Senior Director, Business Portfolio Management

Responsible for driving both top-line and bottom-line growth within all JMCRS Business Units (Mouse, In Vivo, Model Generation, Reproductive Sciences, and Co-hort generation) while ensuring an enhanced experience for our customers and collaborators. The incumbent directly manages the product and Business Unit Manager/s for all JMCRS business units. In addition to P&L and revenue accountability, the incumbent has complete product line accountability. The incumbent also has management responsibility for delivery functions within the business unit. The incumbent has ultimate accountability and oversight for the JMCRS business units. The incumbent establishes strategic direction and is responsible for integrating the business units to optimize the customer experience with JAX.

The salary range is $154,596 - $272,217. Salary will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

This role is remote with up to 50% travel as needed

Key Responsibilities (What you contribute):

• Analyze, develop proposals and implement changes to improve the experience that customers and collaborators have in their interactions with project management and the business units for the product or service that they obtain.

• Work with the product managers/Business Unit Managers to define business strategy and plan. Drive execution of this plan through the Marketing & Sales, Operations & Delivery functions.

• Understand the marketplace intimately through interactions with customers. Utilize this understanding to better position The Jackson Laboratory competitively for today and the future. Drive market share gain for current offerings while seeking new opportunities – either for new products/services or new markets that leverage core competencies and build on The Laboratory’s mission.

• Lead and Develop Staff (Product managers/Business Unit Managers)

• Achieve financial metrics of P&L and revenue growth.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS degree or equivalent experience in a life sciences CRO, Business, Economics or Marketing. MBA preferred.

• At least eight years’ experience in biomedical research services and Management.

• Management experience in a science and manufacturing environment for at least 50 employees, full operational and capital budget responsibility and production output generating at least $10 MM in revenue

• Strong financial background and experience with budgeting is required.

• Advanced interpersonal skills sufficient for developing complex, dynamic relationship with a diverse variety of individuals representing a broad cross section of cultures, disciplines and levels of sophistications.

• Demonstrated experience in formulating and successfully implementing programs/decisions, under tight timelines and pressure, which carry significant financial and business consequences.

• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

• Experience in mouse-based research market preferred

• Advanced analytical skills and market knowledge sufficient to allow incumbent to synthesize new products and services from existing resources applied in novel ways.

• Demonstrated outstanding leadership in developing and meeting strategic goals

About JAX:

The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California), Japan and China. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.

Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visit www.jax.org​​​​​​​.

EEO Statement:

The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.