inter-university collaborations, thereby positively promoting the university’s profile and reputation in commercialising research outputs.Enabling and supporting commercial partnerships linking academic skills, innovation and infrastructure with a wide range of internal researchers, and external clients including industry, public bodies and government entities and entrepreneurs.Provide ongoing updates to the senior leadership at the university on the progress of ARC Hub’s strategic goals.Identifying and prioritising projects from applications submitted by academics and advising on study design, study protocols, and project specific milestones.Supporting the creation of a project dossier, with the input of the HEI Technology Transfer case-managers, Portfolio Managers and the Business and Training Manager, to include an evaluation of the patent landscape, drug tractability, target-disease market potential and other commercially-relevant differentiating factors for the therapy being developed.Managing the execution and analysis of the projects and ensuring that the collation and reporting of the data is of a high standard.Working closely with the ARC Executive Director in forging relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including members of the Advisory and Executive Committee, academic partners, clinicians, venture capitalists, industry contacts, and CROs/CDMOs.Presenting the progress of the projects within the portfolio to colleagues in regular internal research meetings, and to external national/international thought leaders and investors.Presenting to the Advisory Committee and Executive Committee on the scientific and commercial progress of projects on an ongoing basis, highlighting key milestones, challenges and opportunities.Contributing to the writing of scientific, commercial and outreach material relevant to the activities of the SFI ARC Hub.Contributing strategically to the tactical planning and future goals of the SFI ARC Hub through regular interactions with the ARC Executive Director, senior management team, Advisory Committee and Executive Committee.
Requirements:
Qualifications:The successful candidate must have a third level PhD qualification in science/engineering or equivalent, with relevant experience in therapeutic/pharmaceutical drug discovery and development in industry (5-10 years).Experience and additional graduate or post-graduate qualifications in project management would be an advantage.
Knowledge and experience:Familiarity with data acquisition, analysis, quality control, and experience in interpretation and presentation of such data.Highly proficient with all facets of drug discovery and ability to identify challenges and collaborate with multiple parties to ensure project advancement. Ability to design and execute translatable proof of concept studies and a proven ability to drive a culture of engagement and impact.
Skills and personal attributes:Ability to create and maintain an open and supportive internal team environment.Demonstrate adaptability, a logical approach to problem-solving, attention to detail, and high standards of accountability and integrity.Maintain clear and accurate technical records.Demonstrated leadership in a team environment, contribution to strategy development and implementation and ability to interact professionally and confidentially with multiple stakeholders relevant to the SFI ARC Hub.Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as strong analytical skills.An ability to organize own work, set priorities, and determine requirements so multiple tasks are achieved in a fast-paced environment.Excellent organiser, negotiator, with a high degree of resourcefulness.Committed to achieving results, putting in additional effort as required.Flexible approach to working hours as the demands of the post may require work outside normal office working hours from time to time.

If you’re ready to lead this transformative collaboration and catalyze innovation in Ireland’s life science sector, please send your CV and cover letter to Cranmore Executive Search.