Portfolio & Operations Lead

1. Role Summary The Commercial Excellence & Innovation Portfolio & Operations Lead provides China CEI leadership with an enterprise-level view of strategic priorities, portfolio choices, delivery progress and business outcomes across AI, innovation, technology, data and commercial excellence. The role translates CEI strategy into a prioritized portfolio roadmap, runs CEI and AIT governance, and leads selected cross-functional programs from strategy through implementation and adoption. The role owns CEI portfolio operations, program leadership and performance management — connecting priorities, resources, delivery progress and value realization, while coordinating execution across CEI functions, China stakeholders, International AIT and Global Digital / CIO. 2. Key Accountabilities • Translate CEI strategy into a prioritized portfolio roadmap with clear ownership, sequencing and decision points aligned with China and International priorities. • Operate CEI and AIT portfolio governance, including intake, prioritization, funding gates, Portfolio Council cadence and scale-or-stop tracking. • Drive CEI resource optimization across budget, capacity, controllable spend, procurement and vendor resources to maximize delivery value and efficiency. • Integrate value, adoption, delivery and operational performance into one CEI-level executive view. • Coordinate priorities and execution across CEI functions, China stakeholders, International AIT and Global Digital / CIO. • Run the CEI PMO — integrated tracking, SteerCo materials, dependency management and a reliable reporting cadence. • Lead and develop the portfolio and operations team and strengthen governance, planning and delivery discipline across CEI. • Coordinate portfolio-level AI and data governance for CEI initiatives, ensuring responsible-AI, data governance and compliance requirements are embedded through appropriate review forums and partner functions. • Lead selected high-priority cross-functional programs from planning through implementation and adoption, managing critical milestones, decisions, risks and dependencies, including large-scale commercial platform, system and regulatory program delivery and enterprise change management. 3. Required Capabilities & Competencies (a) Critical Capabilities & Qualifications • Portfolio, program and PMO leadership — governance, investment and funding-gate management, executive reporting, and cross-functional delivery with milestone, risk, dependency and operating-model management. • Ability to define portfolio performance metrics and translate portfolio data into actionable executive insights. • Budget, capacity, procurement and vendor management with strong financial discipline. • Strong stakeholder and enterprise change management across business, product, technology, data, AI and governance groups in a matrixed local-and-global environment. • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, Finance or a closely related discipline; an advanced technical or business degree is preferred. • Experience in a highly regulated industry and the China commercial, technology and vendor environment is preferred. • Experience in commercial excellence, sales operations or business planning within the pharmaceutical industry is an advantage. (b) Leadership Expectations • Enterprise orchestration: connects strategic priorities, resources, delivery progress and outcomes into a coherent CEI operating view. • Execution discipline: converts strategy into governed roadmaps, funding decisions, measurable benefits and reliable delivery. • Outcome and value focus: uses portfolio insights to guide prioritization, decisions and value realization. • Financial and operational rigor: manages budget, capacity, spend and vendor performanc