Portfolio Management & LCM, Lead

Location: Toranomon (NPKK Head Office)

Job Description Summary

-Marketing leader in a small revenue organization OR experienced managers of marketing sub-function. -Develop and drive the execution of brand marketing plans with the objective to maximize market share and revenue growth in the market.

Job Purpose

The Portfolio Management & LCM Lead is responsible for executing portfolio and late-lifecycle management activities for assigned mature and non-priority brands, ensuring disciplined budgeting, performance monitoring, and operational continuity.

The role translates portfolio strategy into high-quality execution, provides actionable insights, and enables informed decision-making through close cross-functional collaboration.

Major Accountabilities

• Shape portfolio strategy through analytics and insights

• Analyze portfolio and brand performance using market forecasts, financial data, and competitive intelligence.
• Develop clear strategic options, including invest, optimize, simplify, or exit, with quantified impacts and trade-offs.
• Support leadership decision-making by translating insights into concise, decision-ready recommendations.

• Drive lifecycle and portfolio initiatives

• Lead late-lifecycle strategies, including SKU rationalization, pack optimization, and cost-to-serve improvements.
• Ensure initiatives are aligned with overall portfolio priorities and the country commercial strategy.
• Track post-implementation impact and refine recommendations based on performance.

• Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration within and beyond the Commercial Portfolio Unit

• Work closely with Digital Marketing Execution to explore scalable and efficient execution models for assigned brands.
• Collaborate with Commercial Partnerships & Alliances to assess internal versus external delivery options.
• Lead the structured transition and onboarding of brands from Therapeutic Areas into the Commercial Portfolio.
• Coordinate the handover of budgets, forecasts, data, materials, and key assumptions to ensure operational continuity and execution readiness.

• Manage portfolio governance, forecasting, and performance tracking

• Support budgeting and forecasting processes for assigned brands and portfolio segments.
• Monitor performance against targets, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Contribute to portfolio reviews, governance forums, and leadership discussions.

• Provide senior-level contribution and informal leadership

• Serve as a subject matter expert within the portfolio team.
• Provide guidance and thought leadership without formal people management responsibility.
• Model structured thinking, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Performance Indicators

• Accuracy and timeliness of forecasts and budget submissions
• Portfolio performance against financial and operational targets
• Quality, frequency, and clarity of performance monitoring insights
• Timeliness and completeness of responses to ad hoc operational requests
• Effectiveness of cross-functional collaboration based on stakeholder feedback
• Compliance with portfolio investment guardrails

Job Dimensions

Number of Associates　None

Financial Responsibility

Responsible for supporting budgeting, forecasting, and performance monitoring for assigned brands and portfolio segments.

Decision-Making

• Develops strategic options and recommendations related to portfolio investment, optimization, simplification, and exit decisions. Identifies portfolio risks and opportunities and recommends appropriate corrective actions.
• Internal and External Stakeholder Interface
• Works closely with stakeholders across Therapeutic Areas, Finance, Digital Marketing Execution, Medical, Commercial Partnerships & Alliances, and other internal and external partners.
• Impact on the Organization
• Supports the effective management of mature and non-priority brands by enabling disciplined portfolio decisions, operational continuity, lifecycle value maximization, and alignment with country commercial priorities.

Ideal Background

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, science, or a related field

Advanced degree preferred, such as a Master of Business Administration, MBA

Languages

Business-level English

Native-level Japanese

Experience and Professional Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of commercial or marketing experience within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry
• Hands-on experience managing brands across the end-to-end product lifecycle, including mature and late-stage phases beyond launch execution
• Proven experience contributing to or leading portfolio-level strategy, with the ability to look beyond individual brands to optimize, reprioritize, or revise lifecycle strategies
• Strong experience in late-stage value maximization and portfolio trade-off decisions
• Strong capability in leveraging analytics, market forecasts, and financial insights to inform strategic recommendations, portfolio choices, and lifecycle decisions
• Proven ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes and align multiple internal and external functions
• Experience collaborating with functions such as Therapeutic Areas, Finance, Digital, Medical, and other partners to drive coherent portfolio and lifecycle outcomes

Skills Desired

Asset Management, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Influencing Skills, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management