Regeneron

Director,PortfolioGovernance

$183–305k Tarrytown, New York, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Director, Portfolio Governance at Regeneron. Skills: Portfolio governance, Decision excellence, Framework design. Own governance framework. Evolve governance framework”

What You'll Achieve.

High-quality decisions; Timely decisions; Enable portfolio tradeoffs; Reduce cycle time; Improve decision quality; Improve decision durability

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Analytical skills; Translate data into actions

Eligibility Requirements

10% travel

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree, 12+ years experience

Nice to Have

Process improvement methodologies experience, Lean experience preferred, Six Sigma experience preferred

What You'll Do.

Own governance framework

Evolve governance framework

Establish decision standards

Enforce decision standards

Facilitate governance forums

Define governance metrics

Manage governance metrics

Translate metrics into insights

Synthesize governance outputs

Establish decision documentation

Maintain decision documentation

Oversee governance intake

Manage governance scheduling

Drive cross-forum integration

Streamline escalation pathways

Eliminate duplication

Improve decision flow

Partner with senior leaders

Reinforce governance expectations

Implement governance quality measurement

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Senior leaders; Governance chairs; Stakeholders

Communication Scope

Executive communication

Full Job Description

The **Director, Portfolio Governance** is a strategic leadership role accountable for designing, enabling, and continuously improving the Development governance framework that drives high-quality, timely decision-making across the development portfolio. This role embeds decision excellence, clarity of decision rights, and disciplined execution across the governance forums. This leader ensures decisions are made at the right level, with the right information, at the right time—enabling portfolio tradeoff decisions, reducing cycle time, and improving decision quality and durability. This role is a hands-on contributor and people manager responsible to build relationships at all levels of the organization in order to solicit and action stakeholder input regarding the governance framework. This role will navigate the fast-paced and agile environment of Regeneron in a collaborative and innovative manner. _***Please note this role is an onsite opportunity and is not eligible remote._ **A typical day in this role looks like:** * Own and continuously evolve the governance framework to enable effective, scalable decision-making across the portfolio. * Establish and enforce decision quality and readiness standards, including clear articulation of options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations. * Where required, facilitate governance forums to ensure structured, decision-focused discussions and clear, actionable outcomes. * Define and manage governance performance metrics (e.g., decision cycle time, right-first-time decisions, deferrals, forum utilization) to assess effectiveness. * Translate governance metrics and feedback into actionable insights, driving a closed-loop continuous improvement model. * Synthesize governance outputs into portfolio-level insights, identifying cross-program risks, recurring issues, and systemic bottlenecks. * Establish and maintain centralized decision documentation and knowledge management practices to ensure transparency and traceability. * Ov

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