Director Global Technical Operations Portfolio Strategy
BioNTech
Summary
As Director, Portfolio Strategy & Governance, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Global Technical Operations (GTO). Operating at the intersection of strategy, governance, and organizational transformation, you will drive portfolio excellence across a complex global network, ensuring investments, resources, and capabilities are aligned with the company's most critical priorities.
Job description
About the role
As Director, Portfolio Strategy & Governance, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Global Technical Operations (GTO). Operating at the intersection of strategy, governance, and organizational transformation, you will drive portfolio excellence across a complex global network, ensuring investments, resources, and capabilities are aligned with the company's most critical priorities.
In this highly visible leadership position, you will partner with senior executives across Global Technical Operations, Global Technical Development (GTD), and the External Supply Organization (ESO) to guide strategic decision-making, optimize investments, strengthen organizational effectiveness, and enable scalable long-term growth. Your work will directly influence how GTO delivers on its mission, balancing business priorities, operational excellence, and future readiness in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic governance and oversight of the Global Technical Operations portfolio, ensuring investments, initiatives, and resources are prioritized to maximize business impact and enterprise value.
- Drive portfolio planning, business case development, and investment governance, enabling informed decision-making and alignment of funding, capabilities, and strategic objectives.
- Develop and implement integrated workforce, capability, and capacity strategies that ensure organizational readiness for both current priorities and future growth opportunities.
- Champion operational excellence by establishing scalable processes, strengthening organizational effectiveness, leading transformational change, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the global GTO network.
- Serve as a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders, shaping business strategy, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring successful execution of critical priorities.
- Collaborate closely with GTO, GTD, and ESO leadership teams to align portfolio priorities, resource allocation, organizational capabilities, investment decisions, and execution of enterprise-wide initiatives.
A good match
- Significant leadership experience within a global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences organization, ideally operating in a complex, matrixed environment.
- Demonstrated success influencing and collaborating with senior stakeholders across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.
- Deep expertise in portfolio management, governance, strategic planning, resource management, and operational excellence.
- Proven ability to design workforce and capability strategies that support organizational agility, business continuity, and sustainable growth.
- Strong strategic mindset paired with a results-oriented approach and the ability to translate vision into execution.
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
- Business-fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.
Requirements
- Significant leadership experience within a global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences organization, ideally operating in a complex, matrixed environment.
- Demonstrated success influencing and collaborating with senior stakeholders across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.
- Deep expertise in portfolio management, governance, strategic planning, resource management, and operational excellence.
- Proven ability to design workforce and capability strategies that support organizational agility, business continuity, and sustainable growth.
- Strong strategic mindset paired with a results-oriented approach and the ability to translate vision into execution.
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
- Business-fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.
Benefits
- Flexible Hours
- Vacation Account
- Digital Learning
- Performance & Talent Development
- Leadership Development
- Apprenticeships
- LinkedIn Learning
- Company Bike
- Job Ticket
- Deutschlandticket
- Employer-Funded Pension
- Childcare
Company overview
BioNTech SE is a pioneering German multinational biotechnology company headquartered in Mainz, Germany, that specializes in developing innovative immunotherapies and vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases. Founded in 2008 by scientists Uğur Şahin, Özlem Türeci, and Christoph Huber, the company gained global recognition for co-developing the first approved mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine with Pfizer. BioNTech's core expertise lies in mRNA technology, which it has been researching for over 15 years, with applications spanning individualized cancer medicine, infectious disease prevention, and novel therapeutic approaches. The company operates a diversified portfolio including mRNA cancer immunotherapies, next-generation immunomodulators, targeted therapies, and antibody-drug conjugates. With approximately 6,800 employees across more than 20 global sites, BioNTech maintains a strong focus on oncology, advancing multiple late-stage clinical programs while expanding its infectious disease pipeline to address conditions like malaria, tuberculosis, and mpox. The company's strategic acquisitions, including InstaDeep for AI capabilities and CureVac for mRNA expertise, further strengthen its position as a leader in next-generation biopharmaceutical innovation.